Sealants Are a Protective Shield for Teeth
40% of kids will have at least one cavity by the time they start school, usually due to poor oral hygiene and eating and drinking lots of sugary things.
40% of kids will have at least one cavity by the time they start school, usually due to poor oral hygiene and eating and drinking lots of sugary things.
For as long as there have been people, there has been tooth decay.
“Mouth-breather” has made the rounds as an insult in recent years.
We can see a hint of the state of dental health in Shakespeare’s England from a sonnet in which he describes his lady love’s reeking breath.
You probably heard the line “it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown” when you were growing up.
By their eleventh birthday, 2 in 5 kids will have at least one cavity.
The first baby tooth and the first loose tooth are two of childhood’s biggest milestones.
We tend to imagine that people from earlier eras must’ve had worse teeth than we do.
Anyone who regularly swims might have noticed that your teeth are more sensitive after climbing out of the pool.
It isn’t always easy to teach a young child important life skills.