Category Archives: Babies and a Dental Home

It’s just a fact of life: Along with the piles of diapers, sleepless nights, and joy over the baby’s arrival, new moms expect to make well-child visits to the medical provider.  But equally important to a baby’s good health is that first visit to the dentist by age one. While the first well-child visit to…

Along with safe and healthy COVID vaccines, the relaxing of some restrictions, and the reopening of schools and work and play spaces, there’s more good news: The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has updated its COVID-19 guidance for Early Childhood Education programs to include toothbrushing. That means childcare facilities can safely resume  toothbrushing …

It’s just a fact of life: Along with the piles of diapers, sleepless nights, and joy over the baby’s arrival, new moms expect to make well-child visits to the medical provider.  But equally important to a baby’s good health is that first visit to the dentist by age one, says Bhavna Pahel, pediatric dentist in…