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Posted in Dental Health, Dental Technology, General Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry on Nov 11th, 2008 Comments Off
According to The Oral Cancer Foundation, someone dies from oral cancer, every hour of every day in the United States alone. When you have your dental cleaning, your dentist also screens you for oral cancer, which is highly curable if diagnosed early.
Our office is taking steps to detect oral cancer at much earlier stages by [...]
Posted in Dental Health, General Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry on Nov 10th, 2008 Comments Off
Good oral hygiene is important, not only for looks, but for general health as well. Poor oral hygiene can lead to a variety of dental and medical problems such as gum disease, infection, bone loss, heart disease, strokes and more. Regular check ups and cleanings can prevent these problems as well as provide you with [...]
Posted in Dental Health, General Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry on Nov 7th, 2008 Comments Off
A deficiency in vitamin C may lead to several problems in the oral cavity such as canker sores. Vitamin C helps speed up the healing of those sores in the mucus membrane of the oral cavity. A good source of vitamin C is grapefruit and orange juice.
Studies also have shown cranberry juice to bring down [...]
Posted in Dental Health, General Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry on Nov 6th, 2008 Comments Off
A lot of infections and ailments have arisen due to poor dental hygiene. When plaque builds up on the teeth, bacterial growth is exponential and an infection occurs which may travel through the circulatory system and affect the entire body with several diseases like diabetes, cancer, and cardiac diseases.
Some tips for caring for your teeth [...]
Posted in Dental Health, Dental History, Dental Technology, General Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry on Nov 5th, 2008 Comments Off
Electric Toothbrushes often come with a timer feature to indicate the time elapsed for brushing. This is quite handy in monitoring the proper hygiene for the mouth and teeth, which is two minutes. Sometimes, electric toothbrushes even contain sensors that will alert you if brushing becomes too hard on the gums.
So while, using an ordinary [...]
Posted in Dental Health, Dental Statistics, Dental Technology, General Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry on Nov 4th, 2008 Comments Off
If you are able to brush your teeth as thoroughly as possible, in at least a couple of minutes, then you have no need for an electric powered toothbrush. But since on average, the two minutes allotted for tooth brushing is not followed, this means that a lot of plaque is still left on the [...]
Posted in Dental Health, Dental Technology, General Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry on Nov 3rd, 2008 Comments Off
The proper brushing of teeth is of major importance in maintaining a healthy oral cavity. Most toothbrushes can be used as long as the bristles are still firm enough to dislodge those food particles stuck between teeth.
Place a pea sized amount of a fluoride containing toothpaste on the toothbrush. Angle your toothbrush about 45 degrees [...]