In addition to brushing and flossing twice a day, you can also take extra steps to protecting your kids’ teeth. The molar teeth are most susceptible to cavities for two reason. First, their chewing surface has more pits and fissures than the rest of the...
New flash! Flossing is not just for grown ups. Flossing is important because it removes plaque and food from between teeth. Brushing can only go so far, and flossing does the rest of the job. It’s not only good for your mouth, but helps prevent...
February is Children’s Dental Health Month, and we’re excited to kick things off with some tips on brushing teeth. We made a Love Your Teeth coloring sheet, that you can download and print for your kiddos as we go over one way you can love...
Helping children form healthy habits is an important part of parenthood. Taking good care of your oral health is an important part of living a healthy life! As a dentist AND a parent, I want to see happy and healthy smiles in Charleston and, well,...
Our book review of “Throw Your Tooth on the Roof” got us thinking about teeth traditions and how they started. Here’s a bit of what we found. The earliest Norse writing called, “The Eddas,” contain a record of a tradition called, “tand-fe,” or tooth-fee. For the...
We know that staying hydrated is an important part of day to day health, but it can also have a big impact on your kids’ oral health. The amount of water your children are drinking can sometimes be difficult to determine – especially if they’re...
Fun fact: people have been using material to clean their teeth since 500 B.C. It started with crushed burnt hooves and egg shells. Thankfully, things have improved since then, and we now have a wide assortment of toothpastes to choose from. Ingredients in “natural” and “conventional”...
Happy New Year from Magnolia Pediatric Dentistry! We’re so excited to be joining the Mount Pleasant community in 2018. We hope you take a moment to check out our brand new state of the art practice after we open in February. We’ve decided to come up...
