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Caring for Your Baby’s Teeth—Right from the Start!

January 31st, 2024

A new baby! What a joyful, exciting time! Joy, excitement, and lots of questions about the best ways to keep your child healthy and happy. So, we have some suggestions to help start your baby on the path to a lifetime of healthy, happy smiles. Before Those First Baby Teeth Appear After each bottle or…
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When a Baby Tooth Shouldn’t Wait for the Tooth Fairy

January 24th, 2024

Children’s baby teeth generally start to fall out when the adult teeth underneath them are ready to arrive. Visits from the Tooth Fairy begin around the age of six, and continue until the last baby molar is gone. But sometimes, we can’t wait for nature to take its course, and children need a dentist’s assistance…
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Ways to Make Brushing Fun for Your Child

January 17th, 2024

According to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, your child should visit a dentist, like Dr. Rugama and Dr. Afridi, when his or her first tooth pops through the gum, or by time they are one year old. Children do not always want to brush their teeth. In fact, the average child has three cavities…
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Ways to Make Brushing Fun for Your Child

January 17th, 2024

According to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, your child should visit a dentist, like Dr. Rugama and Dr. Afridi, when his or her first tooth pops through the gum, or by time they are one year old. Children do not always want to brush their teeth. In fact, the average child has three cavities…
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