The dedicated care you are provided during every routine dental checkup will offer you a valuable level of support in your ongoing push to avoid cavities and gum disease. Individuals who come in for regular care are less likely to develop cavities. If tooth decay does become a problem, you have the benefit of early… Read more »
Category: Preventive Dentistry
3 Potential Problems With Big Toothbrush Heads
If you’ve been shopping within the past few years for a toothbrush, then you know your options are vast. You also know that as more and more dental hygiene products hit the market, they offer more and more features. In some instance, this results in toothbrushes with extremely large heads. This might seem beneficial and… Read more »
Smile Health: Things People Claim That Probably Aren’t True
You’re going to hear a lot of things from a lot of people when you start talking about smile health details. Some friends will make you feel wonderful about your efforts in dental hygiene and professional smile care because they’re on top of the details, too. Others may tell you things you’ve never heard before… Read more »
FAQs: Toothpaste Without Waste
You don’t want to find out that you’re using far too little toothpaste which, in the end, means you’ve almost wasted your brushing session because you didn’t get enough on the brush or on your teeth! You also don’t want to find out that you’re using way too much, which means you may very well… Read more »
Serious Side Effects: Smoking
You know that when you smoke, it can cause serious problems for your oral health and beyond. However, beyond the initial treatable problem, are you fully aware of what can happen when the use of tobacco damages your oral tissues? By considering the serious consequences that smoking may cause or make worse, you may find… Read more »
Your Gum Tissue: Seeing Red
When you’re seeing red as it applies to your gum health, this can be a big old warning flag letting you know something is wrong, you need to call us, and you may require care for something like gingivitis. However, does seeing red mean that you are definitely in need of urgent help for gum… Read more »
Overlooked Ways You Can Break Or Crack Your Teeth
You know that if you were to pick up a rock and bite into it, you’d break a tooth (which is why we suggest you avoid eating anything rock hard!). You know that if you accidentally run face first into something, you could end up with a broken tooth. However, did you realize there are… Read more »
Flossing Your Smile: 3 Additional Benefits
You may know all about why you should use dental floss during dental hygiene. As we have certainly explained to you, it helps you remove the stuff that collects, hardens, and causes you to deal with unpleasant side effects like gingivitis and decay. If this isn’t quite enough to convince you to add flossing into… Read more »
What To Remember: When You Don’t Want To Brush
If you think you are the only person who occasionally just doesn’t feel like brushing your teeth, think again! This is something we hear about frequently. We also field questions about what might happen if someone just stopped brushing altogether. While it may be tempting to skip, to sort-of brush, or to just give it… Read more »
How Habits With Little Ones Transition Into Adulthood
While you’re usually most focused on the task at hand, such as convincing your child to brush or dreaming about the day when your kids can practice dental hygiene independently, you may sometimes forget to take the future into account. All of the little steps (and big steps) you take in regard to dental care… Read more »