When a natural tooth is healthy, it should feel much of anything beyond the pressure that’s exerted upon it when you bite and chew your food. This is largely because the tooth’s nerves are tucked safely away within the tooth’s pulp chamber, surrounded by dense tooth material (known as dentin) and highly mineralized enamel. However, there are several conditions that can cause one or more of your teeth to grow sensitive, or even painful. Today, we take a look at a few of the most common reasons, as well as a few steps that can help you improve your chances of avoiding a chronic toothache. (more…)
A Few At-Home Tips to Lower Your Risks of Gum Disease
Visiting your dentist regularly is important to your dental health, but more importantly, the things you do between your dental visits can play an even large role in it. For example, one of the main purposes of sticking to a good dental hygiene routine every day is to prevent things like gum disease from developing and requiring more extensive dental treatment. Today, we examine a few ways in which you can improve this routine at home and more successfully lower your risks of gum disease and other concerns. (more…)
What Tooth Decay Really Means, and How to Prevent It
Tooth decay is highly recognizable. It’s also highly common, and unfortunately, it can affect a majority of people to some degree at least once in their lives. The good news, however, is that tooth decay is also highly preventable under the right circumstances, and even if you’ve experienced it once, you still have a good chance of protecting the rest of your healthy, natural teeth from it. Today, we examine what tooth decay really means, as well as a few tips for improving your chances of successfully preventing it in the future. (more…)
A Few Ways to Improve Your Teeth Brushing Technique
If most people know and stick to good dental hygiene principles, then why do common concerns like tooth decay and gum disease still develop? The truth may be more complex than many people think, and it lies in what you consider good hygiene. For example, simply brushing your teeth twice and flossing once a day isn’t enough to protect your smile if your technique isn’t diligent and your schedule consistent. Today, we take a look at how you can improve your chances of preventing dental health issues by improving the way in which you clean your teeth every day. (more…)
Why Plaque Is Such a Danger (and How to Fight It)
There’s a good reason why dental plaque is the main focus of your dental hygiene routine. However, the gravity of that reason can sometimes be lost when talking about good dental hygiene practices. In addition to emphasizing the importance of cleaning teeth on a regular basis, it’s also important to remember the reason why it’s so important – because, as a daily threat, plaque development can lead to some of the most worrisome chronic oral health concerns. (more…)
Food and Teeth: How Your Diet Affects Your Smile
When it comes to taking good care of your teeth and oral health, much of the focus revolves around cleaning your teeth on a consistent basis. While consistently clean teeth are the basis of a healthy smile, your oral health relies on more than just your toothbrush and floss. The key to good preventive care is to keep your teeth strong and prevent oral bacteria from harming them, which also requires feeding them the nutrients they need and avoiding substances that can directly harm them. (more…)
Lower Your Chances of Damaging a Tooth
When you practice good dental hygiene on a regular basis, you’re improving your chances of avoiding things like tooth decay and gum disease. Such concerns arise from the excessive buildup of harmful oral bacteria, and preventing this buildup is the cornerstone of your good hygiene routine. However, not all oral health concerns are caused by plaque and tartar buildup. For instance, if your tooth becomes damaged due to something like excessive pressure, accidental trauma, or other reasons, then this damage can become one of the greatest threats to your tooth and long-term oral health. Fortunately, there are ways in which you can lower your risks of experiencing tooth damage and needing restorative treatment to fix it. (more…)
Better Ways to Keep Your Mouth Healthy
One of the best ways to stay on top of good overall health is keep your mouth consistently healthy and free of disease. In addition to the havoc that things like tooth decay and gum disease can wreak on your oral health, they can also impact your immune system’s ability to function properly in several important ways. Today, we examine the importance of keeping your mouth healthy and a few tips for how you can do it better every day. (more…)
How Your Smile Benefits When Your Hygiene Is Good
If you took careful stock of your dental hygiene practices every day, there’s a good chance that there’s room for improvement in at least one area. Perhaps you could pay more attention when you’re brushing and flossing your teeth, or use a little less force when you pass your toothbrush over your tooth enamel. You might also benefit from being more disciplined in your snacking habits throughout the day, and how reducing how often you expose your teeth to food and beverages. Today, we take a look at how sticking to a good hygiene routine can benefit your smile in several significant, long-term ways. (more…)
Why Treating Tooth Decay Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All
Some of the most common dental treatments are similar for everyone. For instance, routine dental cleanings always involve carefully and thoroughly cleaning away plaque and tartar from your teeth. However, given the unique nature of everyone’s oral health, most dental treatments have to be customized to meet everyone’s specific needs. For example, if you develop tooth decay, then the extent of it and the most appropriate treatment for it can depend on a number of different factors. (more…)
