by PMA Dental Care | Aug 28, 2015 | Education
DO YOU EVER put your baby to bed with a bottle? It may seem harmless. If the bottle contains juice or even milk it may begin to damage their teeth causing Baby Bottle Tooth Decay. Bacteria Cause Baby Bottle Tooth Decay Milk and juice are full of sugars that combine...
by PMA Dental Care | Aug 21, 2015 | News
TOOTH DECAY IS THE NUMBER ONE CHRONIC DISEASE IN CHILDREN. It’s estimated that 25% of children under 5 years old have some form of tooth decay. 46,500 children last year were admitted to hospital to have teeth extracted. But SO much of the problem is preventable...
by PMA Dental Care | Aug 14, 2015 | Education
YOUR NIGHTLY BRUSHING ROUTINE wouldn’t be the same without the taste of minty-fresh toothpaste. But toothpaste wasn’t always minty or soft. It used to be a lot less pleasant to use. The First Toothpaste The ancient Egyptians around 5000BC created what is...
by PMA Dental Care | Aug 7, 2015 | Notes
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN when we least expect them. Imagine your at a friend’s or family pick-nick having fun, when a crying child runs up to you with knocked-out tooth in their hand. What should you do? Dental First Aid Saves Teeth Knocking out (luxating is the...
by PMA Dental Care | Jul 24, 2015 | Education
HAVE A TOOTHACHE? Wear these fish bones around your neck, repeat a chant, and drop a few pears into the river! These ridiculous toothache remedies were about in the Middle Ages. In the olden days before modern dentistry people would try anything to relieve the pain...
