Category: Dental Visit During COVID

Celebrating National Dentist’s Day

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What is National Dentist’s Day? Is there such a holiday?

Yes there is. National Dentist’s Day is celebrated on March 6th every year. It was established to show appreciation to Dentists for all they do in giving good care and keeping your family healthy.

Here are a few ways for you to celebrate –

Brush your and your child’s teeth for 2 minutes 2 times a day and remember to floss. Then take a family selfie showing off your pearly whites.

Celebrate with your children by making and enjoying a healthy tooth friendly meal together. Let us know about your meal.

Spend time together doing arts and crafts and learning about teeth and sugar bugs. Tell us what you learned.

Compose some cool tooth brushing songs with your children. Let us know about your creations.

Make your grocery store list. When choosing snacks be sure to read the labels and choose healthy low sugar snacks. Let us know which are your favorites.

What do we love most about Pediatric Dentists?

They help us put our best SMILE forward. Smiles are the first thing that gets noticed and healthy sparkling teeth allow us to feel our best.

Now go ahead, you know you want to SMILE!

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Excited to go to the Dentist

Brushing My Teeth With My Mom
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Has your child told you how excited they are to go to the Dentist?

That they can’t wait to have their teeth counted and tickled?

What flavors will they pick to treat their tongue and bedazzle their smile?

What prizes will they choose and what will their goodie bag hold?

As a parent you know it’s about more than teeth, it’s about the experience,

Your experience in a place that is fun, magical, educational, comfortable and familiar.

This is the world of Pediatric Dentistry, This is the world for You.

Wishing you all my best for an amazing holiday season!

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Back To School Is Here – Are Your Child’s Teeth School Ready?

Brushing Our Teeth While Mom Watches Us
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A new school schedule, a new sports schedule, a new tooth schedule

What’s your new routine?

Re-energizing good oral health habits is easy when you add 2 Minutes 2X’s a day to your back to school routine. Brushing 2 Minutes 2X’s a day and flossing with Mommy or Daddy to watch, help, and set an example is always more fun. For more tips look at my post on Your nightly bedtime brushing routine.

Want your child to have the best and brightest smile

Mirror Mirror on the Wall Looking in the mirror to make sure you floss and brush away all the food and sugar that sticks to their teeth and tongue is a great way to reinforce healthy habits at home. With so many new brushing apps to choose from your 2 Minutes 2X’s a day routine can be a breeze. Checkout 2min2x.org for some helpful apps and videos.

With Sugar Less is More

With so many goodies at school keep an eye on snacking and drink choices, with sugar less is more. When preparing snacks and lunch to take to school from home it’s important to make food fun while encouraging your child to eat their vegetables, fruit, grains and protein. Remember to pack those water bottles. Water has Zero calories and Zero sugar. If your child must have juice pack one juice box every other day as a treat and encourage them to drink this only with their lunch. This way you can increase the days they drink water and decrease the days they drink juice so they don’t miss the juice. Same for any sugar sweetened beverages, fruit snacks and raisins, start them out as a treat and then quickly decrease how often they are in their snacks and lunches over the next two weeks. If your child is going to purchase school lunches or has access to vending machines at school talk with them about how to make healthy food choices.

Serious About Smiles

Is it time for a new tooth brush? The American Dental Association recommends your child’s tooth brush be changed every three months (and yours also). With routine brushing the bristles wear out so it is best to keep those pearly white teeth sparkling with a new brush. Your Pediatric Dentist will most likely include in a new brush in your take home goodie bag. For the times in between check-ups, remember a soft brush is best for your 2 Minutes 2X’s a day brushing routine.

This school year may mean a new fluoride prescription or change in your child’s fluoride dose. This is important to discuss at your child’s back to school check-up.

Back to school also means Dental Notes for your School Nurse. Remember, healthy teeth means fewer visits to the Nurse and less calls to you.

Play sports?

Protect their smile when participating in sports and physical activities. It’s important to talk about which type of mouth guard is best suited for your child’s sport.

FYI – stay tuned for my upcoming post on Sports and Mouth Injury Prevention.

Just like this school year may be a little different for your child and you, their back to school dental appointment will also have some changes. Read my post on Taking your child to their Pediatric Dentist in the World of COVID – It’s as Important as Ever, and see what your child’s dentist is doing to keep your family safe.

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Taking your child to their Pediatric Dentist in the World of COVID-It’s as Important as Ever

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As a Pediatric Dentist I’m here to help you with your child’s health and want you to know that safety is always our top priority.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic obviously you are looking at their well-being differently, you have new expectations, and have questions when resuming their dental visits. While many things have changed, what has remained the same is our commitment to your family’s health and safety.

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Infection control – we’ve got this. We are the experts.

What’s the difference between pre-COVID and now you’re asking? Now our infection control processes are amped up.

Infection control guidelines are established by the American Dental Association (ADA), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). We follow the regulations of these agencies so we are up-to-date on any new rulings and guidance that may be issued.

You will see changes when it is time for your child’s next visit. These changes are made to help protect everyone.

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What You Can Expect

  • Creating positive experiences has always been and still is as important as ever.
  • Your Pediatric Dentist’s office will communicate with you beforehand to ask some screening questions. You’ll be asked those same questions again when you are in the office. 
  • You may be asked to stay in your car and either text or call the office number upon your arrival before entering the office. 
  • You will notice the extra personal protective equipment (PPE) being worn,  plexiglas at the reception desk and new products and equipment in the office.
  • The office will have hand sanitizer that they will ask you to use when you enter the office. You will also find some in the reception area and other places around the office for you to use as needed.
  • The office is still magical, just a little different. The waiting room will no longer offer magazines, children’s toys and games since these items are difficult to clean and disinfect.
  • Appointments will be scheduled to allow for social distancing between patients. That might mean that you’re offered fewer options for scheduling your appointment.
  • Your Doctor is allowing greater time between patients to reduce waiting times for you, as well as to allow for enhanced sterilizing and disinfecting procedures.
  • Most important, be sure to tell your child that even though the office, your pediatric dentist and the staff look a bit different, we are still the same people as before.

Pediatric Dentists appreciate and understand you have concerns about resuming health care. If you have any questions at all about your child’s appointment needs, please call or e-mail them to discuss your concerns. 

communication, trust, positive experiences

As Pediatric Dentists we value your trust and loyalty and look forward to welcoming you and your child back.

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