Whether you have just moved to a new part of the country or merely a different section of the same city, one of the top priorities on your what to do next list should be finding a new dentist. Up until now everyone in your family may have gone to the same general...

Anytime there is a breakthrough in the technology associated with pediatric dentistry it is news, especially when it makes some of the necessary dental procedures more comfortable for the patients and more affordable for their parents. The issues surrounding sedation...

Dental professionals and caring individuals and corporations have come together to make up America’s Tooth Fairy: National Children’s Oral Health Foundation. The goal of the Foundation is to defeat the leading childhood disease in this country - tooth decay. The fact...

Dental professionals advise that children be supervised when brushing and flossing their teeth up until they are seven or eight years old. This is to make sure that they learn the proper methods that will give them full advantage of regular home care. The same theory...

The molars are the teeth that allow our children to chew their food thoroughly so that it is easier for them to swallow and digest it. Molars have flat surfaces that are deeply grooved to help in the grinding and tearing process. While the design is appropriate to the...

Your child has put up with wearing braces for the past couple of years and now it’s time for them to come off. Hopefully he will be prepared and aware of the fact that their is still one more step in the process. While the braces have been in place they have slowly...

Parents try to instill the value of good oral health habits in their children at an early age, but do they follow suit? The best way to teach is by example yet some parents fall short when it comes to their own dental health. It’s one thing to tell children to brush...

With the competitive spirit for both athletic and academic college scholarships as high as it is today we don’t want our kids to miss a day of school if it can be helped. Statistics show that childhood tooth decay is a leading cause of absence in the classroom and the...

Radiography is an important tool in the fight against pediatric dental disease which is so widespread in our nation today. With the advent of digital x-ray technology the process is safer than ever for our children. The risk of danger from the radiation that is...

The protection that a custom fitted mouth-guard can provide has become more evident over time. So much so that the mouth-guard has become recognized as a mandatory piece of sports equipment by coaches and physical education instructors in schools across the nation. It...