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Explore expert advice, dental insights, and practical tips to help you achieve a healthier, brighter smile. From preventive care and treatment guides to cosmetic options and patient-friendly explanations, our blog is here to keep you informed and confident about your oral health. Stay tuned for regular updates from our experienced team.
Do Your Teeth Reveal Your Age?
Just because you have more candles on your birthday cake doesn’t mean you can’t have an ageless smile. While eating healthy foods and exercising may help you enjoy greater overall health, taking care of your teeth and gums as you
Better Oral Health Means Better Students
Making sure your children practice proper oral hygiene when they’re younger goes beyond a clean and healthy mouth—you’re also setting them up for success in their studies. How? Poor oral health in young children can have serious consequences in their
Bright Smiles Start on Your Plate
If you want a healthy mouth, taking a look at what you eat is a good place to start. Foods such as hard candies, sticky caramels and acidic citrus fruits can wreak havoc on your teeth. On the flip side,
Did You Forget to Brush… Your Tongue?
Are you brushing your teeth two times each day? If so, keep it up! Doing so each day helps to pave the way for a healthy mouth. But your teeth aren’t the only things you should be brushing. In fact,
Is Sport Training Harming Your Mouth?
For athletes, sticking to a dedicated training schedule, eating well and staying hydrated are all essential aspects of achieving success in their performance goals. While they may consult with physical therapists and dietitians, the importance of oral health beyond mouth
Tips For Better Oral Health
Looking for ways to keep your mouth healthy? Here are some simple habits to embrace. 1. Know what constitutes a dental emergency. Typically, any dental issue requiring immediate treatment to stop bleeding, alleviate acute pain, or save your tooth qualifies
Crime Scene Investigation: Dentistry
If a crime has been committed, a dentist may be consulted in a form of forensic dentistry. It’s never about brushing and flossing! Instead, dental records can provide physical evidence. Like fingerprints, everyone’s teeth has a unique pattern. Even identical twins have a different dental structure. Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in our body.
Crowning Touch
A crown, also known as a “cap,” may be recommended to save a weakened, cracked or damaged tooth. Other times it is used as an anchor for a bridge. After the tooth is shaped to receive the crown, dental cement is used to hold the crown in place. There are four basic types of crown
The Bite of Your Teeth
With all the attention paid to smiles and fresh breath, it’s easy to overlook the functional role of our teeth. That starts with your bite. We notice small nuances in how your bottom teeth line up with your upper teeth. Problems here can make chewing painful, erode teeth surfaces and even cause speech difficulty. Some
Chomping, Chewing and Munching
Our teeth are actually part of the digestion process. Chewing our food is known as “mastication.” How you chew and for how long, can affect our digestion and overall health. Here are some key benefits of slowing down and fully chewing our food: 1. Better nutrient absorption – Chewing breaks down the foods we eat into smaller
Foods That Can Whiten Your Teeth
Red wine, tea and black coffee are known to stain teeth. But here are some foods that can actually help whiten teeth. Apples – Bite into an apple and you’re helping to strengthen your gums. Plus, the high water content in apples helps increase the production of saliva. This in turn can help wash away bacteria
Whole Body Effects of Inflammation
The public and scientific communities have been flooded with articles about the relationship between oral health and our whole body health. These often cite the process of inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s response to cellular injury. It’s a protective response. It helps us recover from trauma and deal with infection from bacteria and viruses. That