Browsing: Pediatric Dentistry

COURTESY OF MONTGOMERY PEDIATRICS Going for a dental checkup is a rite of passage for kids that can be exciting for some and challenging for others.…

Poor oral health in children can stem from a variety of factors, including dietary choices, oral hygiene practices, fluoride intake, socioeconomic factors, and more. By…

There is an invisible problem in dentistry: some dentists use “creative diagnosis” to perform unnecessary work to earn extra money. There’s no hard data on how…

Around 44% of children visited a dentist in the past year in England, a survey has found, amid warnings that some parts of the country have…

A few weeks ago, I took my 5-year-old son to the dentist and learned that there is a new option for preventing and treating tooth decay…

Dental care remains the largest unmet health need among US children.1 Left untreated, dental disease can lead to emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalization, and even death.2…

Scientists have discovered a simple, low-cost solution for it the most common chronic disease among children: tooth decay.More than half of US children between the ages…

Pop Quiz: At what age should children first go to the dentist? To a national representative overview conducted in 2017 on behalf of CS Mott Children’s…

An inexpensive cavity-fighting liquid called silver diamine fluoride (SDF) works as well as dental sealants to keep tooth decay at bay in a school cavity prevention…

By DIANNE GLASSCOE WATTERSON, RDH, BS, MBADear Dianne,My boss went to a meeting and heard a speaker say that we should apply topical fluoride to all…