Preventive & Pediatric Dentistry
Mr. Tooth Dental House provides a wide range of dental services in Squamish. We are committed to provide you with high quality dental care and to make your visit to our office comfortable.
Fluoride Application
Topical fluoride application is one of the best preventive measures to protect the teeth from carious lesions. It is simple and usually applied after your routine hygiene visit. Children get the maximum benefit of the topical fluoride application.
Fissure Sealants
Although fluoride can boost the decay resistance of the smooth surface of the tooth, what about the pits and fissure that characterize the chewing surface of the molars. It is considered to be the highest caries risk area?. Fissure sealant is quite beneficial in obliterating these anatomical irregularities of the tooth structure to prevent food entrapment and tooth decay. It is one of the most important preventive programs in pediatric dentistry.
Space Maintainers & Regainers
Sometimes the dentist is forced to do early primary tooth extraction due to decay, trauma or repeated dental infection. The adjacent and opposing teeth may encroach on the extraction site and prevent the proper eruption of the permanent tooth. To prevent this problem, a cemented Space Maintainer is the best device to keep the space for the permanent successor. Should the space loss already happened, a Space regainer needs to be considered as soon as possible.
Habit Breakers
Whether thumb sucking, tongue thrusting, nail biting or habitual mouth breathing, a fixed or removable habit breaker can be used for few months to modify this abnormal behavior. Although thumb sucking seems to be a usual habit in the first two years of your child life, but you need to think about the dirt the thumb will carry to your child's mouth.
Diet analysis
For any carious lesion to start, it needs a tooth surface, substrate (food remnants), bacteria (present in oral cavity) and time. Modifying the type of food consumed or reducing the high carbohydrate intake should halt the progress of the decay process. Having an idea about your food intake in both quality and quantity is the first line of defense against caries.
OHI
Although looks easy, however, guessing the most suitable toothbrush, toothpaste and dental floss is sometimes confusing. Our duty is to help you to make the decision and guide you to the most suitable maneuver.
Sedation
We are proud to deliver the service of minimal sedation to our patients. If you want to feel relaxed while the procedure ongoing is now possible with the availability of minimal sedation. If you would like to get this experience, please notify the office in advance to get the proper preoperative instructions.