Sleep Disordered Breathing And Role Of A Dentist In Children
I am at TUFTS, Doing Pediatric dental sleep medicine. Isn’t a dentist’s job to drill and fill teeth? So What lead me here In the last decade, I chose the path of prevention. My journey began with search to prevent crooked teeth and need for teeth removal and braces (clip). Through the process I learned […]
We Can Prevent Developing Crooked Teeth At The Earliest. Is It Necessary To Wait Till 14 To Straighten Crooked Teeth?
About 14 years before, I came home and told my mum and sister that I have decided to be a PEDIATRIC DENTIST, their first response was, a dentist, for a teeth thats going to fall off overnight? All I said was I will make a difference!!! and they trusted. Very often people mistake a pediatric […]
We Can Prevent Developing Crooked Teeth At The Earliest. Is It Necessary To Wait Till 14 To Straighten Crooked Teeth?
Over the past week there is huge change in paradigm in the treatment options for COVID-19. And one such treatment that got my attention is NITRIC OXIDE. And do you know humans have the ability to produce this nitric oxide naturally? . . We all know the basic precaution now., we can take to stay […]
Sleep Disordered Breathing And Obstructive Sleep Apnea
I am at TUFTS, Doing Pediatric dental sleep medicine. Isn’t a dentist’s job to drill and fill teeth? So, what lead me here helping children sleep better? In the last decade, I chose the path of prevention. My journey began with search to prevent crooked teeth and need for teeth removal and braces (clip). Through […]
Tongue Ties & Eating Problems
This is a picture of tongue and lip tie work in a toddler before and after, baby L visited few months before with issues in chewing, eating and swallowing. Children with tongue ties and lip ties may develop eating problems over the course of their childhood. Many times I have parents come in for eating […]
Why is breastfeeding needed??
Uncompensated – Extended – Exclusive breastfeeding (minimum till 2 years of age WHO) is an essential process to ensure an optimal craniofacial maxillomandibular growth. In simple terms breast is the first functional appliance (appliance used to straighten teeth and develop proper airways). So what can you do as young mothers? Prenatal- ensure your Vitamin D […]
PRE AND POST TONGUE TIE RELEASE
Tongue tie release in infant & children is not see and cut . Functional breastfeeding is achieved after preparation of the child and optimisation of the time of release. . WE follow a protocol that has stages before and after release to achieve the best possible optimal outcome, for both the mother and child. Many […]
THE TONGUE TIE RELEASE
The tongue’s resting posture up the palate in an infant post tongue tie release . At WE , we call it N spot, the point the tip of the tongue rests while pronouncing the alphabet N. . This position is necessary for the following reasons Optimization of nasal breathing Proper Development of the upper and […]
The Tongue Tie – Tie Berg
Tongue Tie – The big scam I have almost every patient that I consult come back to tell this!! What is a frenum ? It is a small fold of mucous or fascia that secures or attaches an organ in the body to near by tissues. In mouth it’s there labial, lingual and buccal. . […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Pacifier Dental Problems I have been asked umpteen number of times why I am an aberrant promoter of breastfeeding when my primary profession is about teeth? Being a Preventive Pediatric dentist, I play a major role in optimizing the growth and development of the craniofacial complex in children (head and neck). One of the […]