Oral Health
Articles about oral health from Baribeau Pediatric Dental Specialists in Port Huron, Michigan.
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Topical Fluoride is a Safe Way to Protect Your Child’s Teeth from Decay
We've known for decades that fluoride strengthens tooth enamel and lowers the risk for decay. And while adding it to toothpaste and drinking water are the more common ways for getting it into the body, an increasingly popular way—especially for...
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Instill in Your Child the Daily Habit of Brushing and Flossing
There are a lot of things we do without much conscious thought — habits we've developed over time. Some habits help streamline our lives for the good; others, though, hold us back or even harm us. A lot of these...
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The Parent-Dentist Partnership: Establishing Better Oral Health for Your Child
As a parent, the task of guiding your children through their physical, mental and social development can sometimes seem overwhelming. That doesn’t have to be the case with their dental development — that’s because we’re one of your most reliable...
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Custom Mouthguards Aren’t Just for NFL Superstars
If while watching a Seattle Seahawks game you thought you saw wide receiver D. K. Metcalf sucking on a “binky,” your eyes weren’t deceiving you. Well, sort of not—he’s actually been known to wear a mouth and lip guard shaped...
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3 Surprising Sugar Sources Your Baby Might be Consuming
Tooth decay is an ever present danger for your baby’s developing teeth. It begins with disease-causing bacteria feasting on leftover sugar, producing high levels of oral acid that slowly dissolves the teeth’s protective enamel. The softened enamel then becomes an...
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4 Things to Do to Keep Your Child’s Dental Development on Track
When you’re expecting a new baby, there’s a lot to prepare: outfitting the nursery, stocking up on diapers or choosing a pediatrician. It’s also not too early to consider how to protect your new child’s dental development.
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Give Your Child Added Protection Against Cavities With Topical Fluoride
Keeping your child’s teeth and gums healthy may sometimes seem like “one step forward, two steps back.” You do all the right things like daily brushing and flossing, and keeping sugar consumption to a minimum. But they’re still getting too...
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Instill Good Dental Habits in Your Child as Early as Possible
Philosopher Will Durant wrote, "…We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." While that observation could aptly apply to a great deal of life, it's certainly true of dental health. Strong, healthy teeth...
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Healthy Smiles for Alfonso Ribeiro and Family
If there's anything that makes Alfonso Ribeiro happier than his long-running gig as host of America's Funniest Home Videos, it's the time he gets to spend with his family: his wife Angela, their two young sons, and Alfonso's teenaged daughter....
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4 Big Benefits for Beginning Early Dental Visits for Your Child
Your child's dental health is just as important as any other aspect of their physical development. That's why we recommend beginning regular dental visits around their first birthday.
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