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With Proper Care, you can Lower Your Risk of Tooth Loss as You Age
updated: Mar. 19, 2017
While your chances of losing teeth increase as you age, it's not a given. With proper hygiene and care your teeth could last a lifetime. But brushing and flossing can Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
The Top 3 Oral Problems in America - and What You Should Do About Them
updated: Mar. 11, 2017
The Health Policy Institute, part of the American Dental Association, recently conducted a survey of around 15,000 people across the U.S., asking them about problems with their teeth and Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Factors Besides Oral Hygiene that Influence Your Risk for Tooth Decay
updated: Mar. 03, 2017
Tooth decay is one of the world's most prevalent diseases — and one of the most preventable. We've known the primary prevention recipe for decades: brushing and flossing daily, Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Don't Put Off Getting Treatment for Your Sensitive Teeth
updated: Feb. 23, 2017
While out with friends one evening, you take a bite of ice cream. Suddenly, pain shoots through your teeth. It only lasts a second, but it's enough to ruin Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Avoid Permanent Tooth Alteration with No-Prep Veneers
updated: Feb. 15, 2017
Porcelain veneers have become a popular way to transform a smile. They're ideal for stained, chipped or slightly misaligned teeth. But although they don't need as much tooth preparation Read moreCategory: Dental Procedures -
Adjust Your Diet to Accommodate TMD to Maximize Nutrition
updated: Feb. 07, 2017
Eating is one of the pleasures — and necessities — of life, but people who suffer from temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) may find eating no pleasure at all — Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Get Control of Dry Mouth to Protect Your Dental Health
updated: Jan. 30, 2017
As your mother used to say, “A moist mouth is a healthy mouth.” Well, maybe she didn't — but it's still true. Without the constant flow of saliva, your Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Certain Factors May Raise Your Risk and the Intensity of Gum Disease
updated: Jan. 29, 2017
Periodontal (gum) disease is mainly caused by bacterial plaque built up on tooth surfaces due to ineffective oral hygiene. For most cases, treatment that includes plaque and calculus (tartar Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Less is Better: the 21st Century Approach to Tooth Decay Treatment
updated: Jan. 21, 2017
For over a century dentists treated tooth decay by removing both diseased portions of the tooth and healthy structure deemed at risk for future decay. In the 1970s, though, Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
You Should Brush and Floss Around Your Implant to Ensure its Longevity
updated: Jan. 13, 2017
With a 95%-plus success rate, dental implants are an effective and durable replacement for lost teeth. But we can't place them and forget them: if you don't clean and Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
The True Cause of Your Gummy Smile Determines How We Treat it
updated: Jan. 05, 2017
What makes a beautiful smile? The teeth, of course: bright, evenly shaped and precisely aligned with each other. But your teeth can be as perfect as can be and Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Why Bear a Chipped Tooth?
updated: Dec. 28, 2016
Having a chipped tooth certainly can make life more difficult. It not only keeps you from wanting to smile, but it may also make it harder to eat your Read moreCategory: Dental Procedures -
How to Deal with that Irritating Mouth Sore you keep Re-Biting
updated: Dec. 20, 2016
We've all done it — suddenly bit the inside of our mouth while chewing food. All too often our cheek, lip or tongue finds itself in the way of Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Having Trouble Flossing? Try Using an Oral Irrigator
updated: Dec. 12, 2016
Though you don't like to admit it, you don't floss very often. Oh sure, you know it's important to remove the film of bacteria and food particles called plaque Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Teeth Grinding Could be Causing Your Teeth to be Loose
updated: Dec. 11, 2016
There are a lot of reasons (including a blow to the mouth) why one of your permanent teeth might become loose. The most common: advanced periodontal (gum) disease that Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Even Though not in the "Smile Zone" You Should Replace that Back Tooth
updated: Dec. 03, 2016
People often put a premium on appearance when deciding whether or not to replace a missing tooth. There's more motivation to replace one in the “smile zone,” where the Read moreCategory: Dental Procedures
