Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth The Healthy Way

Top image used under CC0 Public Domain license. Image cropped and modified from original.   EVERYONE LOVES A good sweet snack once in a while, but unfortunately, that includes the bacteria in our mouths. Those little germs’ favorite food in the world is sugary treats, and the more sugar they get, the more they put our teeth […]

Why Are Dental Sealants Important?

Top image used under CC0 Public Domain license. Image cropped and modified from original. DO YOU SPEND A LOT of time worrying about how to keep your child’s teeth cavity-free? Teaching them to brush and floss are critical steps towards ensuring that they can take good care of their teeth for life. Once those permanent teeth come […]

Getting Your Smile Back With Dental Implants

Top image used under CC0 Public Domain license. Image cropped and modified from original.   SPORTS INJURIES, ACCIDENTS, and TOOTH DECAY are just a few of the reasons we might lose a tooth. Thanks to modern dentistry, however, we don’t need to settle for having a gap in our smiles for the rest of our lives. There are […]

Oral Health Habits To Teach Your Children

Top image by Flickr user Garry Wiseman used under Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license. Image cropped and modified from original.   RAISING A CHILD IS TOUGH work. There are so many things parents have to teach them so that they can succeed as they grow older. Included on that list are good oral health habits that will enable them […]

The Story Of Your Toothbrush

Top image by Flickr user Pascal used under Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license. Image cropped and modified from original. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED how your toothbrush was made or how it’s different from toothbrushes of the past? Teeth-cleaning tools have certainly come a long way from the frayed sticks Ancient Egyptians used around 3500 BC! A Brief History Of […]

Women’s Oral Health Concerns

Top image by Flickr user Timothy Krause used under Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license. Image cropped and modified from original.   ALTHOUGH MEN AND WOMEN have a lot in common, there are quite a few differences when it comes to oral health. Women have some advantages men lack, but also some disadvantages men don’t have to worry about. Let’s […]

Saliva: Oral Health’s MVP

Top image used under CC0 Public Domain license. Image cropped and modified from original. SALIVA IS SUCH an ordinary thing that you probably haven’t given it much thought, but it’s actually as important to the healthy function of our mouths as oil is to a working car engine. Saliva is an essential component of our ability to […]

Helping Your Child Trust The Dentist

Top image used under CC0 Public Domain license. Image cropped and modified from original.   EVEN THOUGH WE ALL know how important it is to go to the dentist, dental anxiety can make many people avoid crucial dental checkups. For some, dental anxiety starts in childhood and lasts a lifetime. How can we help our children start […]

Baby Teeth Folklore Around The World

Top image by Flickr user SharonaGott used under Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license. Image cropped and modified from original.   WE’VE ALL HEARD OF the Tooth Fairy, even if the details are a little different from one family to the next. But did you know that the Tooth Fairy is only common in certain countries? Across the world, there […]

Breastfeeding And Your Baby’s Oral Health

Top image used under CC0 Public Domain license. Image cropped and modified from original. ALL FIRST-TIME PARENTS are faced with a seemingly endless stream of questions, decisions, and unknowns about how to raise and care for their new baby. One of the big ones is whether to breastfeed or bottle-feed. There are passionate proponents of both options, […]