Water makes up over half of our body weight. It’s how essential nutrients are carried to the various parts of the body and it helps to maintain a healthy body temperature. Studies have determined that the average child between the ages of 4-8 years should take in 5 cups of water each day in order [...]

Undetected decay can advance to the stage where even root canal therapy cannot save the tooth. Wearing braces can sometimes cause overcrowding, even to the point of having to remove some teeth to allow the others to re-position properly. Injury can also result in having to have a tooth extracted. Whatever the case may be, [...]

You take your kids to the dentist for their six month checkups, you see to it that they brush their teeth twice a day, and you do your best to offer healthy alternatives to snacks that are loaded with sugar and starch. What are you missing? It’s not so much what you do, but how [...]

Pediatric dentists will tell you that after proper home care and regular professional attention providing your child with good sources of calcium and fluoride is the best way to fight off cavities. Public drinking water supplies are now commonly treated with fluoride but there are still some remote areas of the country that rely on [...]