If you’re driving through rural Nebraska and you look up the road to see a tornado dropping down from the sky, try not to panic. Yeah right, good luck with that. In a less dramatic situation, if you are ever faced with a dental emergency, do your best to remain calm. It’s ideal to develop a plan of action ahead of time, which will help you keep a cool head. If you find yourself dealing with a lost dental filling, for example, here are tips from your emergency dentist in Phillipsburg about what you should do.

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” This well-known phrase could actually describe your child’s oral health once you teach them to brush their teeth. Sure, you could take care of brushing for them day by day, but in showing them how you are helping them develop a valuable, lifelong habit. Not only that but supporting their effort to brush is even more effective than your instruction.  Keep reading to learn from a pediatric dentist in Phillipsburg why you should encourage your child to handle brushing teeth on their own and how to go about it to promote children’s dental health.