Tag Archives: children’s dental health

Research tells us very few people consistently floss their teeth; my personal hope for my own kids and my patients is that they use dental floss as often as they perform the floss dance! There are many products on the market now for cleaning in between your teeth. Your toothbrush …

By Dr. Whitney Garol, The Smile Shop What do you do when a little one needs a filling? There are a couple of options depending on a child’s ability to sit for the length of a dental procedure. If your child isn’t quite able to sit for a filling, there …

It’s probably something that gets repeated every time you or your child visit the dentist: “Don’t forget to floss every day.” This is such an important routine to begin as early as when the first two baby teeth are touching; if there is not a wide enough gap for the toothbrush …

This post is sponsored by Caffaratti Dental Group in Sparks.  Did you know the most common chronic disease in children is tooth decay? In fact, tooth decay is four times more common than childhood obesity and five times more common than asthma. Although tooth decay in entirely preventable, a recent …