The costs of keeping kids healthy can become overwhelming. However, when it comes to dental care, there are many affordable preventive care measures you can take that will save you money down the road.
The following are four simple things you can do that will make it easy to encourage your kids to keep up on dental care and maintain healthy teeth through adulthood:
Treat baby teeth as if they're permanent
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Dental fillings are an easy-to-administer and generally effective dental tool that can restore a tooth with cavity damage. Large cavities can receive fillings, but further damage to the remaining dentin can cause the filling to become loose or fail. The failed filling can expose your tooth's sensitive root canal, and the filling can end up falling out while chewing. If your filling has failed, call your dentist immediately for a corrective appointment.
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Going to the dentist is essential for maintain healthy teeth and avoiding problems down the line, but it can be a bit uncomfortable for some people after the visit. Obviously, going I the first place is non-optional, but the pain is more optional than you might think. Here are a few ways to cut down.
Take Advil Right When You Finish in the Office
If you go in the dentist's office for nearly any procedure including cavities, for example, you'll usually get an anesthetic to help minimize the pain of the procedure.
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If you have been informed by your dentist that one of your teeth needs to be extracted then you should familiarize yourself with the procedure. You want to know what you are walking into and what you can expect during the recovery. This article will help provide you with information on a tooth extraction so you can feel better as you go in for your appointment.
Why would you need a tooth extraction in the first place?
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Human and animal physiology, at least in mammals, is closely related. That means both of these groups sometimes have similar health concerns. Endodontics, a dental specialty that treats the diseased pulp, or inner core of a tooth, is practiced in both human and animal medicine. The following is a brief explanation of endodontics and a comparison of the certification process for dentists and veterinarians. There's also a brief look at how one human dentist routinely crosses over the imaginary human/animal line and treats zoo animals.
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