GROWING SMILES PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY& ORTHODONTICS IN WHITEFIELD BANGALORE

  Role of Fluoride in Preventing Dental Caries in Kids Article by -  Dr Sushil Kumar MDS Pediatric Dentist   Dental caries is a chronic and infectious disease that affects almost 92% of the population. According to surveys, more than 42% of children aged 2-11 years have dental caries in their milk teeth. About 13% of people aged 12-19 years have at least one untreated decayed tooth. Experts have found fluoride treatment to be an easy yet effective way to prevent dental caries in children. This article will explore the role of fluoride in keeping your kid's teeth from root decay. Let's take a closer look at how fluoride works and how your pediatric dentist can help you with the treatment. What is Fluoride and Where Can You Find It? Fluoride is an inorganic chemical compound that is naturally found in water, air, soil, rocks, and plants. The most common dietary sources of fluoride are fish, dried tea leaves, potatoes, yams, bananas, and rock salts. In our body, fluoride is ...

 Tooth Mousse - Uses, Benefits, and Every Dental Problem It Can Help With Taking care of your kid’s teeth is one of the most important contributing factors to their overall hygiene growing up. It’s essential to incorporate habits like brushing twice a day or flossing properly into their daily routine so they are conditioned to do the same as adults.  Speaking of healthy teeth, there are a lot of products in the market that promises a healthy smile. However, only some of them deliver. Today, we are going to talk about one such product - tooth mousse.  What is Tooth Mousse? Tooth Mousse is a topical oral hygiene product. It was first developed at the Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne. It comes in the form of a foamy cream which is available in a variety of different flavors - Melon, Strawberry, Tutti-Frutti, Mint, and Vanilla.  Tooth Mousse is made of casein, which is an important milk protein. It further consists of calcium and phosphate, the two minera...

As one of the most faddish and prevalent diseases amongst 6-year-old children, early childhood caries or ECC is a condition that involves the development of multiple cavities in the first set of teeth.  What is Early Childhood Caries? As one of the most faddish and prevalent diseases amongst 6-year-old children,  early childhood caries  or ECC is a condition that involves the development of multiple cavities in the first set of teeth.   These are cavities that grow on an infant’s upper front set of teeth. However, they may affect other teeth as well. If you were to take a closer look at the disease, you will notice that it tends to build near the child’s gum line initially in the form of white spots.   Although they are quite hard to see, when diagnosed at an early stage by  Pediatric dentists  they can be prevented from the development of cavities.   Furthermore, this problem persists in the children of developing and underdeveloped countries, ...