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For as long as children have had imaginations, they have been afraid of the dentist. We’ve all been through it and most of us have outgrown it, but it doesn’t have to be a rite of passage. The fear of the dentist can turn into a problem if your young patients are suffering through their checkups. Here are a few ways to fight off the stereotype and earn your patients’ trust.Talk to the Parents FirstYou can make your waiting room the next Disney World, but if the parents are somehow engendering th

Many of us are walking around with a mouth full of obsolete dentistry. Dental practices are constantly evolving to ensure more effective, but less painful and invasive procedures. When it comes to caries, which, according to Dentistry Today, is the number one chronic disease in children, less invasive wasn’t always the philosophy.Up until relatively recently, we were removing not only the caries, but also the healthy part of the tooth. The practice was to remove as much of the tooth as possible