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How is your child’s
oral health?
It takes awhile for the first-timers
to catch on.
When you send your newly minted
kindergarteners or beloved Grade
One students out the door and into
the hallowed halls of education, you
think, naively, that Little Princess and
Junior will eat what you gave them
for lunch.
Heck, you consulted Canada’s Food
Guide. You power shopped for freshness,
variety, four food groups, maximum
nutrition and health benefit.
So, naturally, you’re a proud parent,
waving gaily as they climb on the
bus or trot from the car, eager to see
friends in the schoolyard.
It isn’t until two or three weeks
later, when you smell the stench of
rotten fruit or come across the blackened/mould
covered corpses of those
healthy choices in the nether-regions
of the backpack, that you clue into
one of the seldom voiced realities of
parenthood: You can’t always control
what goes into your kid’s mouth.
Lovingly packing that lunch sack,
filling it to the brim with wholesome
goodness, is no guarantee the trash
can won’t eventually swallow its con-
First independent Dental Hygiene office
located in Kanata since Bill 171
passed on September 1, 2007 permitting
dental hygienists to "self initiate".
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417B Hazeldean Road (beside BlockBuster) 613-592-2044
www.kanatadentalhygiene.com
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tents. Or that Little Princess isn’t
going to share Cindy-Lou’s one-pound
tub (the jumbo size) of sour gummi
critters. Or Junior isn’t going to trade
his apple and his math answers for
Trevor’s box of skittles.
The art of negotiation – sharesies
and tradesies – is a real, however
unintended, part of the education of
our children.
As for after school, well that’s
another realm entirely. While you may
be envisioning a cozy chat at your
kitchen table, as your kiddies snack on
air-popped popcorn or fresh veggies,
• professional teeth cleaning
• periodontal assessment
and maintenance
• teeth whitening
• oral cancer screening
• personalized oral care
program
• protective sportsguards
- friendly, relaxed, caring
environment
- ample free parking, ground
floor, wheelchair accessible
- 20 years experience
- referral to dental
professionals if required
I look forward to meeting the
personality behind your smile