When Your Child’s Tooth Decay Gets Serious
There are many different concerns that your child might experience with their dental health, but that they can largely avoid with good dental hygiene and right level of preventive care. Tooth decay is one of the more common of these concerns, and fortunately for many kids, preventing and treating it can often be minimally invasive. However, when tooth decay becomes a more severe problem for your child’s tooth, the extent to which it can become a threat makes it a much bigger issue. (more…)
How a Dental Crown Might Improve Your Child’s Oral Health
While prevention is typically the main focus of your child’s dental care, there may sometimes be a need for more involved treatment to address a particular issue with your child’s tooth or oral health. For example, if your child’s tooth cracks or breaks, or experiences some other form of damage, then restoring the tooth with a custom-made dental crown could be crucial in preserving the rest of their oral health. Today, we examine a few ways a dental crown might help save your child’s tooth, and the benefits this can have for their smiles. (more…)
3 Ways a Filling Can Save Your Child’s Smile
Typically, the goal of dental health treatment for your child is to help them preserve their smiles, which entails helping them prevent the common conditions that could threaten it. However, if a problem does develop, such as a cavity in your child’s tooth, then saving their smile means addressing it as soon as possible. With cavities, which can be one of the most frequent concerns for children’s smiles, treating and saving the tooth can often be accomplished by placing a biocompatible, tooth-colored filling in the cavity before it progresses further. (more…)
Does Your Child’s Tooth Need a Filling?
When you child complains of a toothache, or exhibits other signs of a concern with their teeth, it isn’t easy to diagnose the cause of it on your own. Therefore, it can be difficult or impossible to help your child find any lasting relief from their discomfort, much less prevent it from returning and progressing. For many children, the cause of a toothache is the formation of a cavity, which is a product of tooth decay developing in their natural tooth structure. Today, we examine what a cavity could mean for your child, and how a tooth filling can help alleviate their toothache and save their remaining tooth structure. (more…)
What Treating Your Child’s Cavity Means
The majority of the time, protecting your child’s oral health means doing all you can to help them prevent common dental concerns, like cavities. By teaching them good dental hygiene and bringing them to the dentist for routine checkups and cleanings, you can do a lot to help them protect their smiles. However, there’s no guarantee that your child will never experience a cavity, and if they do, then safeguarding their oral health and development will mean treating your child’s cavity as soon as possible. (more…)
When Is Crowning Your Child’s Tooth a Good Idea?
Some dental treatments are always a good idea for your child. For example, children always require routine dental checkups and cleanings on a consistent basis in order to keep their teeth healthy, clean, and developing properly. On occasion, they might also require more direct treatment, such as fluoride and/or dental sealants to provide more effective protection against oral bacteria. However, in some specific cases, your child may require treatment to save a tooth that’s more directly compromised. Depending on the nature and extent of your child’s tooth concern, the right solution may be to cap the tooth with a custom-designed, highly conservative dental crown. (more…)
When Your Child’s Smile Needs Restoration
For the most part, consistent dental care for children isn’t typically complex. Like dental care for adults, the most frequent need is to practice good dental hygiene and receive preventive care on a consistent basis. However, children can sometimes develop problems with their healthy, natural tooth structure, and when they do, it’s important to address them as soon as possible to preserve their healthy smiles. Today, we examine a few times when your child’s smile may need restorative treatment in order to stop a problem from getting worse, and why it’s important for your child to receive treatment as soon as possible. (more…)
Do Children Ever Benefit From Root Canals?
When we see little smiles with cavities, we often address the problem in one visit with a simple filling. But what if a tooth has more than a cavity, what if a severe infection or abscess has developed? In these scenarios, which would normally call for an endodontic procedure known as a root canal, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist offers a conservative option known as a pulpotomy!
What Will My Child’s Crown Be Made Of?
When a child comes to us with a dental cavity, we may address the problem in a single sitting with a filling. However, sometimes injuries or cavities could be severe enough that a filling simply isn’t enough. Fortunately, your Dallas, TX, pediatric dentist has another option for restoring little smiles: A custom-made dental crown.
When Tooth Extraction Is Part of Your Child’s Treatment
The differences between children’s dental care and dental treatment for adults are often more subtle than you might realize. For instance, teeth of all ages need certain routine care and preventive measures, such as routine dental checkups and cleanings. For both adults and children, the goal of consistent dental care is typically to preserve as much healthy, natural tooth structure as possible. Also, like adults, children may sometimes face severe oral health concerns in which extracting a tooth is the better option for preserving the rest of their smiles. Today, we explore a few instance when tooth extraction should be part of your child’s treatment, and why extracting the tooth may be the best idea. (more…)