Utah Family Dentist Blog
The Tooth Fairy and Other Notable Figures
While the Tooth Fairy seems like she’s always been snooping under kids’ pillows and leaving behind coins for teeth, she is actually a comparatively new kid on the block next to some of the other legends of lore. Santa...
What to Do When Going to the Dentist Is Hard – Part Three: Dental Anxiety as an Adult
Today is our last installment on how to help people who struggle with going to the dentist. This article is meant to give helpful suggestions to adults who experience dental anxiety. There are different levels of fear...
What to Do When Going to the Dentist is Hard – Part 2: Physical, Intellectual, or Developmental Disabilities
People with physical, intellectual, or developmental disabilities bring a lot of joy and wonder to the world and people around them. Unfortunately, many people with these disabilities have a hard time sitting through...
What to Do When Going to the Dentist Is Hard – Part 1: Anxious Children
A friend of mine was a foster parent to two young children who had never visited the dentist before. Even though they read books about the dentist and talked about what would happen before going, the children exhibited...
What’s Wrong With The Hard-Bristled Brush Anyway?
We recently wrote a blog post about how to brush your teeth the right way, but we thought that we would delve a little bit deeper into the world of toothbrushes. You’ve probably heard it a hundred times: brush with a...
Wow! Those are Some Really Old Teeth
From chipping out cavities with a sharpened stone to analyzing prehistoric plaque, teeth—and the methods we have developed to study them—give us a lot of insight into the last few million years. The shape and size of...