A healthy diet is important for your overall health and your oral health. Follow these healthy eating guidelines to help protect your teeth. Every food you eat or beverage you drink comes in contact with your teeth, which means those choices continually impact the health of your teeth and gums. Many foods in a typical…
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Are You Brushing Your Teeth Too Hard?
If you have sensitive teeth, brushing too hard or using the wrong toothbrush altogether can make symptoms worse. Learn the proper technique for brushing your teeth. When it comes to brushing your teeth, there is such a thing as proper technique. Brushing too hard — or using the wrong toothbrush — can damage your teeth…
Wine, Fruit Juice, Soda — Which Drinks Can Harm Your Teeth?
Much of what you drink, including diet drinks and sports drinks, can damage your teeth. To keep your mouth healthy, try these strategies for choosing drinks. Aside from what you eat, what you drink has a big impact on your oral health. When you drink a liquid, you’re essentially bathing your teeth in that beverage.…
Teeth Whitening: Home Bleaching, Dentists And Laser Whitening – How To Choose
We all want sparkling white teeth, but our teeth are very susceptible to stains and discolouration due to the everyday things we eat and drink, such as coffee or berries. However there is a way to get them back to their best – whitening! There are many options to choose from – trays, strips and…
Healthy Aging: Oral Health for Older Adults
In the past, losing teeth and getting dentures was considered an almost-inevitable part of aging. Those days are over. Intact teeth, healthy gums and pain-free smiles are what older adults should expect as they maintain good oral hygiene and get regular dental care. Some seniors may find it harder to brush thoroughly and take care…
What to Say to Parents About Their Children’s Diet and Nutrition
While it may seem obvious that your oral health routine in general, just as well as your teeth brushing schedule in particular…
Studies to Explore the Microbiome’s Role in Oral and Systemic Health
As far as oral hygiene in the US goes, there’s a holy trinity of routines (discounting for teeth whitening) – these being the…