Browsing: Pediatric Dentistry

Pediatric dentistry adapts to the care and needs of children. Working in a pediatric setting, I experienced an environment created just for children. The dental staff…

Our preventive role as dentists is not always easy, especially when it comes to pediatrics. Getting compliance from parents who constantly justify their children’s poor oral…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over the past decade, approx 17 percent of children aged 5 to 19 had untreated tooth…

If you are a parent, guardian or other active caregiver, you play an essential role in your children’s lives and their health every day. In fact,…

Fluoride varnish has become a popular anti-cavity treatment for children, and it’s not hard to see why. It is relatively easy to implement, and not just…

“Too often when a sealant fails, the decay has already reached the pulp resulting in extensive, expensive restorative work. In retrospect, a patient who had a…

Although extremely popular for preventing tooth decay in children, fluoride varnish may be nothing more than an expensive placebo, according to the results of a new…

Photo by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay Martin Shipton We can reveal that parents hoping to sign up their young children for free dental treatment in Wales…

Nutritional counseling can benefit families and create healthy food choices. If a dietitian can show how to buy healthy food at a low cost, it can…

Austin Frakt The New York Times | Sarasota Herald-TribuneYour dentist has probably offered dental sealants for your child. Mine has. Not knowing if they work, I…