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Navigating Through Your Children's Dental Care With Less Stress

Kids need to see the dentist by the time they are a year old, or once their teeth start to grow in, whichever comes first. But just because a kid should go to the dentist doesn't meant that they actually want to go! After raising eight children of my own, I understand the challenges of child and teen dental care. From dealing with toddlers crying in the waiting room to teens needing braces and not wanting them, every parent has their own dental nightmare stories to tell. The point of this blog is to help new parents navigate through their children's dental needs with less stress and more dignity.

What Are Lingual Braces?

Posted on 17 March 2018

Millions of people, teenagers, and adults live with braces every day. While most people are well aware of traditional metal options for their braces, other options do not receive as much attention. Lingual braces are an option many people overlook. If you are already familiar with the concept of traditional metal braces, simply imagine the same setup on the back of the teeth. This establishes less visibility of the brackets, making this a preferred option by many adults. [Read More]

Lost A Tooth? What You Should Do

Posted on 17 February 2018

When you have recently lost a tooth, you may feel as though the whole world has become focused on your missing tooth. It might make you feel self-conscious or uncomfortable in your daily life and it could even impact the ways in which you can chew or eat. However, you do not have to keep feeling that way. There are steps that you can take to deal with your missing tooth and make yourself feel better sooner rather than later. [Read More]

Are Baby Teeth More Prone To Cavities Than Adult Teeth?

Posted on 23 January 2018

Human teeth have two stages of development. The first teeth are called the deciduous teeth, but you may to them as baby teeth. They begin to grow in in the early stages of human development and only last until early adolescence when the adult teeth come in. Parents commonly believe that cavities are an inevitable part of childhood, but this is a misconception. It would only be true if baby teeth were more likely to develop cavities. [Read More]

3 Oral Surgery Aftercare Tips

Posted on 19 December 2017

If you're scheduled for oral surgery, there's good news: with the advancements in dental technology and various forms of anesthesia, oral surgery is often fairly painless for the patient these days. However, this means that the difficult part of the process doesn't happen in the dentist's office – it happens at home, after the anesthesia wears off, while you're recovering from your procedure. Take a look at some oral surgery tips that will help make your oral surgery recovery as painless and uncomplicated as possible. [Read More]