Hi!

I’m Amelia Phillips, Dental Hygienist, wife, and mother to two crazy little boys. Since having children I have realised just how hard looking after the dental health of our babies is. Raising children sometimes feels like trying to organise an army in a hurricane. There is so much to remember that looking after their teeth slips a long way down the priority list in our exhausted brains.

I used to preach to my patients that “dental decay is on the rise in first world countries and we all should be doing better” … ‘blah, blah, blah’. Having now gained real life experience trying to actually brush a toddlers teeth, along with trying to figure out all of the sneaky names for sugar, I can see the error of my ways. Trying to keeps our children’s teeth healthy is HARD.

I created this site packed with scientific information, along with my own experience as a Dental Hygienist and mother, to make things easier for parents to figure it all out. 

 

Do I Really Have To Floss?

Everyone knew this was coming, right? It’s a dental professionals favourite topic after all. The simple answer is the age old cliche – ‘you only have to floss the teeth you want to keep’. The problem, is that the plaque biofilm I explained in Brushing 101 grows between the teeth where the toothbrush can’t reach. If… Continue reading Do I Really Have To Floss?

Snack Ideas for Happy Teeth

Sugar free, dairy free, gluten free, fat free, raw … the list goes on. As a Dental Hygienist I’m guilty of telling my patients what they shouldn’t be eating all the time, but what are we supposed to eat? Here are some tooth-friendly snack ideas for children (and big kids) to keep everyone happy. Picnic… Continue reading Snack Ideas for Happy Teeth