Dental Veneers: Masking Your Teeth’s Imperfections
If you can choose to carve your teeth to a perfectly aligned set, you probably would have done it long ago. With all of the new innovations for dental cosmetics, dental veneers created hope for those who wanted to have instantly perfect teeth. It makes your teeth perfect in color, shape and alignment. With its […]
dental- oral hygiene month-October is national dental/oral hygiene month!
This year’s National Dental Oral Hygiene Month, NDHM theme “It’s Simple. Healthy habits for a healthy smile,” promotes the idea that good oral hygiene habits are simple to establish and maintain, even for the person living an active lifestyle. “Brush, Floss, Rinse, Chew” reminds consumers that keeping a healthy mouth can have lasting effects, including helping prevent […]
The Truth about Fluoride: What It Does To Your Dental Health
Fluoride is known to have beneficial effects to your teeth. It protects the enamel from the corroding effect of toxins excreted bacterial activities. As you grow older, the strength of your teeth becomes lower. Finding ways to keep it strong is worth the effort. With many products containing fluoride, it won’t be hard keeping your […]
Dry Mouth: A Complex Oral Problem
Your oral health is important in having a good disposition in life. You can get a lot of discomfort if you have one or more problems in your mouth. It can make you irritable and unfriendly. You can miss a lot of enjoyment and even important events if you don’t have a healthy mouth. Dry mouth […]
Dental Care And Baby Teeth: Why Baby Teeth Matter?
Why baby teeth matter? As parents, you love to see the first appearance of your child’s first baby teeth. Seeing the first pearly white erupt out of the gums makes you so excited. Witnessing the early milestones of your children’s development makes you confident that he or she is going to be a normal and […]
Danger Signs: Smoking and Oral Health
As adults, we all know that cigarette or tobacco smoking is hazardous to our body’s health. But do we really know how smoking and oral health come hand in hand? Nowadays, a lot of people, even the young ones, are captivated in smoking because of the lack of education of what the threats are. […]
Silver Fillings V/S Tooth Colored Fillings
Silver Fillings V/S Tooth Colored Fillings Tooth fillings are very essential to conserve your tooth from decay destroying it. If teeth are not protected from caries, they will be get to the nerve and lead to needing a root canal. If at that point still not treated, then it will lead to an extraction. Then […]
Teeth Whitening: Do all types of teeth whitening work?
Types of Teeth Whitening: There are several different ways to have your teeth whitened. With all types of bleaching procedures, the degree of whiteness will vary from individual to individual depending on the condition of the teeth, nature of the stain, the concentration of the bleach and the duration of time and bleaching system used. […]
Teeth Whitening: Is it safe?
Teeth whitening done correctly is safe. As long as you follow the directions given to you by your dentist if you are doing professional teeth whitening or follow the direction on the over-the-counter products, you usually don’t have any side effect except teeth sensitivity. Bleaching products contain peroxide(s) that help remove deep (intrinsic) and surface […]
Are Cavities Contagious?
According to studies, the bacteria that cause cavities can be transmitted from one person to another. Sugar, candies, and sweets are usually blamed for rotten teeth, but the real culprits are bacteria, called Streptococcus mutans, which are contagious. Just as a cold virus can be passed from one person to the next, so can these […]