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How to prevent child cavities

encouraging kids to drink water

How to prevent child cavities! Wheaton Pediatric Dentist & Orthodontist – Recommendations for a “NO CAVITIES” kid! Want to know how to prevent child cavities?  Read on!  As a mom of 3 young children & an orthodontist, I often witness frustration from parents when their children as young as 2 has cavities.  They often say, […]

Dental caries – decay – cavity – cavities

Managing dental caries

Dental caries – Decay – Cavity – Cavities Dental caries is the name of a disease resulting from ecologic shift within the dental biofilm that we maintain with frequent consumption of fermentable dietary carbohydrates. This results in an imbalance between demineralization and remineralization and eventually in the loss of dental hard tissue. What is dental […]