Kids can be vocal about wounds and scrapes (they'll tell you they have phantom boo-boos to get a band aid) but they hardly ever speak up about toothaches, or anything in their mouth that is painful. We make it a point to make our office a pleasant place to visit, but sometimes we find that [...]
The school year is almost here! Are your kids completely ready? All supplies bought? Vitamins and other supplements in the house? Healthy lunches planned or packed? What about their dental health? This should be part of your back-to-school prep! Dental health is a huge part of your child’s overall health as the mouth is the [...]
Are you a cheese family? If not, try it! It’s delicious, nutritious, and teeth friendly, especially for young baby teeth! Cheese is chewy, sour, sweet, crumbly and creamy -- sometimes all at once. Start your kids early on cheese and they’ll crave it as a healthy snack or even dessert. Cheese can be a very [...]
In this post, we give you the facts on the good and bad foods for your teeth and oral health. And some are sure to surprise you! “With good nutrition, medicines are unnecessary. With bad nutrition, medicines are useless.” That’s a proverb from the Buddhists, but it’s a truth all doctors emphasize to their patients. [...]
Of course we love it! Family and friends are gathered around a table delightfully brimming with heavenly food, thankfulness for the blessings we have, and Lions football on the television! What’s not to like, right? It really is a wonderful holiday to celebrate here in our lovely state. We do have some friendly reminders from [...]
Xylitol is often met with doubt by many parents, like with most “new” names in the medical and dental industry. But xylitol really does help. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recognizes the benefits of xylitol on the dental health of infants, children, adolescents, and persons with special health care needs. Xylitol is a [...]
Wisdom teeth typically start developing under the gums around age 10, far sooner than they typically are managed or even a consideration on a parent’s radar screen. However, they typically start to attempt eruption around 17, which tends to coincide with the end of high school (that’s how they got their name). Teens and parents [...]
Summer is here - that time of year when kids are home from school and families are taking vacations. This is a time of year when dental injuries can occur too, so we would like to provide our parents with some summer safety tips regarding pools, water activities, summer sports, and tooth injury. One thing [...]
Did you know that what we see in your mouth can be an indicator of your overall health? Sometimes we take our oral health for granted. But keeping a healthy mouth means that you are contributing to your overall health and scientists continue to find new connections between oral health and general health every year. [...]
Millions of people in our country have been diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes affects they body’s ability to process sugar. There are two types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Type I diabetes is characterized as the rarer form, more common to childhood onset, and is described by the body destroying the cells that create [...]