How Do Pediatric Dentists Give Children Positive Dental Appointments?
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31 March 2021
Everyone should visit the dentist twice a year. Babies should begin seeing a dentist as soon as their first tooth emerges from their gums. Pediatric dentists strive to ensure that children have productive and comfortable visits to the dentist's office. Here are four ways that children's dentists make this possible:
1. Include parents in children's dental care
Parents are integral parts of their children's lives. Until kids are old enough to care for their own teeth, parents must do the majority of the tooth care for them through regular brushing and flossing.
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Anti-Convulsant Medication And Overgrown Gum Tissue
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24 February 2021
If you take anti-convulsant medication to control your seizures, then it is important that you keep regular appointments with your family dentist. Anti-convulsant medications not only cause side effects such as dizziness, fatigue, and visual disturbances, but they also may cause hyperplasia of your gum tissue or overgrown gums. Here are some ways your family dentist can diagnose and treat hyperplasia of your gums caused by your anti-convulsant medication.
Diagnosing Overgrown Gums
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How Can Vitamin D Affect Dental Implants?
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7 January 2021
Dental implants are the favored form of permanent tooth replacement. This is because they're effective and result in a functional artificial tooth, practically indistinguishable from a natural tooth. It's also because implants are fairly predictable, meaning that the implantation and recovery process is generally uncomplicated. There is one important factor that can add an element of potentially dangerous unpredictability to the process. Are you getting enough vitamin D?
The 42%
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A Second Set: What Happens If Your Child Develops Shark Teeth?
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30 November 2020
If you could have any ability of an animal, what would you choose? The wings of an eagle? The speed of a cheetah? You probably wouldn't choose the teeth of a shark, but this might happen to your child when their permanent teeth begin to develop. But what is shark teeth in children?
The Second Set of Teeth
Shark teeth in children get their name from the aquatic predator, and this is because sharks are continually replacing their teeth.
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