Encouraging Your Kids To Practice Good Oral Health Habits

Your kids depend on you for guidance in so many areas. Sometimes, guidance is about helping them stay safe from serious trouble. In other instances, your support is focused more on the seemingly small habits and actions that can have a big impact on their overall health. Once a child’s teeth start to erupt, you need to help them maintain good oral health. Cavities pose a real threat, even when kids only have their baby teeth. Fortunately, you have help in these efforts, as your Corona, CA dentist’s office can provide valuable pediatric dental care. That care is focused on the kind of preventive support that patients of all age require. With that said, your dentist will take time to guide children through at-home oral care, and explain why healthy teeth are so important. (more…)

Why Cosmetic Dentistry Looks So Real: 3 Important C’s

You may at first feel worried that our Riverside, CA practice’s cosmetic dentistry results aren’t going to live up to your hopes and dreams of something that looks natural. However, if you take a look at any of our patients’ smiles, you will notice that all you can see is a beautiful grin. So, you ask yourself, how do our treatments yield such real, genuine looking results? Is there some secret to it? For an easy way to think about cosmetic care, consider some words beginning with the letter C and you’ll have the answers you want!

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Why Aren’t You Happy With Your Smile?

If you aren’t feeling very happy with your smile, there’s no time to waste! Your Moreno Valley dentist is here to help you with whatever the problem happens to be. Not sure you feel completely comfortable coming in to our Moreno Valley, CA practice because you don’t really know how we can help you? Permit us to take you down a quick list of things we can help you address, so you quickly begin to understand that you can absolutely expect a comprehensive selection of treatments from our team, as we help you manage nearly anything that crops up with your oral health!

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Your Riverside Children’s Dentist Says: Offer Words Of Praise!

When your child does something wonderful, your reaction is usually to say, “Good job!” When it comes to dental care, our Riverside, CA team likes to remind you that even if dental hygiene sessions are frustrating at times, it’s very important to remember to offer praise during the good moments, too! This is a tricky area with kids because they don’t often want to brush or floss (and they don’t always do a fantastic job as they are learning because they’re novices!). Remember, though, that the goal is for them to feel confident about oral health care and to learn to do it well. So, your Riverside children’s dentist suggests offering praise when praise is due to boost morale!

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Dental Cleanings With Your Riverside Dentist: These Things Happen When You Miss Them

Have you been being an excellent dental patient, making sure you call us up to schedule a dental cleaning with your Riverside dentist so that we see you every six months? Are you someone who has some exceptional intentions when it comes to this but you don’t actually always follow through, so you’ve missed a cleaning (or two or three, etc.)? While we always remind you that it’s absolutely okay to contact us at any time to get back on track with your smile and prevention, it’s also really nice when you simply keep up with it (because it makes your life easier!). Wondering what happens when you miss cleanings? Our Riverside, CA team can remind you!

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Your Temecula Dentist Offers: Hints For A Smile-Healthy School Year

When you sit back and really think too much about the hours your children spend at school, away from the care and love that you put into protecting their oral health, it can drive you a little bit crazy. So, before you allow yourself to go down the rabbit’s hole of worry that may accompany such thoughts, your Temecula dentist encourages you to think about some helpful tips instead! When you keep some very simple hints in mind that can help guide your children through a smile-healthy school year, it takes the stress off (and ensures you’re going the extra mile to help those grins stay safe!).

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Your Corona Dentist Says: Damage Usually Becomes Worse!

What’s not going so well with your smile today will likely become worse tomorrow. Give that problem a nice long time to do its thing and you will find that you end up with a serious oral health issue! Your Corona dentist advises you to take this into consideration when you think you might be in need of a dental visit and dental care. Our Corona, CA team reminds you, as well, that when you’re not sure, the best thing to do is just check in with us during … you guessed it … a dental checkup! It’s much better to be safe than to find out you waited longer than you should have!

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Your Riverside Dentist Talks Nibbling Habits And Double Consequences

There are some nibbling habits that you may find yourself partaking in. Then again, you may do this without even realizing it’s happening. That is, until you end up in our dental chair, speaking with your Riverside dentist, as you learn that you’re experiencing some oral health issues because you tend to chew on things! Yep. Our Riverside, CA practice has seen this before and we would really like to help you avoid very easy-to-prevent damage. So, if you think you might be someone who tends to mindlessly chew throughout the day, you may want to consider what causes the consequences to become twofold!

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3 Reasons To Treat Smile Chips According To Your Moreno Valley Dentist

You might not love the chip or chips in your smile. However, you may have a hard time convincing yourself that you really need to do anything about it. Furthermore, even if you’re sure you don’t need to fix anything, you may just want to, which leaves you more confused: Is it worth it? Would your Moreno Valley dentist suggest addressing your chipped teeth, you wonder? Fortunately, our Moreno Valley, CA team is ready to explain three very convincing reasons you may wish to fix that minor damage up quick!

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Your Riverside Dentist Talks: Your Thoughts On Aging And Tooth Loss

Do you assume that with every passing birthday, your smile is one step closer to losing one tooth, then another? Perhaps you have long associated with getting older with tooth loss. This is, unfortunately, a very common belief. However, it is not true! Your Riverside dentist would like to help you better understand the connection between your older years and what makes this time seem as though it is directly connected to losing your teeth (and what you really need to know to ensure all remains well). Need some help with your smile? Call our Riverside, CA practice today!

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