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Part of raising a healthy child is preparing that child for a lifetime of healthy habits. One healthy habit is seeing a dentist on a regular basis. If your child is preschool or school-age before the first appointment, she might feel nervous about coming into the office. We have some tips for you to help…

Diabetes diagnoses are growing each and every year. You can’t miss the commercials and and news reports explaining the reasons why, but today we would like to take a look at how a diabetes diagnosis would affect the rest of your health, particularly oral health. From the most basic look, diabetes poses two major risks…

Happy Halloween! The night of all nights is here again, and if you have little ones in the house, you are surely prepared with costumes hanging on closet door knobs and buckets ready to be carried. Halloween is the night of ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and lots of candy. Of course from the dentistry viewpoint, Halloween…

When you smile in front of the mirror, what do you see looking back at you? Is it a smile you are happy with, or do you see small flaws that make you uncomfortable to smile? There’s very little that is worse than being uncomfortable with your own smile! Small flaws might seem like something…

As the one making major health decisions for your family, you probably worry all the time about what your little ones are putting into their bodies! You try to encourage fruits, vegetables, and other healthy food options, but it’s easier said than done. Drinks can become especially difficult for parents because the healthy options are…

Being afraid of something new is a perfectly normal response, but avoiding something you’ve never experienced out of fear is taking things a little bit too far. Sometimes we fear something that shouldn’t be feared, like fearing a cavity filling until you actually have to have one. One of the most feared dental procedures is…

As more and more patients turn to Invisalign aligners for orthodontic improvements, we hear more and more reasons to love these little clear tools. Of course, no one wants to have to wear any sort of appliance in their mouth, but when compared with traditional metal braces, clear Invisalign aligners make orthodontics something that you…

It’s pretty common for us to fall into habits that aren’t the best for our bodies, but we generally make the choice to begin those habits. Sometimes, though, our bodies develop habits that we aren’t conscious of. Grinding teeth, for example, is an action that most often takes place while you are sleeping. The habit…