Don’t Worry: Tooth Extractions Are For Healthy Teeth, Too!

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You may feel uneasy learning that your child needs a tooth extraction. Just the term alone may cause you to immediately assume something is wrong, since the removal of a tooth is sometimes associated with a very unhealthy tooth. While this type of removal certainly has its place, there are other common reasons for extractions that we provide for healthy teeth! So, before you begin feeling worried or upset, we recommend opening yourself up to some new knowledge that will likely put a smile on your face!

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filed under: Children's Dental Services, General Dentistry

Sedation: How To Make Decisions?

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As an adult, you understand that dental sedation can make dental care much more relaxing on many levels. It may offer help with dental anxiety. It may physically make treatments more comfortable. It may help patients feel more optimistic about smile care. The list goes on and on, of course. When you are the one receiving sedation, you know how to weigh the pros and cons to make decisions. However, when the sedation is for your child, you may not feel quite as equipped to make a final decision. Not to worry: That’s one of the reasons we are here!

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filed under: Children's Dental Services, Tips/Advice

Community Event: Disco Kids

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Do your kids light up, relax, and show off some pretty impressive dance moves (you’re not really sure where they learned them) when the music comes on? Are you occasionally just a wee bit horrified by the lyrics to the otherwise very danceable music your kids love? If your kids want to bust a move and you’d love it if the music was clean, then the upcoming Disco Kids event just might make everyone smile!

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filed under: Community Events

Spring Cleaning With 3 Meanings

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One of the major benefits of spring is that, whether you’re feeling like it or not, it spurs us all on to participate in a little spring cleaning! The scary accumulation of odds and ends, dust, grime, and more are swept and scrubbed away with a little extra elbow grease, leaving everything sparkling and fresh. So, how might you apply your enthusiasm for a springtime cleanup to your child’s oral health experience (once you’ve mustered up that enthusiasm, of course)? We have three very helpful ideas for you!

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filed under: Family Dentistry, Good Hygiene

Children’s Smile Care: Things That Can Help You Sleep At Night

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It’s not just children’s smile care that you’ve got on your mind as you crawl into bed at night. Taking care of your kids means about a million other details you have to keep up with, which can mean trying to drift off to dreamland only to find yourself going over a long list of tasks, while you ask yourself whether they’re taken care of. While it might only offer you a bit of relief, we have some oral health related suggestions that can help you get to the end of that list (and get to sleep) a little faster.

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filed under: Children's Dental Services

Kids’ Spring Sports: 2 Helpful Suggestions!

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Here comes spring! It means so many things, especially when you have children. The weather is easier to handle, you stop dealing with kids accidentally losing their coats and gloves, our landscape looks much more beautiful, and … of course … spring sports begin! Is your child planning on participating? If so, we have some suggestions that will offer significant protection for your children’s smile health.

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filed under: Family Dentistry, Tips/Advice

The Bathroom: Protect Little Kids

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Like everyone else, you keep your dental hygiene products (and you practice your dental care) in the bathroom! This is no big deal if you’re an adult or even a big kid. However, if you have little kids heading into the bathroom with potential access to products like toothpaste and mouthwash and more, this can become dangerous territory. While the products are always safe when used as directed, they can become hazardous when used not as directed. How to avoid any snafus when it comes to the dental items your family needs? We can help!

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Let’s Talk About Gingivitis!

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Yes, we know. Talking about gingivitis is not something you want to do because your goal is for your kiddos to keep their smiles nice and healthy. However, it’s very important you understand the basics of this first phase of gum disease, so you can do your absolute best to keep it from affecting your children. When you’re informed, you can save your children from the potential (serious) damage that can come from a neglected case of gum inflammation. Oh, and you can rest easy: Preventing gum disease is simple when you know how to do it.

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filed under: General Dentistry, Gum Disease

Easy Protection For Jaws And Teeth

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Do you ever think about your own jaws and teeth and some of the hiccups have occurred with your oral health throughout your life? Perhaps you occasionally end up with sore teeth or fatigued jaws. Might these types of concerns affect your children? What can you do, you ask yourself, to ensure your little ones aren’t developing negative habits or doing things that may lead to damage or discomfort for jaws and teeth? We can offer a wealth of helpful advice!

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filed under: Family Dentistry, Tips/Advice