A visit to the dental office can be a daunting experience for anyone, let alone a small child. As a parent, you are responsible for ensuring that your children are as prepared as possible for their first dental examination. Here are four top tips to help you do just that. 1. Talk to them  It's essential that you take time to talk to your child about their upcoming appointment positively. Let them know there's nothing to be afraid of and that the dentist is there to help.

If you haven't taken your child to the dentist in a while, they might be hiding some dental problems. But, children don't always know how to explain their dental problems. They might be able to tell you when they have tooth pain, or when they have a loose tooth. But, they might not be able to go beyond that. That's where you come into the picture. Read the information provided below.

A well-made and expertly placed dental crown should feel like nothing more than part of the natural tooth it's covering. As such, it's very easy to forget that you even have the crown. But you'll quickly remember your crown if the tooth it's covering begins to hurt. Why Your Tooth Is Hurting Whether your dental crown was recently fitted, or if it's been in place for years, pain is a warning sign that can't be ignored, and must be reported to your dentist.

At-home teeth whitening kits often promise to show results within a certain number of days or weeks. You might not take these promises at face value, but after using the product for the period of time which should deliver results, your teeth have rather stubbornly refused to whiten—and may not have changed their colour in any noticeable way. So why are your teeth failing to respond to whitening treatment? Accumulated Plaque

Wisdom teeth are referred to as such because they develop later than other teeth, when a person has supposedly acquired more wisdom in life. However, they could also be called extra teeth, superfluous teeth or unnecessary teeth. Clinically, they're called your third molar, or M3. But since the M3 is extra, superfluous or unnecessary—shouldn't it just be extracted at the first sign of trouble? It's not as though the tooth would ever have to be restored with root canal treatment, would it?

Once a cavity in your tooth has been filled, you probably won't think about it any further. The damage has been done, but this damage was repaired by your dentist, and as far as you're concerned—that's the end of that. But while a dental filling is intended to stand the test of time, it's not going to stay intact indefinitely. It's almost simpler when a filling cracks or falls out—this is at least definitive proof that your filling must be replaced.