Tag: "oral hygiene"
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How to Help Your Kids Be Cavity Free
How to Help Your Kids Be Cavity Free
Good oral health is important to instill in your kids at a young age. Keeping your children’s teeth cavity free can be a tough job. Kids eat a lot of sugar whether you know about it or not. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry estimates that about fifty percent of school-age children in the U.S.today [...]
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Periodontal Disease and Preterm Low Birth Weight Babies
Periodontal Disease and Preterm Low Birth Weight Babies
All moms should avoid periodontal disease and having preterm low birth weight babies. MommyPage shares ways to avoid these problems and different treatments for them.
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Your Baby’s First Dental Appointment
Your Baby’s First Dental Appointment
It’s time! It’s time for your baby’s first dental appointment when he or she turns 1 year of age or 6 months after the first tooth appears. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends the rule “First visit by first birthday.” There are several reasons to beginning dental visits at this early age, the main [...]
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Is Fluoride right for your Child?
Is Fluoride right for your Child?
With much of Europe electing to not fluoridate drinking water supplies, and more and more studies looking into whether or not fluoride, as it is currently being used, has the benefits we’ve all grown up hearing about, the fluoride debate is alive and well. The Facts and Benefits of Fluoride Many people don’t realize that [...]