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Toothaches are frequent in the summer due to the time the kids spend eating junk food. Now the entire family can take advantage of a new address for professional dental care. The clinic belongs to a family and is run by a married couple who are both dentists. The wife’s occupation is a dental hygienist, while her husband worked in the US Army Dental Corps for six years. Both worked in Europe, which was where Cindy took part in starting a public dental health program in the northern region of the continent.

Too bad there isn’t a real tooth fairy who, like the equally illusionary tinker bell, could dart about from house to house and light a spark in parents’ minds about the necessity of dental care for their children. It was a regular sight for three years old brought to the clinic, teeth and gums both rotten. There was even one small girl who suffered sweetened stomach ache as she swallowed her food whole for she was unable to chew it.

If you can recall that commercial on TV where a child rushes to his father and interrupts him from his duties in order to tell him that he has a cavity, then you pretty much have an idea of the conditions of dental health in the country. One cavity every six months actually results in the child still having cavities in most of his teeth by the time he reaches 21.

Just like the average person, babies should be given good dental health care both at home and professionally. Your child’s first teeth are bound to be healthy and strong if care is given early in his life. This is important because the space in the mouth for permanent teeth is reserved by primary teeth. New teeth that are crooked would come as a result if baby teeth are lost too early because the other teeth would occupy the empty spaces.

With the high rate of dental decay and gum disease over the past years, there is a significant number of people who are completely or partially without teeth. These would depend on oral prosthetic devices for both form and function. These prostheses are often ill fitting, uncomfortable and do not offer the patient a suitable substitute for their natural teeth. It is sad that these patients would go from one dentist then to another wishing that one would be able to help their woes as dental cripples.