pediatric dentistry
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Don’t Use Benzocaine Products to Ease Your Baby’s Teething Pain
Although teething is a natural part of your baby's dental development, it can be quite uncomfortable for them—and upsetting to you. During teething, children can experience symptoms like pain, drooling or irritability.
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4 Tips To Make Dental Care Easier for Children With Special Needs
Even the simplest, everyday things can be challenging for a child with special needs. Dental care is no exception.
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The Importance of Baby Teeth
Ah, the baby teeth: those cute little pearl buttons that start to appear in a child’s mouth at around 6 to 9 months of age. Like pacifiers and bedtime stories, they’ll be gone before you know it — the last...
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A Pediatric Dentist Could be a Great Choice for Your Child’s Dental Care
When it's time for your child to visit the dentist (we recommend around their first birthday), you may want them to see your family dentist. But you might also want to consider another option: a pediatric dentist.
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Safety is a Priority When Imaging Children’s Teeth with X-Rays
X-ray imaging is a routine part of a child's dental care — and it undeniably makes a difference in preventing and treating dental disease. It's so routine, we can easily forget they're being exposed to an invisible form of electromagnetic...
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Keep Your Child’s Fluoride Intake at a Safe but Effective Level
Fluoride is an important part of your child's dental development. But if children take in too much of this important mineral, they could experience enamel fluorosis , a condition in which teeth become discolored with dark streaking or mottling.
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4 Reasons You Should Begin Your Child’s Dental Visits by Age One
As a parent, you have plenty of questions about your child’s health. One we hear quite often is when dental care should begin for a child.
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Reducing Your Child’s Dental Anxiety Now Could Benefit Them for a Lifetime
If you're a parent, raising kids can be a great adventure. It can also rev up your stress meter in a heartbeat. One area in particular can give you heartburn: your child's lack of enthusiasm for visiting the dentist.
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Even All-Natural Fruit Juices Could Raise Your Child’s Risk for Tooth Decay
The amount of sugar your child consumes has a huge bearing on their tooth decay risk: The more they take in, the higher it is for this destructive disease. That's why you should moderate their intake of the usual suspects:...
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Behavioral Therapy Could Reduce a Child’s Dental Anxiety Without Drugs
It’s common for kids to be less than enthusiastic about visiting the dentist. For some, though, it’s even more of a challenge: A child with extreme anxiety and fear during dental visits could interfere with them receiving the dental care...
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