Gum health is a reflection of your mouth’s overall health. Ignoring your gum’s health can lead to irreversible damage to your gums. Even if you haven’t taken the best care of your gums in the past, you can start today with these tips:
Floss Regularly
Everyone knows that brushing isn’t enough to keep your gums healthy on its own. But flossing is such an essential part of maintaining your gum’s health that you can’t skip flossing.…
When you have surgery, you need to know what to expect. Having your wisdom teeth removed is a surgical procedure. Though not difficult or uncommon, it is still important for you to know what will happen after you get home. Here are some of the side effects you can expect to have after you have wisdom teeth removal surgery.
Minimal Discomfort
After wisdom tooth surgery, you can expect to have some degree of discomfort.…
Unfortunately, childhood fears of the dentist are really quite common. The good news is, you can help your child to avoid these fears and develop a positive dental experience. Read on to learn more about three of the steps you can take to help ensure your child feels good about getting the dental care they need.
1. Allow Your Child To Observe You Going To The Dentist
For better or worse, children will often mimic what they see their parents do.…
The replacement of missing teeth can be divided into two categories—surgical and non-surgical. Surgical options include a single dental implant, or implants used to support a dental bridge (implant-supported dentures). Non-surgical options include a dental bridge (attached to existing natural teeth reinforced with dental crowns), and traditional dentures. Dentures are the best non-surgical option when you’re missing many (or all) of your teeth, requiring partial or full dentures. So why have you been told that you’ll need oral surgery before you can receive dentures?…
Having a tooth knocked out is not exactly something that you have time to prepare for since it happens quickly and unexpectedly due to trauma to your face. That’s why it’s very important to understand what to do if you find yourself or someone around you suddenly missing a tooth.
Find The Tooth
Your primary goal when dealing with a knocked-out tooth is to get it back into its position in the mouth as soon as possible because this helps the tooth integrate back with the body.…
When they’re healthy, your teeth allow you to bite and chew your meals with ease. Unfortunately, unhealthy teeth can lead to discomfort, malnutrition, and other issues. Fortunately, you can prevent tooth problems by seeking dental care. It’s important not to skip dental appointments, even if your teeth feel fine. Here are four reasons that everyone needs dental care:
1. Prevent cavities.
Dental care in the form of routine dental appointments is an important part of cavity prevention.…
Dentists are the healthcare professionals you should seek when it comes to oral health matters, but not all dentists are created equal. Some dental fields are highly specialized and require a practitioner to possess in-depth knowledge of the specific field they choose to focus on. Pediatric dentistry is one such field of specialization in dentistry. These dentists deal with children from infancy through the adolescent years. That’s why they are commonly referred to as children’s dentists.…
You should never wear your dentures if they are broken. Doing so may cause a soft tissue injury if you scrape a sharp edge on your tongue or cheek lining. If you break your dentures, visit a denture clinic in your location as soon as possible so that they can be properly repaired. While you should always handle your dentures carefully, accidents do happen. If your dentures break when you drop them, here are some things you should do and some things you should avoid.…
Most people don’t associate oral plaque with cancer, but studies have shown that there is a connection. Researchers have found a link that connects early cancer deaths with plaque in your mouth. No one saw this coming, but the evidence is expanding to create a bridge between plaque and early cancer risks.
Plaque, Really?
You may be wondering how plaque can influence the rate at which someone diagnosed with cancer can die, but the answer is simple.…
As a parent, you obviously want to keep your toddler’s pearly whites in the best shape possible. To do this, you likely try to care for their teeth by brushing them regularly and limiting your child’s intake of sweets. While these are great practices to follow, they are not foolproof in the prevention of cavities. Some seemingly harmless habits can wreak havoc on children’s teeth. Below are some of the more common ones.…