The goal of children’s dentistry is to help your son or daughter develop a healthy smile as they grow into adolescence. By teaching them the skills to take care of their smile at home, we hope to prevent decay from damaging their teeth. But even with the best intentions, your child can develop a cavity… Read more »
Regular dental checkups are vital to ensuring the health of your child’s smile. Not only do we clean their teeth at each visit, but a six-month checkup allows us to inspect your child’s teeth for the signs of decay or gum disease. If we detect a cavity, we will suggest removing the decaying material and… Read more »
When your child wakes up with a toothache that will not go away on its own, we can provide timely relief. This symptom can indicate a bacterial infection that must be removed to prevent it from traveling to other parts of the body. At this stage of life, it may be possible to perform an… Read more »
In last week’s blog, we discussed protecting your child’s molars from decay with dental sealants. In addition to this physical barrier, we also provide a chemical treatment to strengthen your child’s enamel as they learn to fully clean their little smiles. By applying a fluoride treatment, we can help the surface of their teeth remineralize… Read more »
When your child is still learning to clean their entire smile, they can have a hard time reaching back their molars when brushing and flossing. This can make them more likely to receive cavities there than on their front teeth they can more easily reach. To offer additional protection until they develop the dexterity to… Read more »
While kids are still mastering their oral hygiene routines, they can receive cavities from time to time. If their decay grows too large to repair with a traditional dental filling, we could place a crown to restore your child’s tooth instead. This treatment covers the entirety of their injury above the gum line to return… Read more »
If your child reports pain in one of their teeth, it could mean that they have a cavity. By bringing them to our office, we can examine their smile to determine if decay is present. Promptly removing their cavity can help prevent the loss of more healthy material or the possibility of dental infection. When… Read more »
If your child has an ache in one of their teeth that will not go away, you should let us know as soon as possible. This symptom could indicate a serious infection that left untreated, could spread to other parts of the body. To remove their infection and put an end to their dental pain,… Read more »
In our last blog, we talked about how dental sealants help protect your child’s teeth from tooth decay. We also provide additional services to help safeguard little smiles against the harm of cavities. By providing your child with a fluoride treatment, we can help strengthen their enamel to resist the corrosive effect of dental plaque…. Read more »
As children learn to take care of their smile, they can have difficulty accessing the teeth in the back of their mouth when brushing. To prevent cavities from forming as they develop the dexterity necessary to reach each tooth, we could offer a treatment to protect this part of their smile. Placing dental sealants can… Read more »
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