Dental Care - Maintaining Good Oral Hygiene

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Isabel Kelly
www.mcleandental.net  
703-74-TEETH (83384)

Isabel L. Kelly, D.D.S. is a general dentist located in McLean, VA. She has her own practice which focuses maintaining a good adult, pediatric and family patient rapport in a cosmetic, aesthetic, and preventive dental setting. A graduate of William and Mary College and Creighton University Medical Center, Dr. Kelly served as a dental associate in various dental offices before opening her own professional practice. She is uniquely certified in both southern regional states through the SRTA clinical boards and central regional states through the CRDTS clinical boards. In her free time, Dr. Kelly enjoys travelling, sailing, playing tennis, and enjoying the outdoors. She lives in Virginia with her husband, two dogs, a cat, and is excitedly expecting her first baby.

Dental Care - Maintaining Good Oral Hygiene

In this video, general dentist Dr. Isabel Kelly emphasizes the importance of good oral hygiene. This video focuses on maintaining good oral hygiene for children, adults, and families. It includes recommendations of dental products and techniques for good home care as well as the recommended dental visits. Dental visits should start by six months of when the first baby tooth appears, and, now, it is recommended no later than at one year of age, instead of three years of age as the video suggests.

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Hello, my name is Dr. Isabel Kelly, I am a practicing general dentist in McLean, Virginia. I own my own practice and I see pediatric, adult, to entire families. I focus on cosmetic and general dentistry, and Im here to talk to you today about maintaining good oral hygiene. As studies show strong healthy gums leads to a strong health heart, and a healthy smile leads to a great first impression and great self-confidence. So, I will start with a healthy smile. You need to make sure that you visit the dentist as an adult every six months, and bring your child to the dental office by the age of three. But that is not enough, you need to make sure that you also get good home care and good dietary habit. So, were going to talk about the good home care first, and talk about the different materials you need. So, lets get started.

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