Tooth Talk Dental Articles

Cavities Can Be Contagious   If you’ve ever had a child in elementary school, you probably know how fast germs and sickness can spread. One sneeze from your child’s classmate, and [...]

Reasons For Your Child's Puffy Gums If you notice sudden puffiness in your child’s gum there are a variety or causes for this, and ways to treat and prevent this [...]

Cost of Braces | Snodgrass-King Orthodontics Treatment Timeline Cost is often a high-priority factor that influences many parents’ decisions regarding orthodontic treatment for their children, or themselves. The cost of [...]

6 Reasons to Have Your Wisdom Teeth Extracted   Most people start to feel their wisdom teeth coming in around their late teens or early twenties. These will be the [...]

The Best Diet for Strong Healthy Teeth Most of us are familiar with some of the basics of well-rounded nutritious eating. After all, we know that good food helps us maintain [...]

Why Do Diastemas Happen? You may have heard your dentist use the term diastema (pronounced dahy-uh-stee-muh) but not know what it means. Everything has a complicated, hard-to-pronounce medical term, even [...]

Retainers for Life After Braces When it’s time for your braces to come off, then it’s time to start your next step of caring for your smile by wearing a [...]

Treating Sensitive Teeth | What Causes Tooth Sensitivity? What is Tooth Sensitivity? If the thought of too hot or too cold food hitting your teeth makes you cringe in pain, [...]

Toothaches: Causes, Treatments, and Relief Parents, you know it always breaks your heart when your child is in pain. And for those of you who have had toothaches, you [...]

What To Do When Your Child Complains of Toothache Did you know? According to the CDC, cavities are actually “the most common chronic disease of childhood in the United States.” [...]

The Truth About Tooth Extractions for Children Bringing in your child for a dental visit can be stressful enough - but even more so when the procedure is a daunting [...]

Comparing Permanent Retainers and Traditional Retainers Orthodontic treatment is a serious investment that hopefully creates beneficial life-long results. Keep in mind that orthodontic retainers are meant to keep that investment [...]

Why Choosing an American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Dentist Matters Did you know that February is National Children's Dental Health Month? This month provides a great opportunity to take charge [...]

Your Dental Care Playbook for The New Year It’s the start of a new year for your teeth! Let’s make sure that 2022 is the best year yet for your oral [...]

What Sugar Does to Your Teeth We know sugar as the tasty substance that makes our food sweet. Great in ice cream, cakes, and pretty much every other dessert you can [...]

How to Fix Gaps & Spaces in Teeth When you think of a perfect smile, do you think of a straight, white set of teeth? In a perfect world, everyone’s [...]

12 Simple Dental Tips for Holiday Care According to the ADA (American Dental Association) 97% of the population worldwide is affected by tooth decay during their lifetime. In fact, this [...]

The Negative Effects of Oral Piercings Facial piercings have become much more of a trend over the past couple of decades. Some people express themselves by having lip piercings or tongue [...]