Should Your Child Patients Wear a Mouth Guard for His or Her Sport?Your patient child’s teeth are important, even if they still have their baby teeth. Getting a hit straight to the mouth can push teeth out of position, which can affect the growth of adult teeth. If your child has shed their baby teeth, then a mouth guard becomes even more important to protect their permanent teeth from damage during sports. When should you consider recommending a mouth guard for your children?
The U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association requires a mouth guard for certain sports, including football, hockey, and lacrosse. The American Dental Association goes much further, suggesting a mouth guard for basketball, boxing, gymnastics, martial arts, rugby,…
When you think of tooth loss, the image that comes to mind may be that of tucking a baby tooth under your pillow at night, hoping for the tooth fairy to replace it with something spendable. You might picture your grandparents placing their dentures in cleaning solution on the bathroom sink each night. That’s a sobering image.
Ready to expand your practice and improve your cash flow? One way to do that is to offer more services. In particular, pediatric dentistry may allow you to offer a wider range of services for children who are more likely than adults to have dental insurance coverage. Children can face a range of dental needs, including space maintenance, space regaining, arch development, and habit control.
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