Pediatric Dentistry of Redlands

It is so critical to teach your child healthy dental habits. The habits they develop when they are younger are ones that will follow them for a lifetime. Taking time to teach them how to properly brush and floss is critical to ensuring that they have a healthy smile that will last a lifetime. It may seem that once your children are able to put the toothbrush in their mouths that is all that needs to be done. Unfortunately, this is only part of the work. Teaching them the right amount of pressure that is required to remove food from the surface of the teeth without causing damage to their gums is essential to ensuring they have a smile that can last a lifetime. Flossing helps to ensure that gum disease is not a problem for your child as they get older. Puffy, swollen and bleeding gums when brushing and flossing are indicators of gum disease. The only way to ensure that their gums stay healthy is to properly floss. Eating healthy is critical not just for their body but for the...

When your child brushed their teeth and went to bed the night before you may not have noticed the little black spot that has now taken residence on the enamel of their tooth. This morning when you look, it is clearly there. What do you do? Is this critical? Should it be fixed as soon as possible? Or wait until their next dental appointment? Those small black spots can be an early sign of a small problem that sits on their tooth and becomes a larger problem if not taken care of.   “Even if the cavity is in a baby tooth, it is important,” says Dr. Cameron Fuller , “that you do not wait. Instead it’s important to get the problem take care of as quickly as possible. Cavities that wait can become larger problems causing pain, and may mean missed school and a need for more in-depth dental procedures. Instead getting the cavity taken care of quickly can prevent your child from needing a root canal or other major dental procedure. A cavity that does not get fixed can also le...