How A Kids Knee To Knee Dental Exam Works

This is how a typical dental exam begins for infants and toddlers. At that age children have a little trouble sitting still that long — even though the exam is often fairly quick. Dental exams for children this young are not done in the traditional chair setup. A knee...

Why Doctors Discourage Thumb Sucking In Kids

This seemingly pretty common part of childhood has been discouraged for many years by pediatricians — many of them cautioning parents to discourage it right away when their child starts. It’s easier to prevent the habit from forming than trying to get a child to...

Fun New Portable Mouthwash: Scope “Squeez”

One bit of news to hit stores in the last month or so is Scope’s new “Squeez” — which is a concentrated and very portable new form of mouthwash. It interestingly walks the balance between a traditional travel size mouthwash and a full-size bottle....