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4 Things You Should be Doing Now for Your Baby's Long-Term Dental Health
posted: Jan. 29, 2022.
Your baby will grow into an adult so rapidly it will seem like they're changing right before your eyes. And some of the biggest changes will happen with their teeth, Read more -
Enjoy That Nibble of Cheese - It's Also Benefitting Your Oral Health
posted: Jan. 09, 2022.
Mystery writer Avery Aames once said, "Life is great. Cheese makes it better." Billions of people around the world would tend to agree. Humanity has been having a collective love Read more -
CT Imaging Technology Can Improve Outcomes for Complex Dental Problems
posted: Sep. 01, 2021.
The mouth is a crowded place with nerves, blood vessels and sinus cavities sharing common space with the teeth and gums. Although important in their own right, these structures can Read more -
Don't Neglect Dental Care When You Encounter Tough Budget Times
posted: Aug. 22, 2021.
When you’re going through hard economic times, the natural thing to do is cut areas of spending you believe you can do without. Unfortunately, many people include regular dental care Read more -
Boost Your Overall Health by Reducing Gum Inflammation
posted: Jul. 23, 2021.
The human body’s immune system has amazing defensive capabilities. Without it a common cold or small wound could turn deadly.One of the more important processes of the immune system is Read more -
Don't Ignore Chronic Mouth Breathing - It Could Disrupt Jaw Development
posted: Jul. 03, 2021.
Although the air we breathe has one destination—the lungs—it can arrive there via two possible routes: through the nose or the mouth. In terms of survival, it matters little through Read more -
A Shingles Outbreak Could Interrupt Your Dental Care
posted: Apr. 14, 2021.
A shingles outbreak can be painful and embarrassing. It could also interfere with many areas of your life—including your dental care.Known medically as herpes zoster, shingles is a viral form Read more -
Take Steps to Treat Chronic Mouth Breathing as Early as Possible
posted: Jan. 14, 2021.
Many things can affect your child’s future dental health: oral hygiene, diet, or habits like thumb sucking or teeth grinding. But there’s one you might not have considered: how they Read more -
What To Do and Not Do for These 3 Common Childhood Dental Problems
posted: Jan. 04, 2021.
Knowing what to do—and what not to do—when your child is sick can greatly affect their health and well-being. That's especially true with dental problems.Here then are some Dos and Read more -
Don't Let an Eating Disorder Wreck Oral Health
posted: Nov. 25, 2020.
Eating disorders cause more than psychological harm. The binge-purge cycle of bulimia or the self-starvation patterns of anorexia can also injure the physical body, especially the mouth.For example, nine in Read more -
That Energy Drink You Take for a Boost Might Be Hurting Your Dental Health
posted: Nov. 05, 2020.
Although energy drinks are but a blip on the historical timeline compared to coffee or tea, they've displaced these traditional stimulants among nearly half of today's adolescents and young adults. Read more -
Keep up Regular Dental Care While You're Pregnant
posted: Jun. 08, 2020.
During pregnancy, your body isn’t the only part of your life that changes. Instead of “me,” you’re now thinking about “us”—you and the new person growing inside you. Because of Read more -
"Tooth, Heal Thyself" May Soon Be a Reality
posted: Mar. 10, 2020.
Although dental care has made incredible advances over the last century, the underlying approach to treating tooth decay has changed little. Today’s dentists treat a decayed tooth in much the Read more -
These 4 Habits Could Help You Avoid Gum Disease
posted: Dec. 21, 2019.
Here’s the bad news about periodontal (gum) disease: It’s a leading cause for tooth loss. Even worse: Half of adults over 30 will have some form of it during their Read more -
Take Steps to Reduce Mouth Acid and Avoid Dental Erosion
posted: Nov. 21, 2019.
Your teeth’s hard, enamel coating protects them from environmental dangers or disease. But although it’s made of the hardest substance in the human body, enamel isn’t invincible — prolonged exposure Read more -
This Rare Tongue Condition Often Looks Worse than it Actually is
posted: Jun. 03, 2019.
There are a few mouth conditions so rare most of us have never heard of them. Geographic tongue would fall into this category, affecting only one to three percent of Read more