What Causes Bad Breath In The First Place? Gums and Teeth – Huge causes of bad breath include cavities and gum disease. When bacteria linger in your mouth for a long period of time, a vile smell can be noticed. Keeping up with your routine check-ups and cleanings, as well as excellent home [...]
Dental X-Rays Can Diagnose Cavities In Between Teeth The tooth has 6 different sides, but when doing a visual dental exam, dentists can only see 3 of those sides. The frequency of x-rays depends on your risk of getting cavities. If you are cavity prone, you will likely need x-rays more frequently. It [...]
How it affects your child’s teeth: The top teeth overlap the bottom teeth in a normal bite. In children with chronic thumb sucking habits, an open space starts to form between the upper and lower front teeth when fully closing on the back teeth. This can cause tension in the jaw joints, headaches [...]
Start At A Young Age Kids should visit the dentist once they have all of their baby teeth. An initial visit or a “chair ride” is typically the child’s first appointment. This appointment is made to introduce the dental atmosphere. A “tell-show-do” approach is used with children to help answer questions and reassure [...]
Lemons have been loved for centuries because of the number of amazing health benefits they offer. Combining warm water with lemon is a smart way to energize, hydrate yourself and increase your metabolism while receiving all the nutrients from lemons. Here are the top ten benefits lemons can offer you: System Cleanse Lemons [...]
I’m sure you have heard a lot about the importance of this essential nutrient. There are eight B vitamins: B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12. Each one of these vitamins benefit you in a specific way and they are extremely important for your body. Here’s what each vitamin can do for you. [...]
Quinoa is loaded with amazing minerals you need for overall health. It has been consumed for thousands of years and was once referred to as “the mother of all grains.” You can find Quinoa in almost every grocery store and especially health food stores. 1. Protein Rich Quinoa is extremely rich in protein. [...]
Eating the correct foods can benefit our bodies in so many ways. Oral health is just as necessary to be taken care of as any other part of our body and what you eat can have a big effect on your teeth and their sustainability. If you’re interested in finding out what food [...]
Oil pulling, also called "kavala" or "gundusha," is an ancient Ayurvedic dental regime that involves swishing a tablespoon of oil in your mouth for 20 minutes. Doing this is supposed to remove toxins from your body, eliminate certain types of bacteria in the mouth and improve overall health. As dental professionals, it is [...]
Everyone loves to snack on something sweet once in a while and, in small quantities, sugar is nothing to be too concerned about. Other than affecting our waistlines and heart health, there’s now mounting evidence that high levels of sugar consumption can also have a negative effect on brain health. Top 4 things [...]
