A toddler sucking their thumb is widely viewed as a harmless milestone of self-soothing. If you are managing a child’s early health markers, you have likely been told by well-meaning relatives that they will simply grow out of it when they are ready. This passive…
Have you noticed your child sleeping with their mouth open at night? While it may seem harmless, open mouth sleeping can sometimes indicate an underlying issue with breathing. Many parents assume it is just a habit, but persistent open mouth sleeping may affect a child’s…
Most parents think about the jaw when it comes to teeth.. The jaw does a lot more than just hold teeth in place. The way the jaw grows affects how a child breathes, sleeps and eats. It even shapes how the face develops, which is…
We heavily medicate children for attention deficits while ignoring the exact mechanism their brains use to build focus. A staggering number of kids sitting in resource rooms with learning delay diagnoses are not neurologically impaired — they are just profoundly, chronically exhausted. You cannot diagnose…
Braces are not inevitable. Most parents treat them that way — a rite of passage somewhere around age twelve — but crooked teeth are largely the result of conditions that form years earlier and, in many cases, could have been interrupted. The uncomfortable truth is…
Most parents worry about sugar and cavities.. Very few parents think to check if their child is breathing correctly and that can really change the shape of their childs face. Mouth breathing in children is a deal. It is something that affects their body and…
When did your child last have a dental checkup? If the answer required some thought — or involved phrases like “sometime last year” or “maybe before the pandemic” — this article is for you. The dental checkup is one of those appointments that parents consistently…
About 90% of cavities in school-age children happen in the same place: the grooves of the back molars. Nine out of ten. Same spot, same teeth, same reason — every time. There is a treatment specifically designed for this problem. It takes twenty minutes, involves…
Here is something worth knowing about how tooth decay works in children: by the time it hurts, it has already been going on for a while. There is no warning. No mild discomfort that builds slowly. A child can have a developing cavity for months…
Most parents assume their child’s teeth are fine — and most of the time, they genuinely believe they’re doing everything right. The child brushes. Sometimes twice a day. There’s toothpaste involved. What more could there be? Quite a lot, actually. And that gap between what…