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History of Dental Care

Bill E. Kidd — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:15:41 +0000

Thank goodness dental care has evolved since ancient Roman times, when your barber would’ve been the one pulling your diseased teeth. Read on to learn more about this fascinating history. The History of Dental Care: The First Dental Floss Evidence has shown that even the ancient caveman cared for his teeth. They can tell this [...]

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History of Dental Care

Tips for Dealing With Kid’s Dental Emergencies

Bill E. Kidd — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:08:51 +0000

Knowing how to proceed during a child’s dental emergency can not only save them pain, but it could save their teeth as well. So while it is frightening to see your child in pain, with a mouth full of blood, just remember the following advice and you both will be fine. Knocked Out Teeth: Kid’s [...]

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Tips for Dealing With Kid’s Dental Emergencies

Baby Juice Bottles

Mark Mutschler — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:11:55 +0000

Parents who come into my Portland, Oregon pediatric dental practice often tell me, “My baby loves juice and I just cannot take it away, so I water it down.” These parents love their babies and want them to have all the good things in life. Juice is sweet and delicious and healthy too. Right? Fruit [...]

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Baby Juice Bottles

Treating Portland Pulps & Root Canals

Mark Mutschler — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:05:35 +0000

“Root canal? Ouch!” That is what most of my Portland patients tell me, but luckily root canal treatments take away toothaches to make you feel better. Usually dentists prefer to treat infected root canal pulps before they start to hurt because this is the most comfortable way to go. Waiting for a tooth to hurt [...]

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Treating Portland Pulps & Root Canals

Plaque in Portland

Mark Mutschler — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:19:23 +0000

Most people have heard about dental plaque but not everyone knows what it is. Dental plaque is a thick sticky waterproof cream-colored coating that develops on teeth over time. It is made up of bacteria and their wastes with saliva components. Sticky mucopolysaccharides are the mortar of dental plaque. They protect the bacteria by gluing the [...]

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Plaque in Portland

Gum Infections in Portland

Mark Mutschler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:59:21 +0000

A four year old boy from Portland came in with his mother, complaining of swelling around his baby molar. When I looked at it, I noticed that there was an infection around the last molar, next to where the permanent tooth develops. Since it could be either an infection of the tooth that spread to [...]

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Gum Infections in Portland

Flossing Braces

Mark Mutschler — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:48:53 +0000

Keeping braces clean is so important to moving teeth that it bears repeating. Keeping braces clean is so important to moving teeth. Why is it important you ask? To completely correct a badly positioned tooth, the tooth must slide the brace along the wire in the brace only a few millimeters. That is NOT very [...]

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Flossing Braces

Tears & Fears

Mark Mutschler — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:59:34 +0000

As a pediatric dentist, I specialize in children and special needs patients. Nevertheless, a large part of my job is overcoming parental fears. Parents have an incredible influence on their children; both positively and negatively. Kids are so tuned into parental non-verbal communication that even if a mother does not say anything negative about an [...]

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Tears & Fears

Tartar or Calculus

Mark Mutschler — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:27:57 +0000

You know that hard stuff that seems to grow on your teeth and that sounds screechy but makes your teeth feel nice and smooth when the dental hygienist scrapes it off? That is calculus (Greek for ‘small stone’) and also called tartar (but has nothing to do with the sauce). Tartar forms by many days [...]

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Tartar or Calculus

First Dental Visit

Mark Mutschler — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:39:23 +0000

Many parents are rightfully confused about when is the right time to start their children’s dental visits. Some Pediatricians say the first dentist visit should be about age two or three. Many general dentists have difficulty managing young children so they ask parents to bring them in after age three. The American Academy of Pediatric [...]

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First Dental Visit