What Happens at the First Dental Visit

By: J. Shahangian, DDS, MS- San Diego Board Certified Pediatric Dentist Your Child`s First Dental Visit I recommend that you bring your child to visit me around his/her first year of age.  In fact you can even bring your child as soon as his/her first tooth has erupted. The first visit is usually an icebreaker
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Comparison of Common Dental Materials- San Diego Pediatric Dentist

When your child needs dental treatment such as fillings, it is rare that only a single option is available for treatment. The parents’ basic knowledge of the different materials and options in dentistry could benefit the doctor, parent, and ultimately the child. Scripps Pediatric Dentistry routinely educates San Diego parents on their options and this
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Halloween and Oral Health- San Diego Pediatric Dentist

Winning the Cavity Battle This Halloween So you got your kids’ custom picked out and all plans made to makethis Halloween safe and filled with memories. Here are some oralhealth pointers to help keep those chompers healthy andbeautiful: -Sugars and bacteria are a bad combination- We all have bacteria in our mouths. Some have more
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If my child needs sedation, what options do I have?

It’s never easy making the decision to have your child sedated for a procedure. It’s important that parents do their homework in advance and develop a comfort level with their child’s provider. I’ve seen it time and time again when a parent has “decided not to decide” and typically caries continue to progress, requiring more
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Use of antibiotics in children with dental decay

Use of antibiotics in children with dental decay: For decades, antibiotics have greatly benefited the medical community’s efforts to fight bacterial infections. However, we now face a new challenge with bacteria becoming resistant to this treatment modality as a consequence of widespread (and often unnecessary) use. Providers are now learning to be more prudent in
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Why Brush My Teeth?

Brushing is the best way to get rid of the germs and bacteria, and an invisible sticky material called plaque from your teeth and gums. Getting the bad stuff off your teeth and gums in a timely manner prevents bacteria in the food you eat from turning into harmful, cavity-causing acids. Here are some tips
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Mouth Guards

Mouth guards are an important piece of gear for various other kinds of physical activities and sports-from rollerblading to downhill sledding. Hundreds of thousands injuries occur every year involving the face and mouth-injuries that many times could be avoided or minimized if a mouth guard had been worn, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
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Water Picks

There is never a suitable substitute for daily brushing and flossing. While some products, including water irrigation devices (or “water picks”), may be useful for specific applications, they do not accomplish one major task: removing plaque. Water picks use powerful tiny bursts of water to blast away food particles and other debris in hard-to-reach areas
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Types of Floss

Dental floss comes in a variety of colors, materials and even flavors. Waxed varieties are slipperier, allowing people with extremely tight spaces between their teeth to floss more easily. Popular flavors of floss include wintergreen and cinnamon. Waxed floss does tend to fray more than unwaxed floss. A type of material called wide floss can
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Oral Health Products

Visit any pharmacy or the health and beauty section of a supermarket today, and you are faced with a large, and many say confusing, array of over-the-counter remedies and devices designed to help you tend to your hygiene and health-care needs. There are many high-quality products on the market today. There also are many products
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