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National Smile Week: 5 Ways You Can Take Care of Your Smile

The second week of August officially marks National Smile Week, which gives us the perfect excuse to talk about your smile! Your smile is important to us in more ways than one. Of course, we want you smiling when you leave our office, feeling genuinely happy you came in for a checkup. We also always want to do our best to keep your smile as healthy as possible. Although we can do a lot to achieve the latter, like regularly cleaning your teeth, providing other needed treatments like crowns and fillings, and care instruction, it’s up to you to maintain [...]

2018-11-14T16:02:54+00:00Tags: , , |
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The Effects of Poor Oral Hygiene on your Health

Poor oral hygiene can lead to other problems throughout the body.   Many people see the mouth as a part of the body that is fairly isolated from health problems that may plague our other organs. In fact, it’s probably commonplace to feel that way. We visit the doctor for checkups and any bodily problems we may be having, be they sickness or disease, and we see the dentist for checkups on the state of our teeth and gums. Rarely is there an overlap in appointments. However, as the “gateway” to the rest of our body, our mouths can often [...]

2018-05-02T15:18:40+00:00Tags: , , |
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Why am I grinding my teeth?

What are the reasons for grinding my teeth? And what can I do about grinding my teeth? Teeth grinding, or its scientific term, bruxism, can cause a great deal of damage and stress to teeth – primarily by stripping teeth of their enamel. According Mayo Clinic, doctors are still fairly unsure about the exact causes of bruxism. However, it appears that there are two major categories of instigators – physical and psychological. Physical explanations include abnormal alignment of upper and lower teeth (malocclusion)” and “stomach acid reflux into the esophagus. Psychological origins of the problem are more prevalent, and bruxism [...]

2019-07-02T22:37:44+00:00Tags: , , , |
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