Western Dental Blog

The American Dental Association recommends that children visit the dentist office when the first tooth emerges, or no later than age one. As a parent, we want to do the right thing, but how do we make the experience productive and minimize the anxiety of that first visit?

Medi-Cal Dental Cavity Assessment Program Treats High Risk Children

Did you know that dental cavities are the most common disease among children? Under Medi-Cal Dental’s cavity prevention program, high risk children between the ages of 1 and 6 can receive additional dental services at Western Dental offices in certain pilot counties.

As the year comes to a close, benefits covered by many dental plans expire, which may prompt plan members to use up any remaining benefits for treatment they may have been putting off.

Nearly 40 million people in the U.S. smoke, and 4.7 million middle and high school students use a tobacco product including e-cigarettes, according to the Center for Disease Control. Many tobacco users have been persuaded that vaping is safer, but studies now show that vaping is just as addictive and deliver more toxic chemicals to the system than regular smoking.