The Smile Generation [official blog]

Happy National Children’s Dental Health Month! Teach your kids how to “Get a Gold Medal Smile” by brushing up on their daily hygiene habits like flossing and rinsing with mouth wash.

If you haven’t yet, go ahead and LIKE us on facebook.com/smilegen . It’s a great community, where we like to share dental and health tips, have awesome conversations, and give away fabulous prizes. Generally, we like making people smile. Here is a little Valentine video we created and posted on Facebook. Enjoy.

Ask a Dentist continues with this practical Q&A. With February being National Children’s Dental Health Month, pediatric dentist Dr. Eric Ellis answers some questions submitted by our readers and followers. QUESTION: What should I use to clean my baby’s teeth? DR. ELLIS: A toothbrush will remove plaque bacteria that can lead to decay. Any soft-bristled [...]

Share the importance of good dental health habits with your children.  Have them color these cute coloring pages from Smile Generation-trusted offices My Kid’s Dentist and Every Kid’s Dentist. “Good night, sleep tight. Don’t let the sugar bugs bite.” “Sharks have 3,000 teeth. They can afford to lose a few. You only get 2 sets [...]

For February, Ask a Dentist, features a 2-part Q&A with pediatric dentist Dr. Ellis, since this month is National Children’s Dental Health month.   Dr. Eric Ellis is a pediatric dentist in Arizona.  He is a multiple-office owner dentist of Smile Generation-trusted offices – Norterra Dental Group and Orthodontics in Phoenix, Laveen Modern Dentistry in [...]

Happy National Children’s Dental Health Month! Since practice makes perfect, encourage your child to “Get a Gold Medal Smile” by brushing/flossing every day. Get extra points for actually watching the job get done!  Feel free to pin, post and share.  

Several of our Smile Generation-trusted offices in California are working with local food banks to collect canned food for people in need within their communities. Patients, who donate an unopened canned good, will receive 20% off any dental treatment.  Note that this offer cannot be combined with any other offer and is not valid on [...]

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and this year’s slogan is “Get a Gold Medal Smile.” Here are ways you can get your children to go for the gold with their oral health. Make an appointment with your dentist. Practice good oral hygiene habits – brush 2x a day and floss daily. Discuss healthy [...]

Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) is an access to dental care program.  It is the nation’s largest proactive approach to help underserved children with their dental needs.  Ten years ago, the ADA launched the GKAS program as a way for dentists across the country to join others in their community to provide dental services to [...]

ASK A DENTIST is back! This week, our featured dentist is Dr. Katie McCann who answers questions about teeth whitening. A telephone survey conducted in 2011, by Harris Interactive commissioned by Philips, the makers of Sonicare power toothbrushes and Zoom whitening, found that 89 % of those polled felt that a bright or white smile [...]