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When Is Thumbsucking a Problem?

A PACIFIER OR THUMB/finger-sucking habit that lasts beyond the toddler years can have a negative impact on a child’s...

3 years ago

Can We Smile Our Way to Better Health?

IT’S NOT ACTUALLY true that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile; smiling takes at least ten muscles…

3 years ago

How We Breathe Can Affect Our Teeth

YOU MAY HAVE heard the insult “mouth-breather” in recent years thanks to the popularity of the show Stranger Things. There…

3 years ago

When to Expect Baby Teeth to Appear

A COUPLE OF the biggest rites of passage in childhood are the first baby teeth coming in and the...

3 years ago

Cavities: The Most Common Childhood Disease

40% OF KIDS WILL develop at least one cavity by the time they turn eleven, which makes tooth decay the…

3 years ago

How Do Swimming and Diving Affect Teeth?

“SWIMMER’S CALCULUS” SOUNDS more like advanced mathematics than anything to do with teeth, but it’s actually the term for yellow...

3 years ago

Dental Health in Ancient Cultures

WE TEND TO ASSUME that people from earlier eras (especially the pre-industrial ones) must have had terrible dental health, but…

3 years ago

Never Forget That Teeth Are Not Tools

TEETH HAVE MANY different uses, from chewing our food to helping us speak clearly to forming the structure...

3 years ago

How to Get Ready for the First Dental Visit

PARENTS CAN DO a lot to help their child come into the dentist’s office feeling relaxed and...

3 years ago

A Parent’s Guide to Teaching Dental Habits

PARENTING CAN BE such a wild time that you might struggle to find a moment to brush your own teeth,…

3 years ago