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As a parent, you have a responsibility to teach your child how they can achieve and maintain good dental health. In this blog post, we suggest some dental health tips for kids!

Baby teeth are the initial teeth that grow in before your child’s permanent teeth appear. To learn more about these teeth and timelines for expected growth, keep reading.

Are you gearing up to take your child to their first dentist appointment? Exciting times! This milestone is an important step in ensuring your little one has a lifetime of happy, healthy smiles.

Getting a tooth removed is a scary thought for both adults and children. For kids, it might be especially nerve-wracking because of their young age and anxiety about the dentist. At Sunshine Pediatric Dentistry, we understand this fear and strive to make the process as comfortable and stress-free as possible.

As a parent, you’re constantly having to make decisions about what’s best for your child. This ranges from what clothes you buy them to what bathroom products they use to what extracurricular activities you bring them into.

As a parent of young children, you may be worried about whether swallowing toothpaste should be a cause for concern. Here, we’ll answer the question: is it safe for children to swallow toothpaste?

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and our team at Sunshine Pediatric Dentistry is excited to enjoy one of our favorite holidays. Some of the foods in a traditional Thanksgiving feast provide the nutrients necessary for healthy teeth, while others can increase your risk of tooth decay. To help you and your family make tooth-conscious choices this festive season, we’ve compiled the following list of the best and the worst Thanksgiving foods for your teeth.

There are a few reasons why a child would need to get a tooth extracted. These include extreme decay and cavities, severe dental trauma, dental disease, or because the tooth is interrupting proper tooth development. At Sunshine Pediatric Dentistry, we offer tooth extractions for pediatric patients. But parents often worry about how to help their child take care of the extraction site once the extraction is over.

Prevention is key to having excellent dental health. You encourage your child to brush and floss their teeth to prevent cavities and tooth damage. You bring them to Sunshine Pediatric Dentistry for regular examinations and cleanings. However, many people don’t realize the importance of encouraging their active children to wear mouthguards to prevent injury.

At Sunshine Pediatric Dentistry, our top priorities are our patients’ safety, oral health, and comfort. Occasionally, after a dental procedure that was needed to keep them healthy, your child may experience oral pain. Because we understand that no parent wants to see their child in pain, we’ve put together a list of five ways you can help reduce your child’s oral pain after a dental procedure.