There are plenty of foods we associate with the weather warming up: hotdogs for baseball season, ice cream or slushies on a hot day, and chocolate bunnies surrounding the Easter holiday.
While it’s perfectly fine to indulge in these items every once in a while, it’s better to seek alternatives that provide the vitamins your child needs ...
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It’s common sense that children love candy: it’s sweet, tastes good, and gives them a quick energy boost during the day. What is also common knowledge that artificial sugars found in candy, soda and other baked goods are bad for your teeth. Excessive sugar is bad for your teeth because it allows harmful bacteria to break them down. This can lead to both short term and long term oral health problems. A few examples of what the effects of sugar can have on your teeth includes cavities, gum disease, plaque, and tooth de...
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It’s normal for a child to experience tooth pain during different stages of growth, but that doesn’t mean parents should write off this pain. If your child is experiencing overnight tooth pain, that means it's disrupting their sleep cycle, which is key to healthy growth overall.
To ease both the pain and lack of sleep you and your child are facing, here...
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As a parent, it can be quite alarming to find an abscess near your child’s teeth, especially if your child is in pain. It’s important to schedule an appointment immediately with your child’s dentist, so the abscess can be properly treated. What Is A Tooth Abscess? A tooth abscess is a swollen part of the gumline near a tooth. This bump can have a white head that resembles a pimple or solely appear red and inflamed. What causes this abscess to form involves the presence of bacteria in plaque over time. This bacteria...
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The Oral Cancer Foundation has found that oral cancer affects approximately 54,000 people each year, leading to over 9,000 deaths. To highlight the seriousness of the disease, save lives, and protect everyone’s oral health, the foundation has declared April Oral Cancer Awareness Month. This disease can affect us all, and there is plenty that you can do for oral cancer awareness month. Our experts have compiled the following facts about this disease as well as ways you reduce your risk of contracting oral cancer in yo...
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