You’ve made the investment into your child’s smile and oral health by getting a retainer. But not even a week later, they’re coming home from school saying, “I lost my retainer!” Here are some ways to help your child keep this expensive appliance out of the trash. Retainers … [Read more...]
Extreme Dental Phobia: Tips to Become Confident
Everybody is afraid of something. For certain people, it’s spiders (arachnophobia) or bees (apiphobia) or even high places (acrophobia). For others, extreme dental phobia (dentophobia) is the thing that scares them, that keeps them far away from the dentist’s office. The … [Read more...]
Choose these Cheeses for Your Smile
“Say cheese!” Everyone does it before taking a photo, but what’s the reasoning behind the common phrase? Well the word cheese causes people to make a smile-like shape with their mouth, but there’s another more delicious reason: cheeses are good for your teeth! Ok, not … [Read more...]
Swimming Pools and Your Teeth
Cannonball! From workouts to water slides, pools provide endless hours of splashes and smiles. But have you ever stopped to think about chlorine and teeth? … [Read more...]
What Is Dentin Dysplasia?
Our teeth are composed of 4 dental tissues—enamel, dentin, cementum, and pulp. Dentin is the hard, mineralized tissue beneath the enamel and cementum that surrounds and protects the pulp (soft tissue with blood vessels and nerves). Dentin dysplasia (DD) is rare genetic disorder … [Read more...]
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