Smile with Confidence: A Comprehensive Guide to Dental Health and Care

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Braces, Overbites, perfect smile, Poor dental care November 7, 2016 0Comments

Types of Braces

The trend today is toward embracing good dental health through natural choices – shunning fast or fried foods in favor of those with nutritious value, forsaking the couch and big TV for a walking or biking regimen.  This is because Americans are living longer, and they want to enjoy those extra years in good health.

Good dental health and keeping your own teeth longer is fast becoming an objective as well.  We now realize that with a little TLC to our teeth, they might last us the rest of our days, and we’ll not need to resort to dentures or partial plates.

Braces, Overbites, perfect smile, Poor dental care November 7, 2016 0Comments 0Likes
Braces, dental health, Overbites November 4, 2016 0Comments

Health Benefits of Braces

Braces aren’t just for kids anymore.  More and more adults are getting braces to avoid long-term dental problems that result because of misalignment of teeth or the jaw.  While the primary reason for having braces put on your teeth is for aesthetic reasons, such as straightening the teeth, spacing out crowded teeth and closing gaps in your smile, they can also be utilized for better jaw alignment, especially if you would be destined to suffer the consequences of TMJ, or with tempomandibular joint issues.  If you suffer from TMJ, you know that opening and closing your mouth, or even masticating, (a more technical word for chewing), can cause pain.  Braces can help to correct the jaw defects which cause TMJ, so that means no more headaches, earaches and that annoying, as well as painful, clicking.

Realignment of the jaw will ensure that biting or chewing issues will be eliminated as well as life-long conundrums like tooth decay and gum disease.  If your teeth were crooked or crowded before undergoing the orthodontic process, and then later in life you needed to have dentures, then those plate(s) would be ill-fitting, without the benefit of braces and correction of overbites and underbite issues.

Braces, dental health, Overbites November 4, 2016 0Comments 0Likes
Oral Cancer, oral care, Oral hygiene, tongue health, toothbrush questions November 2, 2016 0Comments

How to Clean The Tongue

To keep your mouth healthy and avoid committing the dreaded social blunder of having halitosis, otherwise known as “bad breath”, dentists recommend that you do the following:

  • Brush your teeth twice daily
  • Floss at least once per day
  • Use a tongue brush or scraper daily.

So, what the heck is a tongue scraper, and, furthermore – why did my dentist never recommend doing this?

Well, the concept has been around for a long time; in fact, tongue cleaning was performed by the Romans, and was recorded in Europe back in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Oral Cancer, oral care, Oral hygiene, tongue health, toothbrush questions November 2, 2016 0Comments 0Likes
Natural Remedies, Teeth Whitening October 31, 2016 0Comments

Charcoal Whitening And Other Natural Ways to Whiten Teeth

Society wants us to look younger longer and we strive mightily to get this done.

Healthy living and a good diet translate to clearer skin, and overall general well-being.  You can hit the gym to keep muscles from atrophying and stay in great physical shape.  But, unfortunately, there are a few wrinkles, if you’ll pardon the pun, that we cannot reverse in the ongoing aging process.  A little nip and tuck will correct those wrinkles and leave the face taut and free of sagging skin.  But, one of the telltale signs of aging is the diminished luster and dulling of our pearly whites, which often are telltale signs that we are getting on in years.

Natural Remedies, Teeth Whitening October 31, 2016 0Comments 0Likes
dental care for children, missing teeth June 9, 2016 0Comments

Dental Hygiene Tips for Teen Athletes

For those who love a good hockey game, you probably cheer on your very favorite NFL player who sports a toothless grin.  At the salaries that NFL stars command, you know their missing teeth aren’t a result of lack of money; they just figure, they’ll get whacked in the face again, so might as well leave that porcelain out of their mouth during a game.  Renowned hockey players like Gordie Howe, Bobby Clarke, Stan Mikita, and Bobby Hull all have toothless grins.

Your student athlete might be sporting a smile similar to these hockey greats, if he or she does not choose to wear some oral protection to save their smile.  It doesn’t even need to be a wayward hockey stick that takes some teeth, as approximately 13 to 39% of all dental injuries are related to sports.

dental care for children, missing teeth June 9, 2016 0Comments 0Likes
dentin June 3, 2016 0Comments

What Causes Tooth Sensitivity?

