LESS IS MORE – WHY CHOSE MINIMALLY INVASIVE DENTISTRY
When you visit a surgeon for a problem with your finger for example, would you chose to consider to amputate the finger or more so eliminate the very cause and amputate your whole hand and arm. NO one does that! Then why do we consider extraction of teeth as solutions to tooth issues. As parents, […]
HABITS
Habits are the small actions you perform every day. According to researchers at Duke University, habits account for about 40 percent of our behaviours on any given day. A child’s life is also a summation of his/her habits Here we have enlisted and shown a list of “mal-habits” or ill habits that children develop. As […]
WHO IS A PEDIATRIC & PREVENTIVE DENTIST?
The very first doctor a baby encounters in his or her life is a gynaecologist or a paediatrician. Similarly, the very first person to see when a baby tooth erupts in a pediatric dentist or a pedodontist. Pediatric dentists fill a vital role in oral medicine. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY has defined Pediatric dentistry […]
DOES ORAL HEALTH MATTER FOR BABY TEETH?
Yes, yes, yes! There is a misconception about milk teeth being UNIMPORTANT for care and maintenance as they are considered “just teeth which will fall out and be replaced by permanent teeth anyway.” But milk teeth actually serve key roles in not just oral health but also the holistic health of the child. “SPACE SAVER […]