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12 Tips for Baby and Toddler Dental Health
Here are 12 tips for keeping your baby or toddler's teeth squeaky clean and cavity free! And a review of Burg Pediatrics Dental.
Tooth Sensitivity
How I got my Autistic Son to Brush His Teeth
How I got my Autistic Son to Brush His Teeth
Does Oral Health Predict Overall Health?
The payoffs of good dental hygiene extend way beyond the mouth. Think cardiovascular health, blood sugar control, inflammation, and more. Warning: reading this article may facilitate flossing, brushing, or rinsing ASAP.
Brushing with braces | Flossing & brushing with braces:
Some people have genuine concerns about this issue so here's some handy tips for saying goodbye to bad breath once and for all.
How to floss properly. When you floss, the floss should go in the space between the tooth and the gum of each tooth. In this example, the inside part of the lateral incisor tooth is being flossed. The inside part of the lateral incisor tooth will be next.
This is how a good tooth goes bad...
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3 Common Dental Health Risks for Seniors
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Oral Health and Your Overall Health...
What is Braces Wax? Dental wax can be place over top of braces where they are rubbing against your cheek or lip causing irritation...this helps soothe the irritation.
How unhealthy teeth affects overall health
People tend to take their oral health for granted. If they indeed prioritize it, they do it for aesthetic reasons. Here’s an infographic that shows the effects of bad oral health to our over …
Tooth decay is the destruction of your tooth enamel, the hard, outer layer of your teeth. It can be a problem for children, teens and adults. The best defense to tooth decay is to brush twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste, clean between your teeth daily with floss or an interdental cleaner, and eating nutritious and balanced meals and limit snacks that contain sugar.
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What is Calculus and What Dangers Does it Pose To Oral Health? Calculus (also referred to as tartar) is a calcified, hardened form of dental plaque. When plaque and bacteria are left untreated it begins to harden on the teeth, the result is Calculus - that can only be removed by your dental hygienist as it is too thick to remove with a simple tooth brush.
5 Diseases Affected By Your Oral Health
Oral health is now more than just having a good set of teeth. It has been linked to certain diseases, particularly those that defined as systemic diseases. Find out more in this article.