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Kara Vavrosky, RDH is an Editorial Director at Modern Hygienist, a part of the Modern Dental Network. She is best known for running the popular Facebook page, Dental Hygiene with Kara RDH, and is the founder of DentalHygieneAnswers.com, a Q&A site for dental hygienists. Kara also serves on multiple advisory boards for dental-related companies and is a 2015-2016 ADHA Governance of Tomorrow Steering Committee member. You can learn more about Kara at KaraRDH.com.

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Having a healthy smile is crucial to a child’s overall health and development.


What parents NEED to know about keeping their children’s teeth healthy

The TheraBreath for Kids Organic Grape Oral Rinse is said to be made from healthy ingredients.

New organic oral rinse available for children

Kristen Mott is the associate editor for Dental Products Report and Digital Esthetics.

A new study suggests preventive dental care provided before the age of 2 is associated with a higher rate of dental visits and more frequent tooth decay-related treatment.

Does early preventive dental care for kids lead to more long-term care?

Anesthesia Progress is the official publication of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA). The quarterly journal is dedicated to providing a better understanding of the advances being made in the science of pain and anxiety control in dentistry. The journal invites submissions of review articles, reports on clinical techniques, case reports, and conference summaries. To learn more about the ADSA, visit: http://www.adsahome.org/.

If a dentist could predict how a child is likely to respond to the usage of laughing gas, also known as nitrous oxide, the visit is more likely to be free of anxiety and fear.

Study finds that certain type of children respond better to laughing gas

DPR presents a list of the top 10 most popular articles from 2016.

Two-phase orthodontics: There are two sides to every story

Ethel Hagans is a dental hygienist first, and then, the author of the book Extraordinary Dental Care. She is obsessed with motivating hygienists to raising their level of care, in order to woo their patients into patterns of great oral hygiene. Her motto: “In the end our main goal is to make sure their teeth outlast them!”

Letting children speak for themselves at dental appointments can help hygienists glean valuable information.

Whose appointment is it, anyway?

Laura Dorr is the former executive editor of DPR's Modern Dental Network and a regular contributing author.

Hydration is crucial when working out or playing sports-but now, researchers say, hydrating is actually destroying children’s teeth.

Is staying hydrated destroying children's teeth?

In this Product Benchmark, Shannon Pace Brinker, CDA, CDD explains how Ultradent's Opalescence Go can be used to whiten teeth in pediatric patients, restoring confidence and smiles.

How Opalescence Go can restore confidence in pediatric patients

Chemicals commonly found in plastics and fungicides may be weakening children’s teeth by disrupting hormones that stimulate the growth of dental enamel, according to a new study presented today at the European Congress of Endocrinology.

Pediatric Dentistry