Good Dental Care: Don’t Be Fooled By A Pretty Smile
Yes, of course, it means something if you are staying up to date with all of the details our Dallas, TX team puts forth in regard to preventive dental care. When you’re seeing our team for the visits your children need, when you’re making sure that the brushing-and-flossing thing is happening at home, and more, then a child’s smile that looks brilliant is a direct reflection of the time and effort you have been putting in with smile care! However … remember that just because things look good doesn’t mean that all is well. Give yourself some time to digest this as you learn more about what we mean.
Your 2018 Dental Care Review: How Did You Do?
Well. Here we are! Though it may seem to you as much as it does to our Dallas, TX team that we were just welcoming in 2018, it has flown by! While we are certain that 2019 holds some lovely and wonderful things, we would also love to take a moment to reflect on the year that we are still enjoying. You may have already seen this coming, of course, but we do like to run through a quick review of oral health related habits and such when a year is coming to a close as a form of motivation to the year that approaches! So, we ask: How did you do? Is it strictly time to give yourself a pat on the back, or do you need to tighten up your habits just a bit in the new year? Let’s get started.
How Today’s Dental Care Affects Your Child’s Adult Smile!
We’ve talked before about how prevention can help support your child’s future smile. Now, our Dallas, TX team would like to talk a bit more about how specific choices that you’re making (such as placing dental sealants) directly link to the experience your child will have with dental care and oral health once your son or daughter enters adulthood. It may seem quite far off but, of course. However, when you realize just how significant today’s actions can become, it proves to be the truly exceptional incentive that makes you feel much better about the effort you put into your family’s smile care.
Think Of Dental Checkups As Check-Ins!
We know that while your child may feel perfectly wonderful about dental checkups if you’ve been using a very positive approach, that doesn’t mean you actually feel like everything’s perfectly wonderful when your child’s visit is coming up. Instead, if you’re a parent who experiencing any type of anxiety about your child’s wellbeing (so, just about every parent out there), you may find yourself feeling somewhat overwhelmed or even upset about checkups. Why, you wonder? Where are these emotions coming from and how can you make them stop? Take time with our Dallas, TX team as we help you solve this mystery and begin feeling just a footloose and fancy free about preventive care as your little one feels!
Your Child’s Smile: Take Just A Moment To Feel Grateful!
It’s not always easy keeping up with every last detail that your child needs, not to mention adding on considering your little one’s wants! So, when the day is through, your brain may tend to focus primarily on things that need fixing, concerns, your to-do list, and that can make just about anything (including your child’s dental care) start to feel laborious and a bit lacking in joy. To help combat the potential for smile care to start feeling this way, our Dallas, TX team would love to offer you a quick jolt of joy infusion, so you can remember that all of that hard work is certainly paying off. Keep up the good work!
Helping You Recognize What We’re Checking Up On During Checkups
Part of you may shrug your shoulders and think, “Okay, I guess we’ll go in for a dental checkup but I’m not really sure why it’s time for another one!” We understand. You’re busy. Your child’s smile looks fine. Nobody is complaining. So, why do you have to come in for a children’s dental exam when it seems like all is perfectly okay? Well, our Dallas, TX team wants you to remember that checkups aren’t all about finding problems. They’re really about preventing them (and doing something about any concerns that have just begun). Let’s help you feel much more enthusiastic about this part of prevention.
Prevention For Little Ones: It Yields Wonderful Things In The Future
There may be a part of you that occasionally wonders if the effort it takes to go through preventive dental care at home with your little ones, twice a day, every single day (in addition to professional visits to our Dallas, TX practice) are actually that impactful. Can’t you just wait a while, you ask, like until they’re teenagers? While that might sound very enticing in the moment, the fact is that prevention yields some pretty exceptional benefits for the future of your kids’ smiles. Think them through the next time you feel like throwing in the towel and your sense of accomplishment might instead convince you to give yourself a quick pat on the back!
Scheduling Dental Checkups: Easy Ways To Remember
It’s not that you don’t care about scheduling dental checkups for your kids or that you even feel hesitant. It’s just that you have billions of things going on every day and like a bunch of other details, checkups are sometimes something that go unnoticed for a while. Not to worry, we completely understand! Our Dallas, TX practice is so very happy to offer a little extra support to parents by suggesting some easy ways to keep up with scheduling necessary preventive care! We look forward to hearing from you (and seeing you) very soon.
All You Need: Just Set Up An Appointment!
We know that when you’re caring for your kids, you can feel a little (or a lot) on edge about every last thing you do for them. When you transfer their care into the hands of someone else, such as our Dallas, TX dental practice, you may find that just the thought causes you some stress. If this type of hesitancy is causing you to feel like getting started with professional dental care for your child is very difficult to approach, we have the easiest solution for you: Schedule a first dental visit. Why is this such as simple way to begin, you wonder to yourself? Take a moment to consider the reasons!
3 Words Beginning With “S” That Are Leading To Erosion
You might not worry too much about tooth erosion. You may figure this is something that adults should worry about but that it’s not really a concern for a child. Or, this may be an issue that’s off of your radar completely! What we’d like to remind you is that it’s a problem that can negatively affect anyone’s tooth tissue, young (or more mature) in a serious way. What is it, you wonder? Well, it’s the stripping away of a tooth’s outer layer (which we call enamel). This is bad because teeth rely on enamel to act as protection and to present a white, lovely appearance. As it wears thin, teeth can look yellow and teeth become weak. Consider a few things that may be leading to potential problems for your child’s smile, so you can be careful.