We want to help kids of all ages maintain good oral health and smiles that make them feel confident. Which is why we offer children’s dentistry, including treatments we can use to prevent tooth decay. In today’s blog, Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA, talks about protecting little smiles for children’s dentistry.
The Need for a Routine Checkup and Cleaning
To help safeguard your little one’s smile, we can start with a routine checkup visit! During this visit, we ask your child about how they care for their smiles at home, and about other factors that impact oral health, such as diet and snacking habits. We then look closely at the smile gently and comfortably with advanced imaging technology, making a diagnosis with precision, so we can identify areas of concern and offer care to keep smiles healthy. These visits help kids better understand their own smiles, and why they need to care for them from home and with routine visits to the dentist. These appointments also help prevent dental anxiety!
In the same visit, we also take time to clean the teeth, a process that allows our team to gently remove all plaque and tartar from the smile, a process that not only brightens it, but helps lower the risk of tooth decay and even gingivitis.
Preventing Cavities
Our team also provides two unique treatments to help lower the risk of tooth decay. With fluoride, we can apply a special varnish to the teeth as part of the checkup and cleaning visit, which helps keep outer enamel strong and limits the risk of cavities. This is also why we urge kids to use a small amount of fluoride toothpaste when they brush daily.
We also have dental sealants, which are an acrylic layer we add to the rear teeth, once in place, this helps prevent food and drink particles from being caught between hard-to-reach rear molars, lowering the risk of cavities for months or even years at a time. With both, placement only takes a few seconds, and kids just need to avoid food and drink for about a half-hour as the material properly cures.
Improving Care at Home
Our team will also discuss how to properly brush and floss at home, and how to choose more smile-healthy snacks and drinks to better protect teeth from toothaches and more. If you have any questions about how we help little smiles of all ages with children’s dentistry, or if you would like to schedule an appointment, then contact our team today!
Dental Impressions Wants to Kids Smile
Our team wants to help kids enjoy better oral health with routine care. To schedule an appointment for children’s dentistry, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
