How do you know your baby is teething?
How do you know your baby is teething?*Increased Chewing*Crying at Night*Frequent DroolingThese are the signs you should look for in your baby. You can expect some irritability and restlessness as...
View ArticlePrograms for Improving Oral Health
Oral Health care is a critical component of health care and must be included in the design of community programs.*Head Start and Early Head Start are examples of programs that provide medical, dental,...
View ArticleHow do you know your Baby is teething? II
Here are two things that should help your teething baby.Parents often give their babies a teething ring or a wet washcloth to "chomp" on. This satisfies their urge to push the teeth through the gum...
View ArticleWhat if your baby's teeth develop early?
What if you baby's teeth develop early?Does that mean your baby will be healthier or smarter than if they develop later?There is no connection between the rate of tooth development and intelligence,...
View ArticleBaby's primary teeth will erupt in the order of.....
Between Ages six and ten months:The first teeth to appear are the two lower front teeth.Between the Ages of eight and thirteen months:The top four incisors are next.Between ten and sixteen months:Two...
View ArticleOral Disease Cuts Across the Spectrum of Children
Tooth decay, like asthma, learning difficulties, and social problems, is highly correlated with low income, limited education, and social disadvantage. Although it causes less morbidity than its...
View ArticleOral Health Is a Quality of Life Issue
Self-esteem, the ability to eat and speak, facial appearance, and daily living free of dental discomfort all depend heavily on oral health. Dr. Mouradian points our that children with major facial...
View ArticleOral Health "Teases Out Other Issues"
"If oral health can be forgotten, kids can be forgotten", simply states Dr. Mouradian. Since tooth decay is the most prevalent preventable chronic disease of childhood, failure to attend to it's...
View ArticleImportance of Oral Health
According to the Surgeon General's report, Oral Health in America, the emphasis on oral health is that it is an essential component of overall health and well-being and that a coordinated effort is...
View ArticleImportance of Oral Health II
(*6) Did you know that risk factors for suboptimal oral health are also associated with other childhood morbidities. For example, frequent and prolonged use of baby bottles or sippy cups with milk,...
View ArticleChildren and Adolescents Oral Health
"A silent epidemic of oral diseases is affecting our most vulnerable citizens- children from families with low incomes, children from racial and ethnic minority groups, and children with special health...
View ArticlePromoting Awareness, Preventing Pain
Facts on Early Childhood Caries (ECC)Early childhood caries (cavities) is an infectious disease that can start as soon as an infant's teeth erupt. ECC can progress rapidly and may have a lasting...
View ArticleProtecting your child's teeth with Sealants
What is a Sealant?A sealant is a plastic coating applied to the chewing surfaces of back teeth. Grooves in these teeth are so narrow that a toothbrush cannot fit into the spaces to remove plaque....
View Article"Don't wait!"
If it doesn’t hurt, there is nothing wrong with my child’s teeth! Right? Wrong!Most of the times cavities develop in between the teeth where we have to floss. In general kids don’t floss regularly....
View ArticleEarly Childhood Caries
If I nurse my baby, he/she will not get cavities right?Wrong!You see, it doesn’t matter how milk gets in baby’s mouth (with a bottle or the breast).Actually it is the milk in the mouth all night long...
View ArticleEating right
Eating right Most foods your kids eat can cause cavities.Does this mean they should stop eating? Off course not. But they may change their diet habits to live a healthy life.Ideally, try to avoid...
View ArticleTips to Keep You and Your Baby Healthy
Tips to Keep You and Your Baby Healthy Did you know when your mouth is healthy , your baby is more likely to have a healthy mouth, too?*Germs can pass from your mouth to your...
View ArticlePediatric Dentistry
Did you know that children with dental problems show decreased school performance and less success later in life? Amazingly children with large cavities don’t complain of pain. Instead kids with dental...
View ArticleDental Trauma
DENTAL TRAUMA 23 percent of adolescents ages 16-1918 percent of adolescents ages 12-1511 percent of adolescents ages 9-11and 3%of children 6-8Experience dental trauma to their front teeth....
View ArticleThe Secret to Happy Patients
Did you know that going to the dentist is #2 on the list of most common fears after public speech? Have you ever wondered why? You are right! It is because of injections. What if I said, "allot of...
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