Su-Chieh Brian Liu D.D.S., M.S

12/23/2021

May the holiday season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter. 🎄❄

-California Dental Team 💙

10/05/2021

California Dental Home

What is a Pediatric Dentist?
Pediatric dentists are dedicated to the oral health of children from infancy through the teen years. They have the experience and qualifications to care for a child’s teeth, gums, and mouth throughout the various stages of childhood.

Children begin to get their baby teeth during the first 6 months of life. By age 6 or 7 years, they start to lose their first set of teeth, which eventually are replaced by secondary, permanent teeth. Without proper dental care, children face possible oral decay and disease that can cause a lifetime of pain and complications. Today, early childhood dental caries—an infectious disease—is 5 times more common in children than asthma and 7 times more common than hay fever.

08/30/2021

California Dental Home

08/23/2021

California Dental Home

Back-To-School Dental Health Tips 📚🍎✏

1. Develop a Dental Routine 🦷
It’s important to teach your kids good dental hygiene habits early in life so they will be better equipped to maintain good oral health, which also improves overall health. Most children don’t understand the concept of time, which often results in failure to brush their teeth for the appropriate amount of time. There are fun-looking tooth brushing timers that can help you and your child track how long they brush their teeth. Make sure they brush their teeth a minimum of two times a day.

2. Pack a Healthy Lunch 🍎🧀
Make sure your kids are well equipped with a healthy lunch. Avoid sodas and fruit juices, as they are more acidic and break down tooth enamel. Cheeses are a great lunch addition because they have recently been shown to help protect teeth against cavities by protecting the enamel. By including a portable healthy lunch, you can help manage the food your child eats.

3. Schedule Twice-Per-Year Appointments with Your Dentist 👨🏼‍⚕️
A dentist will provide a deep cleaning of your child’s teeth, a proper oral examination and will address any potential issues—such as cavities or gum disease. Finding these problems early on will prevent them intensifying in the future.

Contact our office to schedule an appointment at 650-351-6789.

07/15/2021

"Teenagers Having Gum Disease"
Teenagers get cavities. Grownups get gum disease. That’s what everyone thinks. But actually teenagers are at just a great of risk of gingivitis as adults. In fact, 60% of 15-year-olds already have gingivitis, the early stages of full-blown gum disease. And while this is bad news, if the condition is recognized and treated early, your teens gums can get back to health in no time.

When left untreated, gum disease can lead to tooth loss and bone deterioration.

If your teen suffers from gingivitis, or you’re concerned about his or her oral healthcare habits, give us a call for an appointment. (650) 351- 6789.

07/12/2021

How Breastfeeding Affects Your Baby’s Dental Health

🔸Breastfeeding Helps Your Child Develop a Better Bite
A 2015 study published in Pediatrics found that babies who were exclusively breastfed for six months were 72% less likely to have crooked teeth. This means these babies were less likely to develop open bites, cross bites, and over bites compared to infants who were breastfed for less than six months or not at all.
According to experts, the reasons why breastfed babies have a lower risk of developing misaligned teeth or jaws is due to the muscle mechanics required during breastfeeding. Unlike feeding with a bottle, a breastfed baby uses their jaw, tongue and facial muscles in a more coordinated way which helps to strengthen the baby’s jaw muscles. A stronger jaw creates a better foundation for proper alignment of a child’s teeth.
However, just because you’re breastfeeding your baby, that doesn’t mean they won’t need braces when they’re older. Other factors, like genetics, pacifier use, and thumb sucking, can affect the alignment of your child’s teeth, too. Therefore, you should limit your child’s pacifier use and thumb sucking habits.

🔸Breastfeeding Decreases the Risk of Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
Another benefit of breastfeeding your Hendricks County baby is, your child has a reduced risk of developing baby bottle tooth decay. This type of tooth decay often occurs when an infant is placed in bed with a bottle of formula, milk or fruit juice. The baby will often fall asleep with the bottle in their mouth, which exposes their teeth to the sugars in the liquid for a longer time. This type of tooth decay often occurs in a baby’s upper front teeth. However, your child’s other teeth may be affected, too.

🔸Breastfeeding Can Still Cause Cavities
Just like formula, breast milk contains sugar. Therefore, you need to take care of your infant’s teeth and gums beginning shortly after birth. Make sure to burp your baby after every feeding to reduce the chance of breast milk pooling in their mouth. Every day, wipe your baby’s gums with a clean, moist gauze pad or soft washcloth. Once your infant’s teeth start to come in, brush them with a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste.

🔸Schedule Your Child’s First Dental Appointment
Typically, your baby’s primary teeth will start coming in around 6 months of age. Contact here us California Dental Home for your child's first dental appointment.

