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How to Care for a Child’s Teeth:Taking a Child to a Dentist
Taking a Child to a Dentist You should begin taking your child to the dentist no later than by the age of two years. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends a visit by the time your child is one year of age. Usually all the primary teeth have erupted by the time your child is between two and three years of age. Most children three years of age or younger have no or few dental problems, … Read entire article »
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5 Ways to Care for Sensitive Teeth at Home:1: See Your Dentist
If you’ve ever drunk a cold lemonade and felt a tingling sensation afterward, you might have sensitive teeth. Sensitive teeth develop two ways: Gum lines recede or enamel erodes. Enamel and gums act as outer shields protecting dentin, the layer beneath the enamel in your tooth. Dentin is full of tubules that lead down to your root nerves. When hot or cold food or drink contacts the dentin, your nerves erupt in pain [source: Carr]. Unlike … Read entire article »
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How Tooth Whitening Works:Dentist Supervised Whitening
Dentist Supervised Whitening Dentist-supervised tooth whitening involves the controlled use of carbamide or hydrogen peroxide, tailored to a particular patient. Dentists may administer in-office treatments or at-home treatments. Before the tooth whitening treatment, most dentists clean the teeth, fill any cavities, and make sure the patient’s gums are healthy. Most in-office systems use 15 to 35 percent hydrogen peroxide gels, sometimes coupled with a high intensity light to expedite the bleaching chemical reaction. (Some recent research has questioned … Read entire article »
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Oral Hygiene 101
Visiting the Dentist You cannot go it alone. No matter how well you care for your teeth at home, you still need regular checkups and cleanings, and in the rare case of a dental emergency, you’ll be glad the professionals are around. The Checkup Has fear kept you away from the dentist for so long that your teeth hurt just thinking about it? If so, fight your fear with facts. A checkup is certainly nothing to worry about, … Read entire article »
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Why do dentists need to use a dental dam?
When a beaver builds a natural dam or an engineer plans a man-made dam, both design the structures to control and hold back debris and water. Dams form barriers to unwanted elements in the environment; logs don’t jam and block free-flowing streams, water doesn’t flood areas meant to stay dry, and unwanted objects are kept from washing through and mucking up the waters. Dental dams act much the same way by controlling the flow of … Read entire article »
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Can dentists use non-fluoride toothpaste?
Are fluoride treatments too much of a good thing? Creatas/Thinkstock Related Articles Pros and Cons of Fluoride Why is there fluoride-free toothpaste? 10 Fluoride Facts You Should Know You’ve probably noticed that fluoride is present in virtually all brands of toothpaste; as the writing on the box says, it protects against tooth decay. So why would you want a toothpaste without it? And would a dentist use it? Let’s investigate. Fluoride is the 13th most common element in the Earth’s crust. It … Read entire article »
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