TUESDAY, Dec. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For decades, fluoride in drinking water has helped protect kids’ teeth from ...

When that first tooth emerges, start brushing — and other advice from pediatric dentists. By Melinda Wenner Moyer Pop quiz: At what age should kids first see a dentist? In a nationally representative ...

Two second-grade boys wiggle in nervous excitement outside the makeshift dental office, swinging their feet in matching red shoes while they build up the confidence to face the dentist inside. Unlike ...

When my oldest child turned 3, I took him to see the dentist my husband and I had been seeing for years. The cleaning and exam went off without a hitch. So I planned to use the same dentist with my ...

Setting routines with kids while they’re young is one of the best ways to set up healthy habits for life. From teaching them proper techniques and getting them in for checkups to making sure they have ...

Amy Luedemann-Lazar originally disliked working with children with autism - with routine dental procedures becoming "backbreaking" work, given the children's behavioral and communication difficulties.