42016May
Can Straws Protect Your Teeth?

Can Straws Protect Your Teeth?

For some time now, there’s been an on-again, off-again debate within the dental community and society at large about whether or not drinking with a straw can prevent cavities and staining of the teeth and gums. It is a good debate to have, if only because it is a sign of even greater awareness about…

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242016Apr
Tips for Protecting Your Dental Health at Work

Tips for Protecting Your Dental Health at Work

Like most people, you are probably aware that most dentists recommend brushing your teeth two or three times each day. For many Americans, that means brushing after every meal, or at least once in the morning and once at night. Working Americans often face even more challenges as they try to care for their teeth,…

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192016Apr
Tips to Make Your Next Dental Visit More Productive

Tips to Make Your Next Dental Visit More Productive

Clean, attractive, and healthy teeth are a priority for most people in the modern era, and have become even more important as science learns more about how oral health can affect a patient’s overall wellbeing. To keep those teeth and gums healthy and aesthetically pleasing, patients should rely on a comprehensive regimen of personal dental…

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122016Apr
How Fiber Can Keep Your Teeth and Gums Healthy

How Fiber Can Keep Your Teeth and Gums Healthy

If you surveyed a hundred people about the connection between diet and oral health, chances are that you would get a hundred different responses. Most, however, would focus in some way on the negative impact certain foods can have on your teeth and gums, with much of that attention directed toward sugary foods. However, you…

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32016Apr
Forget the Myths: Get the Facts about Root Canals

Forget the Myths: Get the Facts about Root Canals

They are some of the most feared words in the English language, causing dread and anxiety for the patients who hear them. They are five words that can inspire panic in even the strongest of men and the bravest of women. Those five words – “you need a root canal” – are enough to send…

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162016Mar
Essential Facts about Cosmetic Dentistry You Need to Know

Essential Facts about Cosmetic Dentistry You Need to Know

Modern society places a great deal of emphasis on personal appearance and nowhere is that focus on beauty more readily apparent than in the current obsession on achieving the perfect smile. Everyone wants to have healthy and attractive teeth and gums to present the best possible image to the world. That has led to a…

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122016Mar
Why You Shouldn’t Just Ignore Tooth Pain

Why You Shouldn’t Just Ignore Tooth Pain

Almost everyone has experienced it at one point or another in their lives: an aching tooth or sharp pain in the mouth that makes it difficult to eat or drink. In many instances, the pain is temporary and last only a few hours or a day before things return to normal. Because of the temporary…

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12016Mar
Medications, Dry Mouth, and Your Oral Health

Medications, Dry Mouth, and Your Oral Health

You brush regularly, floss like your life depends upon it, and avoid sweets and other menaces to your gums and teeth – and still you end up with cavities and other oral health issues? If that’s an experience you know all too well, you are certainly not alone. Millions of people just like you live…

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252016Feb
Identifying the Early Signs of Gum Disease

Identifying the Early Signs of Gum Disease

For most patients who receive a diagnosis of gum disease, the news almost always comes as a complete surprise. Patients often have a false sense of security when it comes to dental care, and most assume that they are doing an adequate job with their tooth care regimen. That surprise is compounded by the fact…

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