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Daily brushing and flossing are essential to keep a growing child’s smile healthy, but we already know that. We hopefully […]

Childhood is a time of scraped knees and bumps and bruises as kids run around discovering the world. As pediatric

There’s a lot of strange stuff buried in the history of dental health and hygiene. Here are a few traditions

We hear a lot that it’s bad to chew ice. It’s because ice can do a lot of damage to

Sleep apnea affects over 18 million adults and up to 20% of habitually snoring children in the United States alone.

Some of us remember the soreness and discomfort of our incoming adult molars, not to mention how hard it was

Not much was understood in Medieval England about cavities or gum disease. They did, however, care very much about keeping their

There won’t be a pop-quiz later, but we still want our patients to be familiar with the anatomy of their

Parenting can be such a wild time. You might struggle to find a moment to brush your own teeth, let

Parents can do a lot to help their child come into the dentist’s office feeling relaxed and positive. (We’ll take

Teeth have many different uses, from chewing our food to helping us speak clearly to forming the structure of our

We tend to assume that people from earlier eras (especially the pre-industrial ones) must have had terrible dental health, but

“Swimmer’s calculus” sounds more like advanced mathematics than anything to do with teeth. It’s actually the term for yellow or

40% of kids will develop at least one cavity by the time they turn eleven. That makes tooth decay the

A couple of the biggest rites of passage in childhood are the first baby teeth coming in and the first

In one of his sonnets, Shakespeare described the reeking breath of his lady love, and the subject came up again

It’s not actually true that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile. Smiling takes at least ten muscles

You may have heard the insult “mouth-breather” in recent years thanks to the popularity of the show Stranger Things. There

A pacifier or thumb/finger-sucking habit that lasts beyond the toddler years can have a negative impact on a child’s teeth

Most medications come with a list of possible side effects, including side effects that impact oral health. These side effects

People have been getting cavities as long as there have been people. People before modern dentistry had some strange theories

There are so many choices of toothpaste in our grocery stores. With an entire aisle of toothpaste options to choose

As a parent, maybe you spend a lot of your time worrying about whether your child’s teeth will develop cavities.

Parents can do a few different things to give their kids’ smiles a healthy start. 1. Find an Effective Toothbrush

TikTok isn’t the best place to go for dental health advice — unless your dentist is active on the app.