Taking care of a child can be exciting, exhausting, and confusing. (All within the space of an hour.) You worry about your son or daughter’s safety. “Did I cover all the outlets?” “Are the medicines locked away?” You worry about your baby’s development. “Is he growing on schedule?” “Shouldn’t she be talking by now?” And…
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Does Your Teen Have Unique Dental Challenges?
When it comes to oral health, adolescence is a pivotal time for Las Vegas youth. On the upside, the last of the permanent teeth come in providing young men and women with their “adult smile.” Good habits can be forged and reinforced. Teeth can be aligned with orthodontia, providing increased confidence when it is often sorely…
A Kid-Friendly Practice
Your children need to have their teeth cleaned by a dental hygienist every six months, just like you do. At Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas, we make teeth cleanings a part of every checkup. Cleanings and checkups are always important. But children are at higher than usual risk for tooth decay during the…
Early Dental Care
When a baby is born, he or she already has a full set of primary teeth in the jaw, and they will begin to emerge, on average, between the age of six months to one year. At Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas, it’s our job to help parents keep them healthy. There are twenty…
Fight Tooth Decay!
Tooth decay in children is distressingly common. One out of every four children who are not yet school-age has at least one cavity! At Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas, we do everything we can to keep young teeth clean and cavity-free. What Is A Cavity? A cavity is a hole in tooth enamel. The…
Too Many Cavities?
At Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas, we often hear parents lament that their child seems to get more cavities than other kids. Our usual answer? Maybe they do, but maybe not. We know it can seem that way. But it is a proven fact that children are more prone to cavities than adults are.…
Dental Health in Children
There is no better time to emphasize good dental health than when your kids are still young. Get them started on taking good care of their primary teeth – the first set – and get them used to seeing us at Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas for regular cleanings and checkups, and you have…
Common Problems, Common Solutions
The dental health problems facing children can range from mild to serious. In our experience at Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas, most of these problems are common, and all of them can be resolved by our dentist. The most common problem in children’s teeth, by far, is decay, better known as cavities. There are…
Cavities and Kids: Good News, Bad News
Categories: Dental check-up, Dentistry for kids
Tooth decay remains one of the most common issues in children’s dentistry, which is why we want to see our young patients for a check up twice a year, at Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas. Tooth decay is, in fact, the most common chronic disease in American children between the ages of six and…
Early Dental Checkups
As soon as your child has teeth, the possibility of cavities is there. That’s why the team at Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas wants to see kids for a checkup as soon as their first tooth comes in – and maybe even before that. Early dental checkups are the best way for parents to…
