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Your Gums May Need A Little Extra Care While You’re Wearing Braces
While braces improve your mouth function and smile by moving teeth into better positions, they may also adversely affect another part of your oral health — your gums. It’s not uncommon for the gums of braces wearers to become inflamed during treatment. There are a couple of reasons for this […]
Bobby Bones Dances His Way To Dental Damage
The long-running hit show Dancing with the Stars has had its share of memorable moments, including a wedding proposal, a wardrobe malfunction, and lots of sharp dance moves. But just recently, one DWTS contestant had the bad luck of taking an elbow to the mouth on two separate occasions—one of which resulted in some […]
Prudent Use Of X-Rays In Children Provides The Most Benefit At The Lowest Risk
It’s important for your child’s current and future health that we watch out for tooth decay. Taking x-rays is a critical part of staying one step ahead of this common disease. But while x-ray imaging is commonplace, we can’t forget it’s still a form of radiation that could be potentially […]
Overcoming Gum Recession Will Restore Dental Health And Your Smile
Your gums not only help hold your teeth securely in place, they also help protect them. They’re also part of your smile — when healthy and proportionally sized, they provide a beautiful frame for your teeth. But if they become weakened by periodontal (gum) disease, they can detach and begin […]
Managing Gum Disease Could Benefit Other Conditions You May Have
Nearly half of all Americans have some form of periodontal (gum) disease. Without proper daily hygiene and treatment, this aggressive disease can ultimately cause tooth loss. It also appears the effects of gum disease reach beyond the mouth, as researchers have found relationships between it and other systemic diseases. Inflammation, […]
Sofia Vergara: ‘Obsessed’ With Oral Hygiene
A woman as gorgeous and funny as Sofia Vergara surely planned to be a model and actress from the get-go, right? Wrong! Sofia’s first career choice actually was to be… a dentist! That’s right, the sexy star of TV’s Modern Family actually was only two semesters shy of finishing a dental degree […]
3 Things You Can Do To Ease Chronic Dry Mouth
Although not high on the glamour scale, saliva is nonetheless an important ingredient in a healthy life. This “multi-tasker” fluid helps break down your food for better digestion and supplies antibodies to thwart threatening microorganisms coming in through the mouth. But perhaps its most important role is to neutralize mouth […]
Reducing Tooth Sensitivity Will Depend On The Cause
If you’re one of over 30% of Americans who wince in pain when eating and drinking certain foods and beverages, you may have tooth sensitivity. Although there are a number of possible causes, the most common place to look first is tooth dentin. Lying just under the enamel, dentin consists […]
Artificial Sweeteners Could Have A Positive Impact On Your Dental Health
Cutting back on table sugar is a good thing, both for your body in general and your mouth in particular. The bacteria that cause dental disease thrive on leftover sugar in the mouth, so reducing sugar in your diet could also help reduce the growth of bacteria that cause tooth […]
Any Time, Any Place: Cam Newton’s Guide To Flossing
When is the best time to floss your teeth: Morning? Bedtime? How about: whenever and wherever the moment feels right? For Cam Newton, award-winning NFL quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, the answer is clearly the latter. During the third quarter of the 2016 season-opener between his team and the Denver […]
Worried About Your Child’s School Snack Choices? Here’s What You Can Do
If you’re committed to providing your family nutritional, low-sugar snacks, you’re not only helping their physical well-being but their dental health too. If you have school-age children, though, you might be concerned about other snacks available to them while away from home. To begin with, any potential problems at school […]
With Proper Care, Partial Dentures Are A Viable Tooth Replacement Option
When you hear the word “dentures” you probably think of an appliance that replaces all the teeth on a dental arch. But there is another type: a removable partial denture (RPD), which can be a viable option for replacing a few missing teeth. An RPD rests on the bony gum […]
4 Things To Give Your Child A Head Start On Good Oral Health
From the time they’re born, you do everything you can to help your children develop a healthy body. That should include their teeth and gums. It’s not over-dramatizing to say that what you do now may set the pattern for a healthy mouth for the rest of their life. Here, […]
How Veneers Restored Howie Mandel’s Winning Smile
You probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear that someone playing hockey, racing motocross or duking it out in an ultimate fighter match had a tooth knocked out. But acting in a movie? That’s exactly what happened to Howie Mandel, well-known comedian and host of TV’s America’s Got Talent and Deal or No Deal. […]
Local Anesthesia Is A Key Part Of Pain-Free Dental Work
We can easily take for granted the comfort we now experience when we undergo dental work. For much of human history that hasn’t been the case. Local anesthesia has been a major factor in the evolution of pain-free dentistry. The term refers to the numbing of nerve sensation in the […]
It’s Time For Football! Is Your Favorite Player’s Mouth Fully Protected?
It’s September—and that means football season is underway. Whether you’re playing, spectating or managing a fantasy team, the action is about to ramp up. Unfortunately, increased “action” also includes injury risk, especially for a player’s teeth, mouth and jaws. Injury prevention is a top priority for all players, whether the […]
Bitewing X-Rays Provide Early Detection Of Tooth Decay In Back Teeth
One of the most widely used forms of dental imaging is the bitewing x-ray. So called because of the shape of the device that holds the exposable film a patient clenches between their back teeth, the bitewing x-ray is an effective means for detecting the earliest stages of tooth decay. […]
Dr. Travis Stork: Don’t Ignore Bleeding Gums
Are bleeding gums something you should be concerned about? Dear Doctor magazine recently posed that question to Dr. Travis Stork, an emergency room physician and host of the syndicated TV show The Doctors. He answered with two questions of his own: “If you started bleeding from your eyeball, would you seek medical attention?” […]
Keep Your Child’s Fluoride Intake At A Safe But Effective Level
Fluoride is an important part of your child’s dental development. But if children take in too much of this important mineral, they could experience enamel fluorosis, a condition in which teeth become discolored with dark streaking or mottling. That’s why it’s important to keep fluoride levels within safe bounds, especially for […]
Add A Healthy Diet To Your Oral Cancer Prevention Strategy
Although oral cancer isn’t the most prevalent among metabolic diseases, it is one of the most deadly with only a 50% survival rate after five years. That’s because it can be difficult to detect in its early stages when treatment is most effective. That’s why prevention to reduce your chances […]