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Say Yes To Pediatric Sedation Dentistry – WHY?

1/28/2021

 
​Oral Conscious Sedation is becoming emerging trends in Pediatric Dentistry. Fear and anxiety commonly occur in Dental Patients during dental treatments. To manage dental fear and anxiety in children, Conscious Sedation Dentistry is considerable.

Routine Check Up can help prevent gums problems and cavities. Children are afraid to visit their Dentists. Dental fear and anxiety is common in children but overcoming this Oral Conscious Sedation is effective and has a plethora of benefits. Dentists understands that whether your child need dental care or not but unable to proceed with treatments because of extreme anxiety.
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Is Oral Conscious Sedation safe for children?

​Certainly, Yes!

Oral Conscious Sedation is a very safe and advanced technique which has been getting popular among dental patients over the past few years. The Conscious Sedation Dentistry varies according to children’s physical, psychological, and emotional health. Pediatric Sedation is the practice of conscious sedation in dentistry which has various types.

Pediatric Sedation is generally used with a margin of safety. Before Conscious Sedation Dentistry, your Pediatric Dentist conducts a careful pre-sedation evaluation. Dentists prepare the patient thoroughly after complete evaluation and check-ups.

Benefits Of Oral Sedation

Oral Conscious Sedation technique has its own benefits.
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Chiefly, it has types and is very helpful in managing children’s behaviour as conscious sedation medication done a few hours prior to dental treatments. Other benefits are, 
  • Control Dental Fear and Anxiety
  • Control Mental Retardation
  • Control Parent’s Worry
  • Patients do not remember their dental treatments
  • Kids will be awake and responsive
  • Fast Dental Procedure
Oral sedation is the easiest and most comfortable way to get rid of children anxiety. Even very helpful for dentists to manage children’s behaviour during dental procedures. Dental Sedation effects vary from person to person. In Dental Treatments, Sedation has many alternatives to General Anesthesia. If you are still thinking about the safe sedation then be ready for my next blog on types of ultra, mild and moderate sedation.

7 Facts About Dentistry For Kids By Mint Kids Dentistry

1/24/2021

 
Do you know how helpful regular visits to a pediatric dentist are? 
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Your regular visits can change your children’s facial structure game as regular visits are essential to a kid's oral health.

Why regular visits?

From regular visits to a dentist your children get benefited because a child’s body undergoes a lot of changes throughout their childhood to adulthood. Such childhood changes can impact their facial structure and teeth.

I know these types of questions always come into every parent’s mind as your child’s smile is everything for you so here I am sharing a few facts about kids dentistry.

#1 Parents Never Leave Their Anxiety at the Door

It is true - Before 2 to 4 regular visits each parent especially new parents is always full of anxiety and they never leave their Anxiety at the Door of kids dental clinic. Most children pick up on their parent’s anxiety. Parents can easily leave their anxiety at the door by not asking questions to children mainly “Is it hurting” or by their dentists “Will it hurt”.

#2 Parents Easily learn How to Keep Cool If their Child Won’t Cooperate

My advice to parents - “Don’t give up”. Your pediatric dentist knows everything and has an abundance of knowledge so gradually you will also know how to keep cool in case your child won’t cooperate with dental treatments. Be patient with dental and visits procedures. Let’s chuck it and move to the next fact about kid’s dentistry.

#3 A Hungry Child Is Not a Happy Patient, Indeed!

​Ah! It really hit my heart when I saw a hungry child while giving dental treatment. It is a fact that “A hungry child is not a happy patient ever”. So parents should be mindful here and they try to full tummy their kids unless your pediatric dentist does not advise you regarding your child’s appetite.
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#4 Parents Encourage Kids for good Dental Habits at Home

Generally, easy and regular visits happen when parents encourage their child to brush twice a day for 2 minutes and to floss once a day. Parents can improve their child’s dental habits by considering a fun-looking toothbrush, play your kid’s favorite song or any video whichever they like, and many more.
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Your fun-loving attitude and aptitude towards your kid’s dental habit can change everything very quickly. For that you need to learn it gradually.

#5 Tooth Decay - 2nd most common disease

I am hoping that all parents are aware of this fact. If you are uninformed then you are absolutely late. For this, I will recommend you to stay up to date with regular blogs reading at Mint Kids Dentistry Bellevue. 

Fact is “Tooth Decay is the second most common disease even if it is not contagious”. Strange but true and mostly tooth decay is caused by sugary drinks like soda, soft drinks, and energy drinks.

You will be more amazed when you read this - “Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in our body even harder than steel”.

#6 Average Children spends less time on brushing

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This is an amazing fact that most children spend less time brushing. The good dental habit says “a child should brush twice a day for 2 minutes at least each time and to floss once a day” - This I already mentioned in 4th point (Parents Encourage Kids for good Dental Habits at Home).

#7 Most kids in the country have a cavity

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Again candies, sugary drinks like soda, soft drinks, energy drinks, and all such things usually cause cavities to your child’s teeth. If your child has cavities, don’t feel bad for your child as most of the kids in the country have a cavity. Go on regular visits to your Pediatric Dentist and cavities will vanish before they become an adult.

Hopefully, this blog helped you in numerous ways. Conspicuously, kids dentistry focuses on ensuring the child’s oral health and Pediatric Dentists are specialized in taking care of kids with special needs or unique problems.

Why Pediatric Dentists Over General Family Dentists

1/24/2021

 
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To understand the difference between Pediatric Dentists and General Family Dentists, you just need to inform yourself about “a Pediatric Dentist specialization” - A pediatric dentist specializes in dentistry for children which a general dentist doesn’t. 
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This simple difference makes a lot of differences during children’s dental treatment so it is always recommended to choose Pediatric Dentists over General Family Dentists.

Bid Adieu To General Family Dentists

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When you are looking for a good dentist for your kids then you might consider myriad things and a few of them can be
  • Your child respond to dental treatments
  • Your child behaviour can be manageable by a Dentist
  • To make a child comfortable, a dentist should use smaller and kid-friendly dental tools
  • Dentist stress more on preventive dental care
  • Dentist’s clinic should be fully equipped to handle children with special needs
  • Dentist should have more experience with kids
  • Dentist’s clinic environment should be kid-friendly so that a child will feel safe and have fun
Many people also think of “You & your kid can visit the same dentist”. It is mostly the major concern of every parent because of trust on their dentists. Here I would suggest you have control over your instincts after all your kid smile is everything for you. To keep that smile healthy try to switch from general family dentists to pediatric dentists.

Pediatric Dentist’s Speciality

Pediatric dentists are child’s dental specialists who focus on treating infants to adolescents. Mainly, several parents choose pediatric dentists because they are very much aware of special training on children’s dental procedures with a stellar talent for treating the unique needs of infants, children, adolescents, and young patients with exceptional dental and general health care needs whereas a general dentist treats patients of any age. Sometimes they also need pediatric specialists for complex conditions. 

The main reason to always see a pediatric dentist - Pediatric dentists have knowledge of different stages of development of your child's teeth and bite so they guide parents according to early detection and treatment of cavities or any dental concerns. They are enough trained to provide fluoride treatments and dental sealants to children.
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Alike there are many reasons to choose Pediatric dentists for children every time. Still, if you’re not sure which is the best dentist for your child’s dental health, you can clear your doubt by scheduling a consultation. Most parents do a consultation first before adhering to any pediatric dentist. They feel confident enough after consultation. 

If you are in Bellevue then you can do a consultation with Mint Kids Dentistry which can help you in numerous ways. You can reach us at (425) 321-0833.

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