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Prepping Your Child For Their Dental Visits

Dental fear and anxiety are common feelings of young children. Experiences like routine vaccinations and blood tests, hospitalizations or going off to school for the first time can contribute to their worries. Medical procedures like past strep tests can certainly justify their concern about allowing anyone near their mouth. There are a number of things we suggest to help prepare…

myKIDSddsApril 27, 2024

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Tips for the brave and the squeamish … Removing wiggly baby teeth

Baby teeth have roots that naturally dissolve over time, which cause the tooth to become loose with only a few gum tissue fibers actually holding it in place. Most often, removing the wiggly tooth is simply detaching those remaining fibers. We can probably agree that it is best for a baby tooth to work its way out on its own.…

myKIDSddsMarch 27, 2024

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Common Dental Fears for Children and How to Help

Our values and goals at myKIDSdds are to surround your children with an environment of fun, safety and trust. We want to share some ideas on how to support those goals while respecting the uniqueness of your child. Top three dental fears for children: Fear of a new environment It is common for children to have initial anxiety at an…

myKIDSddsFebruary 23, 2024

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Pacifiers: When to Use Pacifiers and How to Kick the Habit?

Pacifiers are not all bad … They have their place, and we want to help you understand when and why to use them, and then how to eliminate the habit once its purpose has ended. In the beginning… When babies are born and begin nursing or bottle feeding, they present a forward tongue position which extends forward and backward when…

myKIDSddsJanuary 27, 2024

Trauma to baby teeth | Trauma to permanent teeth | Teeth injuries | What to do about a tooth injury | How to know if you have tooth trauma

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Tooth Trauma Guidance

As our children learn to crawl, walk, run and experience their physical environment, accidental falls and collisions occur, sometimes resulting in trauma to a tooth or multiple teeth. At the moment of the incident, all are in a highly emotional state so the initial assessment is key in deciding if professional help is needed. The very first step is to…

myKIDSddsDecember 27, 2023

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Permanent Teeth: Different Look, Different Challenges

When the second set of teeth begins making their appearance, we at myKIDSdds are often met with questions concerning their size, color or shape. “When do permanent teeth come in? How in the world are they going to fit into my child’s mouth?” No doubt these new teeth do not at all resemble those cute little bright white, perfectly shaped…

myKIDSddsNovember 27, 2023