When Is Thumbsucking a Problem?
A pacifier or thumb/finger-sucking habit that lasts beyond the toddler years can have a negative impact on a child’s teeth and jaws.
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Can We Smile Our Way to Better Health?
It’s not actually true that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile.
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When to Expect Baby Teeth to Appear
A couple of the biggest rites of passage in childhood are the first baby teeth coming in and the first adult teeth coming in.
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How Do Swimming and Diving Affect Teeth?
“Swimmer’s calculus” sounds more like advanced mathematics than anything to do with teeth.
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How to Get Ready for the First Dental Visit
Parents can do a lot to help their child come into the dentist’s office feeling relaxed and positive.
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Time for a Lesson in Dental Anatomy!
There won’t be a pop-quiz later, but we still want our patients to be familiar with the anatomy of their teeth.
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What Can Parents Do About Teething?
Some of us remember the soreness and discomfort of our incoming adult molars, not to mention how hard it was to chew.
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How to Protect Against Childhood Tooth Injuries
Childhood is a time of scraped knees and bumps and bruises as kids run around discovering the world.
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Oral Cancer Awareness Month Is Here!
Staying informed about the symptoms and risk factors of oral cancer is incredibly important.