Take Care of Your Child’s Smile for Life | Pediatric and Laser Dentistry

by KnowYourTeeth.com With a baby, everything is a first, and that includes the first adorable smile. To ensure a lifetime of healthy smiles, the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) recommends that your child’s first trip to a dentist occurs six months after his or her first tooth erupts. According to an article in the February 2006 issue of AGD Impact, the […]

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This may be why you can’t remember the first years of life | Pediatric and Laser Dentistry

Remember growing those baby teeth? Taking that inaugural crawl? Mouthing that earliest solid food? Of course you don’t — and neither does anyone else. On average, the earliest people can remember is age 3¹/₂. Before that is darkness. But science is getting closer to understanding why most people can’t remember their first years. It may be because young brains physically […]

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A randomized and controlled trial to examine the impact of lingual frenotomy on bottle feeding mechanics | Pediatric and Laser Dentistry

“Some babies are born with tongue-tie where an unusually short or tight band of tissue tethers the bottom of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. Babies with tongue-tie can have a hard time breastfeeding. We hypothesize that with a lingual frenotomy, a surgical procedure where the surgeon releases the tether, patients demonstrate improved upward mobility of the tongue […]

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Exclusive Breastfeeding Is Favorably Associated with Physical Fitness in Children | Pediatric and Laser Dentistry

Physical fitness (PF) is defined as the “ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue and with ample energy to enjoy leisure-time pursuits and to meet unforeseen emergencies.” As PF is a powerful marker of cardiovascular health in children, it is considered that a sufficient level of PF in childhood is needed to carry forward […]

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Meet Our Team | Pediatric and Laser Dentistry

Our primary asset is our talented and friendly staff! Your child’s appointment will be comfortable and enjoyable because of our team and the relaxed environment that we have created. We cultivate a relationship with each of our patients, which not only ensures better children’s dental care, but also turns a visit to the dentist into a visit between friends. Our […]

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Is My Child at Risk for Early Childhood Tooth Decay? | Pediatric and Laser Dentistry

The average healthy adult visits the dentist twice a year. The average healthy 2-year-old has never been to the dentist. By kindergarten, 25 percent of children have never seen a dentist, yet dental decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease in America. The culprit? A combination of misinformation about when a child should first visit the dentist, when […]

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