Small Bites

A child’s smile is truly magical. Not only is their joy contagious, all those cute, small baby teeth really make their smiles something special. However, what many people don’t realize is that childhood dental care is seriously underplayed. In fact, tooth decay is considered one of the most common chronic diseases in young children. Hearing this breaks our heart, so we want to make sure that you know exactly what to do to best care for baby teeth. The Importance of Baby Oral Care First of all, don’t worry. Parents aren’t the root cause of this chronic disease—lack of information [...]

Think of the sensation when you pull a pizza out of the oven and the smell overtakes you. You know you should wait for the food to cool down before you eat it, but you just can’t resist. So you go ahead and take a bite out of the scolding hot pizza, thinking that this time will be different for some reason. Unfortunately, the results are the same every time. You’ve burnt the roof of your mouth. Even if pizza isn’t your weakness, you’ve likely experienced the dreaded mouth burn before. Whether it is from hot soup, coffee, or [...]

Dental problems have been around for as long as man can remember. Back in the old days, toothpaste wasn’t exactly what it is today. Instead, people more or less had to just accept tooth loss and decay. Because of this, false teeth have been around for over 4,000 years—since 2500 B.C.! Discovery of False Teeth When false teeth were first discovered in history, they were made of wolf’s teeth. Years later, we saw Etruscans using bands and wires to attach both human and animal teeth as makeshift dentures. Cultures from Egypt, Rome, Japan, and more have historically created and used [...]

In the United States, 22 million people are affected by sleep apnea—and that’s only the number of those diagnosed. Sleep apnea, which is a disorder that causes people to experience interruptions in normal breathing while they sleep, is a very dangerous disorder. Since it causes a person to momentarily stop breathing, it can be potentially life threatening. Not only that, but sleep apnea is surprisingly harmful to a person’s oral health. Types of Sleep Apnea Before going into more detail on oral health, it’s important to understand the different types of sleep apnea—obstructive, central, and mixed or complex. Obstructive sleep [...]