Oral health is an important part of your overall health. The things you eat affect your entire body, and your teeth as well. Irregular and poorly-balanced diet might make your more prone to diseases and dental problems. Good changes in your everyday diet and oral hygiene will most definitely improve your oral health and general…
We all have bad habits that we know we should break, but we never (or hardly) manage to do so. However, if we are familiar with the end results of what our behavior will cause, that might be the necessary push that we need to break our bad habits. Especially of those habits can jeopardize…
One of the scariest dreams worldwide is that you have a chipped, cracked tooth or that you lose a tooth or two. Apparently, about 40% of people had this type of experience so naturally patients are worried. Even through having a chipped or cracked tooth could be frightening, it’s not as nearly serious as you…
Dentist all over the world have experience with patients that have fear of dentist, dental fear, dental anxiety or dental phobia, call it however you want. This is an inconvenience for both dentist and patients – dentist have a hard time working with their patients since they are not relaxed enough and patients tend to…
Infection of the tissue around your teeth is often called gum disease and it is one of the common reasons of tooth loss in adults. Most of the time, gum disease has no pain so many patients don’t even know that they have it. Gum disease or periodontal disease is caused by plaque which is…
Minor dental procedures like dental fillings and cleaning are safe to perform during pregnancy if said pregnancy is healthy without any complications. These procedures are usually recommended for the second or third trimester. However, if the pregnancy is difficult or the OB-GYN has not cleared the patient for this type of procedure, it’s highly recommended…
In 1985, German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen first introduced radiology to the world. Since this breakthrough achievement into the science of x-rays, medical radiography has only continued to exceed technological boundaries and modern medicine. Since then, modern technology has taken this method and advanced it over and over, just like every other device out there today….
All parents want to make sure their child is in good health, including oral health. However, things happen that are often out of their hands, even with the best of efforts at play. This is actually common when it comes to cavities. This is why it’s important that parents should know the ins and outs…
We’ve all been there. We wake up, brush our teeth, and go through our regular routine of preparing for the day. However, shortly into our day, even before we’ve eaten lunch, it’s obvious that we have a case of bad breath. Most of us will probably start frantically searching for a way to freshen our…
As children grow, there are a great many things that we as parents wish we would have done better. However, don’t let their oral health be one of those lacking areas. As adults, we are aware of how critical our dental care is and why. Children don’t understand this concept and rely on us to…