So you’ve got a bouncing baby with those first adorable teeth poking through. Congrats! But here’s something you might not know: those tiny teeth need professional care sooner than you think. If you’re searching for a pediatric dentist near me in Piedmont, you’re already taking the right step. The real question is: when should that…
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When Rachel Sarah took her daughter in for her first dental checkup a few years ago, she got a surprise. Not only did her 24-month-old have two cavities in her baby teeth, the pediatric dentist suggested she might have “caught” them from her mom. “The dentist handed me this piece of paper that talked about…
When a baby is teething, many a mom or dad reaches for a pain remedy containing benzocaine to help soothe sore gums. Benzocaine is a local anesthetic and can be found in such over-the-counter (OTC) products as Anbesol, Hurricaine, Orajel, Baby Orajel, and Orabase. But the use of benzocaine gels and liquids for mouth and…
The growing concern over too much added sugar in our diets For most people, experts agree that some added sugar in the diet is fine. But the truth is, most Americans are consuming way too much — on average, nearly 57 pounds of added sugar per person, every year. This could be affecting us in ways that make us…
Revisado por los dentistas pediátricos Reinaldo Negrón y Tyrone Rodríguez Por Erika Cebreros La caries dental es la enfermedad crónica más común entre los niños en Estados Unidos y los pequeños hispanos son los más afectados. Existen varios factores que contribuyen a este problema. Casi la mitad (un 45%) de la población adulta hispana carece de seguro dental,…
The controlled addition of a fluoride compound to public water supplies is considered to be the most cost-effective way to prevent cavities and fight tooth decay, according to a study published in the January/February 2010 issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry’s (AGD) peer-reviewed clinical journal. Tooth decay affects children in the United States…
BACKGROUND: Few studies have assessed the effect of breastfeeding, bottle feeding, and sugar consumption on children’s dental caries. We investigated whether the duration of breastfeeding is a risk factor for dental caries in the primary dentition, independently of sugar consumption. METHODS: An oral health study (n = 1303) nested in a birth cohort study was carried out in…