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Kids Tooth Tip #3: Spaces Between Baby Teeth are Good
We had a mother in with her 3 children today, and she was concerned that her (almost) 6-year old son doesn’t have any wiggly baby teeth. We took a couple x-rays and they didn’t look quite right (almost like the adult teeth were overlapping under the gums), so we took a panoramic x-ray to get […]
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Just How Bad are Sodas for Your Teeth?
MOST people know by know that sodas are bad for you. Not as many people know that diet sodas are just about as bad as regular sodas, simply because of how acidic sodas are. Yes – sugar is bad for your teeth, but acidity is even worse, and when you combine sugar and acidity, you’re […]
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Hooray, I’m Not Dying As Fast
Yup, another attention-grabbing headline for ya. 🙂 But I’m serious, and here’s why….my cholesterol is down! A little over a year ago, I wrote an article about how healthy teeth and healthy living go hand in hand. I had just learned that my cholesterol was alarmingly high – 242. Given that I was only 41 […]
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Hate Your Smile? We Can Fix That
We know that a LOT of people are unhappy with something about their smile. Whether it’s crooked teeth, gaps, uneven or excessive gums, chipped and worn teeth, stains from coffee/tea/soda, broken teeth from trauma….you name it, we can fix it. We offer so many different options to help you LOVE your smile instead of hate […]
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Kids Tooth Tip #2: Electric Toothbrushes Rule
So last week I posted the first of my Kids Tooth Tips, and Tip #1 was this: Help Your Child Brush His/Her Teeth Until Age 10. The simple reason for this was that kids usually lack the hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity to do a good job all on their own. We all wish they could […]
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Easy Tips to Clean Your Kids Teeth
So not too long ago, I posed this question on Google+ to a number of “Mommy Bloggers.” What Do Mom’s Want to Know About Dentistry? One of the questions was from Jennifer Daugherty, who asked: Is it a big deal if a child uses an adult toothbrush? Two more questions were asked by Sherrill Duce: […]
