Fixed Appliances Best And Cheapest To Correct Crossbite In Children
Society could save millions of crowns each year if more children were fitted with fixed appliances. This is shown in unique studies performed by Sofia PetrГ n, a dentist and orthodontic specialist at the Department of Orthodontics at Malmo University in Sweden. Calculations indicate that at least ten percent of all eight- and nine-year-olds in Sweden have so-called crossbite. This means that the children's upper and lower jaws are different in width and do not line up against each other when they bite their jaws together.
Many Young Children Off To A Poor Start With Dental Health, According To Poll Results
Although child health experts recommend that children begin oral health care by age 1 or when their first teeth emerge, a new report from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health shows that most children ages 1-2 have not yet started seeing a dentist. In May 2011, the National Poll on Children's Health asked parents of children ages 1-5 about dental health care for young children. The poll found that only 23% of 1-year-olds had been to the dentist and only 44% of 2-year-olds had been to the dentist.
I Will Buy Back Your Halloween Candy, Says Mansfield, Ohio Dentist
Dr. Craig Callen, a dentist from Mansfied, Ohio, says he will offer $1 for every pound of Halloween sweets to trick-or-treaters. He has placed a limit of 5 pounds per child. Callen says that those who do so also enter a raffle for children's bicycles. The kids will also receive free toothbrushes. Callen and two other colleagues, Mathew Snipes and Anthony Lordo have put up $1, 000 towards their offer. They say this is a cavity-preventing drive - to reduce the amount of candy children consume during the Halloween period.