Your child should be naturally proud of his or her smile. It expresses joy, laughter, and fun! To make sure your child has a healthy and appealing smile, start early. Really early. Summer Dental recommends a child’s first dental visit when their first tooth erupts. An early check is the first step in preventing issues…
Early dental care
Baby Talk (About Oral Health)
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…
Toddler With A Toothache?
When your little one complains of mouth pain, you want to ease it as soon as possible. But that’s easier said than done. There is a myriad of possible causes of children’s tooth pain. Possible Causes of Toddler Oral Pain Tooth decay Emerging teeth A chipped or cracked tooth Mouth sore or cut Sinus pain…
Kids’ Dental Treatment Without A Scary Drill
How long have dentists been drilling teeth? Would you believe 9,000 years? In an ancient graveyard in Pakistan, archaeologists unearthed skulls containing teeth that had been subjected to drilling. The stone-age dentists removed decay using drills constructed of sharpened flint. Though dentistry would not be possible without drilling, the high-pitched drone of a dental drill…
Has Your Child Visited A Dentist?
Hello! Today’s Summer Kids Dental blog is for new parents. We know that your child’s health and safety is your top priority. That’s why you baby-proof your home, serve healthy foods, and buckle them tightly in their car seat before you pull out of your driveway. We want to remind Las Vegas parents that pediatric…
3 Critical Things You Didn’t Know About Kids’ Cavities
It’s time to think differently about childhood tooth decay in Las Vegas. Unless you’ve been keeping up with the research (and who does?) you might have an incomplete understanding. Here are three vital things to know about children’s dental health. 1. Tooth Decay Is The Most Common Childhood Disease Over 4 million preschoolers have tooth…
More Than Just Teeth
Categories: Dental health, Early dental care
The dental health of their children should be among the top priorities of all parents, just as dental health in all our young patients is our top priority at Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas. But many parents don’t realize that good dental health means a lot more than just clean teeth and healthy…
Dental Health and Children
It isn’t even close: tooth decay is the top dental health issue in kids in the United States. It is so prevalent, in fact, that health experts call it the number one chronic childhood illness. That’s why regular checkups at Summer Kids Dental in Las Vegas are so critical. In toddlers, one of the bigggest…
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…
