At Adult and Pediatric Dental Care, one of our major goals is to help our "next generation of smiles." We do this by starting to see children at the age of one.

One of our main objectives from the age of 1 to 3 years old is to help educate parents in the prevention of decay. We focus on baby bottle mouth decay, good and bad foods, when baby teeth are expected to erupt, and how to keep them healthy until they are lost naturally.

From age 3 and up, we stress cleanings every 6 months, educating on how to keep their teeth cavity free, sealants on posterior adult teeth to help prevent decay, and regular fluoride treatments to help strengthen the teeth.

We stress to parents the importance of keeping theirs child's baby teeth healthy until they naturally fall out. Children's baby teeth are the road map in the eruption of their permanent teeth. If children's baby teeth are lost prematurely, this can cause serious problems when the permanent teeth begin to erupt.

At Adult and Pediatric Dental Care we believe that prevention and education are the only two way to help maintain a healthy and pain free mouth.

Facts About Deciduous (baby) Teeth:

* Proper care of a child's deciduous teeth is very important as these teeth

hold space for the future eruption of permanent teeth.

* If a baby tooth decays or is removed too early, the space necessary for the

permanent teeth is lost and can only be regained through orthodontic

treatment.

* Infected baby teeth can cause the permanent teeth to develop improperly

resulting in stains, pits, and weaker teeth.

* Most children begin losing their baby teeth around the age of 5 - usually

the front teeth first. They continue to lose baby teeth until the age of

12 or 13 when all the permanent teeth finally come thourgh.