Perhaps you’ve been noticing lately that downing an ice-cold glass of milk leaves you reeling in pain … then it seems that wincing with your mouth open causes your teeth to hurt.  Tooth sensitivity just didn’t happen overnight it is a gradual process that begins when the movement of fluid located within tiny tubes in the dentin (the layer of tissue found beneath the hard enamel that contains the inner pulp of the tooth),  begins to cause nerve irritation.  When the hard enamel on your teeth gradually begins to wear down, especially as you get older, or your gums start to recede, these tiny tube surfaces are then exposed causing you to wince after eating, drinking hot or cold beverages, touching your teeth, or even just exposing them to cold air – suddenly a short, sharp pain and aching thereafter occurs.

dentin June 3, 2016 0Comments 0Likes
tmj May 31, 2016 0Comments

How to Prevent Teeth Grinding During Sleep

We all have stress-filled days to some extent.  For some, the stress begins the moment their feet hit the floor.  For others, they are fine until they start the morning commute with horrific traffic jams and horns honking the entire time.  There are many high-level executives, who, though they enjoy a powerful position in a company, are subject to stress the entire work day, and after hours as well.

tmj May 31, 2016 0Comments 0Likes
ask a dentist, cosmetic dental procedures, Dental Implants, dental procedures, missing teeth May 20, 2016 0Comments

Does A Dental Implant Work?

In the past, the usual fix to the missing tooth dilemma, was to be fitted with a dental bridge, an often ill-fitting wire which was hooked onto your existing teeth, wherein a false tooth (or teeth) filled in that gap in your smile.

Today, however, the preferred method of tooth replacement is a dental implant.  Dental implants have many superb qualities, among them: they replace missing tooth roots and form a stable foundation for replacement teeth that look, feel and function like natural teeth. Additionally, dental implants help preserve the remaining bone by providing the stimulation previously provided by the natural tooth roots.  There is a 95% success rate for dental implants.

ask a dentist, cosmetic dental procedures, Dental Implants, dental procedures, missing teeth May 20, 2016 0Comments 0Likes
bad breath, Healthy food choices, Oral hygiene, Teeth Whitening May 17, 2016 0Comments

Health Benefits of Strawberries

Strawberries look, smell and taste good, they are good for you as well.  You know you can’t resist picking one up and popping it into your mouth – neither could the Romans back in the day.  They used the wild variety of this popular and healthy treat known as a strawberry, for a large variety of medicinal purposes, such as alleviating inflammation, fever, kidney stones, gout, whitening teeth and taming bad breath … and much more.

Strawberries for dental hygiene

The Romans used strawberries to combat bad breath – so how does that really work, and is it effective?  Well, the ancient Romans discovered that the strawberry with its seeded exterior, and sweet and sensational taste, can remove the tartar from your mouth, thus causing a fresh and sweet breath.

bad breath, Healthy food choices, Oral hygiene, Teeth Whitening May 17, 2016 0Comments 0Likes
ask a dentist, Dental Care for Seniors, Healthy food choices February 24, 2016 0Comments

How to Keep Teeth Healthy as You Age

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful older people are works of art.” How true! If you care for yourself, mind, body, and spirit, you just might live to be a hundred… without looking it. So how do you go about caring for yourself in order to age gracefully? How about starting with your teeth? Did you know that, if not properly cared for, your teeth can make you look older even more than your skin? In a recent survey on perception of age, participants were shown photos of adults ages 40 to 90. When asked how old they thought the people in the pictures were, those with bad teeth were thought to be as much as 20 years older than they actually were in reality! But a younger, more attractive appearance isn’t the only reason to keep your teeth healthy as you age. It’s also been learned in recent medical studies that tooth decay may be directly linked to some medical conditions, including heart disease and diabetes. That’s why dental offices recommend the following tips for keeping your teeth healthy as you move from one stage of your life into the next.

ask a dentist, Dental Care for Seniors, Healthy food choices February 24, 2016 0Comments 0Likes