"You Want to Do What to My Child?" Answering Parents' Difficult Questions While Keeping Your Sanity

Flash! Brushing and flossing don't stop cavities! For years, we have promulgated myths that we learned in dental school. Start evaluating evidence based research on the issues of caries, hygiene, diet, caries risk assessment, prevention and how to manage the family (it's not just the child) for the initial evaluation and follow up visits.