A Healthy Smile – A Healthy Life

Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene

Can A Bright Smile Boost Your Mood? The answer is yes!  And a bright, healthy smile can do more for your health than boost your mood. Your emotional and physical health can be improved by the appearance of your smile. Look in the mirror. If your smile shows dull, uneven colored teeth or missing teeth,…

Professional Dental Cleanings and Checkups Can Save Your Life

Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene

Good Oral Health is Good Overall Health Adding regular dental checkups and dental cleanings will accomplish many good things to help save you money and, potentially, save your life. Advanced research proves time and again that a regular dental checkups and regularly scheduled professional cleanings can prevent a myriad of other health problems. Why Good…

Professional Dental Cleanings and Checkups Can Save Your Life

Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene

Good Oral Health is Good Overall Health Adding regular dental checkups and dental cleanings will accomplish many good things to help save you money and, potentially, save your life. Advanced research proves time and again that a regular dental checkups and regularly scheduled professional cleanings can prevent a myriad of other health problems. Why Good…

Updated Information Regarding Antibiotics before Dental Visits

Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene

Are Antibiotics Really Necessary before Dental Work? For many years, the American Heart Association recommended that dental patients take antibiotics prior to any dental treatment. This was thought to be a precautionary measure to prevent bacteria from entering the bloodstream, resulting from dental procedures and possibly causing endocarditis. What is Endocarditis? The thin membrane that…

Osteoporosis Medications and Your Oral Health

Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene

Bone Density Medications Can Influence Your Dental Treatment Did you know that your medications that aid in bone health can adversely affect your oral health with certain dental treatment? A study confirms that medications taken to prevent or slow bone density loss can adversely affect your jawbone when combined with certain dental treatment. With this…

Using Your Teeth for Tools Can be Expensive!

Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene

Using Teeth as Tools How many of you buy items and use your teeth to bite off the plastic string that holds the price tag? Seems people don’t want to take the time to grab a pair of scissors and, instead, use their teeth as a cutting tool. If you use your teeth as tools,…

The Importance of Replacing Missing Teeth

Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene

Missing Teeth Can Change Your Appearance and Your Health Missing teeth leave gaps in your mouth that can change the appearance of your face as well as become a detriment to your health. An open gap in your mouth causes your other teeth to shift and can trap foods that cause bacterial infection in your…

How Your Oral Health Can be Affected by Medications

Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene

Medications Can Affect Your Oral Heath Medication, prescribed or over-the-counter, can have a negative effect on your oral health.  Many medications, including herbal remedies, cause varying and different side effects, with which you should be familiar. Once you’ve learned about these effects on your oral health, make sure to prepare a list of medications you…

Study Suggests Vitamin ‘C’ Helps Maintain Bone Density

Categories: Dental, Oral Hygiene

Maintaining Bone Density is Important as We Age Vitamin C has been known as a necessity for normal bone development.  Now, it is suggested, through a recent study, that Vitamin C also plays a role in maintaining healthy bone density. Katherine Tucker, of Tufts University, conducted the study with a team of her colleagues. This…