When to Start Discouraging Thumbsucking

Written by dentalcare on August 18, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric.

IT MIGHT BE CLICHÉD to say it, but it’s true that kids grow up fast. They’re constantly outgrowing their clothes, outsmarting your most ingenious...

The Decayed Teeth of Early Modern England

Written by dentalcare on August 11, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric.

THERE WAS SOMETHING rotten in the state of England during the Early Modern Era: everyone’s sweet tooth! The English loved the expensive new commodity...

Improving Our Mood and Health With Smiles

Written by dentalcare on August 4, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric.

THE OLD LINE “it takes fewer muscles to smile than frown” isn’t actually true. It takes at least ten muscles to smile but as few as six to frown,...

40% of Kids Have a Cavity by Age 11!

Written by dentalcare on July 28, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric.

TWO OUT OF EVERY FIVE kids will end up with one or more cavities by their eleventh birthday. At those numbers, cavities are the most common childhood...

The Typical Timeline for Baby Teeth

Written by dentalcare on July 21, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric.

TWO OF THE BIGGEST milestones of child development are when their baby teeth start coming in and when they start being replaced by adult teeth....

Dental Health of Early Native Americans

Written by dentalcare on July 14, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric.

WHEN WE PICTURE people of earlier eras, particularly pre-industrial ones, we tend to assume that they must have had really bad teeth. While it definitely...

Water Activities and Your Teeth

Written by dentalcare on July 7, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric.

TO THE AVID swimmers out there, you may have noticed that your teeth are at their most sensitive after you get out of the pool. It’s not something...

Don’t Use Your Teeth as Tools!

Written by dentalcare on June 30, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric.

OUR TEETH CAN do a lot of things. They chew our food, they form a lot of the structure of our faces to make us look the way we do, they make it...

Teaching Good Dental Health Habits

Written by dentalcare on June 23, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric.

IT’S NOT ALWAYS easy to teach a young child how to brush and floss. Little kids are balls of energy with no attention span, and a brushing session...

Before Your Child’s First Dental Appointment

Written by dentalcare on June 16, 2021. Posted in Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric.

THERE AREN’T MANY things we love more than the smile of a child. It’s important to keep that smile healthy, and regular visits to the dentist are...

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