If you have any questions about your baby’s dental health, call us at 650-351-6789. Start your baby’s teeth on the right path for a healthier smile that lasts a lifetime. 🧡

06/30/2021

ANNOUNCEMENT:
OUR OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED FROM JULY 1ST- JULY 5TH. WE WILL BE BACK ON OUR REGULAR OFFICE HOURS ON TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2021 .

May peace, love and happiness always be with you! Wishing everyone happy Fourth of July!

- California Dental Home Team

06/10/2021

SENSITIVE TEETH? 😢
Proper oral hygiene and a daily routine that includes brushing and flossing is the key to preventing tooth sensitivity and pain. If you experience tooth pain when consuming hot or cold food and drinks, there are several causes that your dentist will examine.

What Causes Sensitive Teeth?
Sensitive teeth can be caused by any of the following:

-Tooth decay
-A worn or broken tooth filling
-Deteriorating or worn tooth enamel
-Teeth grinding or clinching habits
-Fractured teeth
-Gum disease
-An exposed tooth root surface
-Excessive or improper teeth whitening

If you’re experiencing tooth pain, your dentist can diagnose your sensitive teeth and find the appropriate treatment plan.

Treatment for sensitive teeth many include the following:

-Toothpaste for sensitive teeth. Desensitizing -toothpaste blocks the transmission of sensation from the tooth surface to the nerve, reducing tooth sensitivity
-Fluoride gel. Applied during a dental visit, fluoride gel strengthens tooth enamel, which can reduce the transmission of sensations
-Dental crowns, inlays or bonding. These can be used to repair a flaw in your tooth that’s causing the painful sensitivity
-Surgical tissue graft. If you’ve lost gum tissue from the root, this will protect the root and reduce sensitivity.
-Root canal therapy. If you experience persistent tooth pain that’s not simply caused by hot or cold food, you may need a root canal

05/25/2021

"SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE"
As part of the natural learning process, little ones are expert mimics, and you can take advantage of this talent. Brush and floss daily while your child is watching, and he or she will intuit at an early age the importance of your good habits. As soon as your child shows interest, offer a toothbrush of his or her own and encourage your toddler to “brush” with you. (You'll find toothbrushes with chunky, short handles that are easy to grip.) Most children don't have the dexterity necessary to thoroughly clean their own teeth until they're about six or seven, so you'll have to do that part of the job. Try different tactics to make brushing fun: flavored toothpaste, a toothbrush with a favorite character on it, or singing songs about brushing. The primary goal is to instill healthy oral habits at an early age to set your child up for a lifetime of healthy, cavity-free teeth!

05/19/2021

Our patient chipped her #9
Comfortably, without the need for anesthetic, and in one appointment, Dr. Brian Liu, bonded tooth colored composite resin material to the tooth to recreate what had been lost.
These pictures was taken before and after treatment.

For more information, call us at California Dental Home
Phone Number: 650-351-6789

05/18/2021

05/12/2021

Eating well doesn’t just benefit a child’s overall health, but can improve the strength and health of their teeth! For many parents, getting their children to eat healthier foods can be a difficult process, but can have long-lasting effects on their oral health, even into adulthood. The American Dental Association has given a list of healthy snacks that are good for teeth and that children will love at the same time, while also advising against those foods that harm developing teeth. Read this guide to find out what snacks can improve your child’s oral health but still let them enjoy the foods that they love to eat!

Cheese, milk, plain yogurt, calcium-fortified tofu, leafy greens and almonds, are foods that may benefit tooth health thanks to their high amounts of calcium and other nutrients they provide. Protein-rich foods like meat, poultry, fish, milk and eggs are the best sources of phosphorus. Both of these minerals play a critical role in dental health, by protecting and rebuilding tooth enamel.

Fruits and vegetables are good choices for a healthy smile since they are high in water and fiber, which balance the sugars they contain and help to clean the teeth. These foods also help stimulate saliva production, which washes harmful acids and food particles away from teeth and helps neutralize acid, protecting teeth from decay. Plus, many contain vitamin C (important for healthy gums and quick healing of wounds) and vitamin A (another key nutrient in building tooth enamel).

Hands down, water—particularly fluoridated water—is the most tooth-friendly beverage.

Now that we know what foods kids should be snacking on, it is also important to know when children should be eating them. There is a time and a place for everything, food included. While eating healthy snacks is good for the body, having too many snacks allows more bacteria the opportunity to grow in the mouth and plaque to accumulate on the teeth. Especially if you are giving your child sugary snacks, such as candy, soda or pastries, it is important to ration how much they are eating. For this reason, it is recommended that the number of snacks that you child has during the day should be limited to prevent cavities. Spacing out the time between meals can also allow saliva to build up and wash away food particles, which protects teeth. Frequent snacking can lead to dental health problems just as much as sugary diets can, so the number of snacks given per day should be decided beforehand, as an extra precaution.

For more information on how food affects your child’s teeth or other options to include in your child’s daily oral health routine, schedule a visit with CALIFORNIA DENTAL HOME AT 650-351-6789.