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How to Treat Harmful Oral Habits in Children?

Most parents want their children to have good oral health. Hence they keep on encouraging them to follow proper dental hygiene. While most parents ensure that their children brush twice daily,   a thing that remains slightly ignored is the need for regular dental visits. There are many reasons including children’s natural dislike for dental visits. Regular visits to the kid's dentists can be called as a vital aspect for our kids to help and get a good oral health. However, despite all the efforts from parents, kids tend to wreak havoc when it comes to oral health.  If your children are seen having these bad habits then there are ways to treat them, let's check them out: 1. Trying to Chew hard objects Hard candy often remains is every child's favorite food item. Parents too are guilty of rewarding their children with these candies for good behavior. However, the problem the kids could face is that at times the children, due to the hard bite,   might end up c...

Here is How to Handle Situation of Knocked Tooth

Needless to say, knocked tooth is certainly a dental emergency and should be attended to, almost immediately. However, the responsibility of handling a knocked or rather dislocated tooth is both with the dentists at dental hospitals and the patient as well. In the next few sections, we shall talk about the entire treatment concerning a knocked tooth: The first step should involve consulting a dental physician, almost immediately after the incident. Once contacted, the patient must take good care of the dislocated tooth, especially the more vulnerable part that resides under the dental gum. The knocked tooth might have a tendency to get dirty after an accident and the patient must try to keep it clean by rinsing the same with milk. However, the best approach would be to hold it from the crown while rinsing. If milk isn’t available, the second best choice would be water. However, special care needs to be taken while drying the tooth off as wiping the same wi...

What Are The Basic Differences Between Dental Braces and Invisalign?

Misaligned teeth have been a big blow to the confidence of a number of young people in the current generation. As a way to treat this issue and to eradicate many other issues that come with them, dentistry evolved to introduce a novel way to treat misaligned teeth. Orthodontics, the branch of dentistry that deals with these problems, has evolved in ways that were once unimaginable. Dental braces have come a long way to present unmatched ease to the wearer of just about any age. However, with this evolution, there have also been a number of different options that patients can choose from. The major distinction between these categories is their appearance.  Here is a short explanation of how the various kinds of braces look like: ●        Metallic Braces: Braces with wires and metal brackets that are cemented on top of the teeth. ●        Ceramic Braces: Braces with wires and clear ceramic brackets. ● ...