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Our WHOLE child mission statement
Whole child approach to pediatric dental care in Wheat Ridge [caption id="attachment_3511" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Meet the Kid Focus team, located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado[/caption] At Kid Focus Dentistry, we don’t just look for cavities. Every child who comes [...]
Oral Hygiene Instructions
Pediatric oral health and home care Preventing tooth decay Decay can start as soon as your child’s first tooth comes in and can be very painful for your child. Most often decay starts in the upper front teeth, but [...]
How to brush and floss
How to brush: Start with a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste Clean outer tooth surfaces- use a 45degree angle toward the gumline Clean chewing surfaces with back and forth strokes Clean inner surfaces with vertical up-and-down strokes. How to [...]
Smart choices for healthy mouths
Oral habits Digital sucking or oral habit sucking such as pacifiers will cause a permanent change to the child's oral bone development. Eating or sucking on acidic food such as citrus will cause the outer layers to weaken [...]
Steps for a healthy mouth from birth until age 6
Development of the mouth and teeth Baby teeth are important because they help signal the correct sequence for the adult teeth to erupt into. Early loss of baby teeth can cause undue crowding and growth problems. 6-year molars [...]
Oral Health and Home Care
Tooth Decay Decay can start as soon as your child's first tooth comes in and can be very painful for your child. Most often decay starts in the upper front teeth, but any tooth can be affected and can [...]
Fractured permanent front teeth
If your child has fractured a permanent tooth due to trauma, they will most likely experience sensitivity to hot/cold and pressure. The severity of the trauma on the tooth will dictate how we will treat it: A minor [...]
American Dental Association and U.S. Government Fluoride Recommendations
Since 1950, the American Dental Association (ADA), along with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have continuously endorsed the fluoridation of community water. Therefore, they proclaimed it to be a safe and effective public health [...]
Shark Teeth
A frequent concern from parents with a child getting new teeth, is that their children are getting “shark teeth”. This term is often used to describe when a child is getting new adult teeth while the baby teeth are [...]
Orthodontics in Wheat Ridge
At Kid Focus Dentistry we don't only focus on dental caries, we also hope to prevent possible future problems; especially with growth. Most parents only think about braces in terms of crowding; however, we focus on the more [...]
Your Child’s First Visit in Wheat Ridge
At Kid Focus Dentistry, we believe that your child’s first visit to our office is the most important one. This visit allows us to get to know your child’s personality and create a positive starting point for future [...]
Cheek Stickers
Patients whose mouths are numbed during treatment tend to play with the numb area by chewing or biting on it. This can produce soreness and swelling on the child’s cheeks. To prevent injury to the tissue, we encourage the use [...]
Root Canal
A root canal is considered to be a major dental treatment, so some discomfort is to be expected following the patient’s visit. Since root canal treatment involves the root of the tooth, the most discomfort will come from the gums [...]
Antibiotics
We only prescribe antibiotics to a patient if they have a severe infection or if we cannot treat the infection site right away. The type of antibiotics that we prescribe depends on the patient’s needs, especially the site of the [...]
Pain Management
For routine dental care, such as sealants and fillings, we do not anticipate much patient discomfort following the procedure. If your child’s treatment includes: Crowns Extractions Root canals Then some mild postoperative discomfort is to be expected. In these cases, [...]