Posts Tagged ‘Oral Health’
Periodontal Disease | Don’t Wait Until it Hurts
Periodontal disease is an infection that affects your teeth’s supporting bone and tissues. Gum disease is another name for this condition. Your gum tissues are able to support each of your teeth when they are healthy. Your gums will pull away from your teeth if you have periodontal disease (gum disease), and they may become…
Read MoreHow to Stop Grinding Your Teeth?
Grinding of the teeth, also referred to as bruxism, can have extensive consequences for your dental health. Though it is natural to at times clench your teeth, continuous grinding can cause severe damage and bring about symptoms that affect you throughout the day. Many people are not aware that they grind their teeth because they do it at night while…
Read MoreYou Are What you Eat | Eating and Drinking for Your Tooth Enamel
Skip the sugar. Help prevent tooth decay. When it comes to food and drink, we oftentimes consider how what we consume will affect our stomach, waistlines and even heart before we think twice about our teeth and gums. However, what we put in our mouths matters, and sadly, some of the things we enjoy most…
Read MoreHow to Win When It Comes to Tooth Loss
The best way to combat gum disease and tooth loss is by adopting an excellent oral hygiene regimen. Many of us have been awakened by an all-too-realistic dream about our teeth falling out. Nothing then is more reassuring than checking out our smile and realizing our pearly whites are still intact. Yet, for some, tooth…
Read MoreSigned, Sealed, Delivered | How Sealants Can Help Prevent Cavities In Your Molars
Sealants are a smart investment for those wanting to protect their back teeth from cavities and potential tooth decay The Molar Dilemma Molars contain more grooves and depressions than the rest of our teeth Our back teeth or molars endure a lot of wear and tear each and everyday. Unlike the rest of our teeth,…
Read MoreBe Sweet to Your Sweet Tooth | Happy Halloween from Lake Cities Dental
Whether you have children or are just a child at heart, we encourage you to avoid tricks when it comes to the health of your teeth. Be Sweet to Your Sweet Tooth | Fall Is In the Air As the weather gets cooler and leaves begin to change, many of us find ourselves reveling in…
Read MoreWhat’s in a Paste | Choosing the Best Toothpaste For Your Oral Health
No matter your lifestyle, favorite flavor, or condition of your gums and teeth, there is safe, ADA-approved toothpaste for you! Last year, we wrote about the ins and outs of toothpaste in the post,”Toothpaste as a Whole” This week, we would like to again turn our thoughts towards toothpaste as we dig a little deeper into…
Read MoreOral Cancer | A Candid Conversation | Part I
Everyone has a Cancer Story The more we know, the better we become at taking healthy measures towards fighting and preventing disease Everyone has witnessed the diagnosis of a member of his or her family, a friend, an acquaintance or has been diagnosed his or herself. Though cancer can be an uncomfortable topic of conversation, it is nevertheless…
Read MoreOral Hygiene | Choosing the Best Toothbrush For Your Oral Health
When choosing a new toothbrush, the rules are simple, but the results are extensive. When we were young we were taught to brush our teeth to prevent cavities. Routine dental checkups promised a thorough cleaning, and a how-well-we-are-brushing progress report that no amount of pre-appointment brushing seemed to remedy. Choosing the Right Toothbrush | Leads to Better…
Read MoreBad Breath | The Many Causes of Halitosis
Bad breath can be caused by a large number of things–not just poor oral hygiene. There is nothing quite like the embarrassment and fear that stems from the knowledge that we have bad breath. Because this epidemic is not going away any time soon, it is time once again to make bad breath the focus of…
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