Category Archives: Dental Health for People with Autism & Other Special Needs
Autism Awareness Day: April 2, 2017
I always look forward to writing my regular articles for our website and Brantford’s community newspaper as I find it satisfying to educate people about dental health, something that as a dentist, is obviously very important to me. However, today’s article will be a bit different. Although it is not entirely dentistry related, it does […]
Dentistry And People With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities
As both a father to a young man with Autism (that’s my guy, Michael, to the right, giving me a big hug!) and as a dentist, I was terribly saddened to learn the results of recent study that examined the dental health of adults with developmental or intellectual challenges. The Journal of the American Dental […]
Elmo Gets Kids To Take Care Of Their Teeth!
Tooth decay is major problem amongst toddlers today. In fact, just yesterday the New York Times published an article on the increasing number of preschoolers requiring extensive dental work due to excessive cavities – much of which ends up having to be done under general anesthesia which of course presents its own set of risks. […]
Dental Health for People with Special Needs
A visit to the dentist can be a traumatic event for many people, but for an individual with special needs, there are often additional factors to be considered in order to make a dental appointment go as smoothly asnpossible. Furthermore, an excellent at-home oral care regimen becomes that much more important for a person with […]
