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Before Your Due Date, Schedule a Date With a Dentist’s Office
Most pregnant women recognize how important their own overall health is for their baby’s health, but may ignore a critical component – their oral health. In fact, a survey of American children’s oral...
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Five Ways to Help Your Children Brush Better
Poor and infrequent brushing may be some of the biggest obstacles preventing children in the United States from having good oral health. That’s one of the key findings from a recent survey1 of American...
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Make Dentist Visits the Rule for Back-to-School
Along with an annual physical, clothes and backpacks, Delta Dental suggests adding a visit to the dentist to your child’s back-to-school list this fall. Dental professionals recommend biannual visits...
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Top Five Best Oral Health Practices at School
It may seem like a mindless matter, but packing an apple instead of a sugary snack in a child’s lunch this fall can help improve oral health and educational performance. After all, children eat more...
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Sealing a Smile Packs a Preventive Punch
Why is 80 percent of tooth decay found in only 25 percent of children, disproportionately kids from low-income families?1 The answer is multifold and complex, but Delta Dental believes that...
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Top 10 Fright Night Facts
Did you know Americans consumed 24.7 pounds of candy per capita in 2010?1 That’s a lot of sugar to potentially cause cavities if left on the teeth of boys and ghouls too long. After eating candy, Delta...
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Dog Diffuses Dental Distress
According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 20 million Americans avoid going to the dentist out of fear. Most dentists are well aware of their patients’ anxieties. They try to create a...
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New Survey: Kids Need Brushing up on Oral Health
Although cavities are nearly 100 percent preventable, more than one out of four American caregivers reported that their children had a cavity filled in the past year. This was among the findings of a...
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Wearing the Wires: Kids and Braces
Once upon a time, kids who wore braces were teased by their peers with mean-spirited nicknames such as brace face, tinsel teeth, zipper lips and metal mouth. These days, however, braces have become...
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The Tooth Fairy Loosened Her Purse Strings in 2012
How much are kids getting for lost baby teeth these days? The average gift from the Tooth Fairy was $2.42 last year, up 32 cents from $2.10 in 2011, according to The Original Tooth Fairy Poll®...
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Traits of Toothpaste
Toothpaste – it has been the foundation of the most basic of daily oral health routines dating back to ancient civilizations. But, how many people today actually know what makes up the concoction that...
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Don’t Bottle Up the Oral Health Benefits of Fluoridated Water
Nearly 60 percent of caregivers say they are more likely to give children bottled water than tap water, potentially depriving kids of fluoride that is critical to good oral health. In addition,...
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Don’t Pass on Your Dentophobia
Parents who are afraid to visit the dentist may pass the same fear on to their children, possibly keeping them from getting routine dental check-ups that are important to promote healthy teeth and a...
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Ignorance Not Blissful for Your Children’s Oral Health
“What you don’t know won’t hurt you” is a popular idiom that couldn’t be further from the truth when it comes to personal health. In fact, parents’ lack of knowledge about certain common at-home habits...
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Are Sports Drinks as Harmful to Kids’ Teeth as Soda?
While kids play sports in the summer heat, they will be tempted to gulp down large sugary sports and energy drinks to stay cool. Swigging too many of these beverages, however, can harm a child’s teeth....
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How to Handle Tooth Trauma
As children head back to school, it is important to remember that dental emergencies can happen any time, any place. According to the 2013 Delta Dental Children’s Oral Health Survey,1 one out of 10...
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ACA’s Exchanges Offer Opportunity to Improve Dental Health
As the Affordable Care Act’s Exchanges begin to enroll people across the country, a seemingly minor provision in the law is bound to make a big difference in combating the most widespread disease...
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The Best and Worst Halloween Treats for Teeth
Little ghosts and goblins will trick-or-treat to collect as much candy as they can this Halloween, but it’s not just kids who will enjoy the treats. Nearly 80 percent of parents admit they eat their...
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Certain Kids Could Benefit From More Fluoride
Fluoride is a mineral that helps teeth become more resistant to decay (cavities). You can help prevent your child from getting cavities by making sure they drink fluoridated water and brush at least...
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Sealants Critical to Children’s Oral Health
Sealants are plastic coatings that protect those difficult to reach pits and grooves on the chewing surfaces of the teeth from the bacteria that cause tooth decay. A quick and painless procedure done in...
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