What You Eat and Drink Can Cause Tooth Erosion – Part Two

So what foods and beverages should you watch out for and what can you do?  Limit your consumption of citrus or citrus-flavored, carbonated or sour food and drink. Don’t eat tomatoes and citrus fruits by themselves but rather enjoy them as part of the meal. Limit also dried fruits, like raisins, which are sticky to […]

When Babies Get Cavities – Part Two

How can you prevent Baby Bottle Tooth Decay? Firstly, place only formula, milk or breast milk in bottles. Avoid filling the bottle with liquids such as sugar water, juice or soft drinks. Before going to bed or to nap, infants should finish their bottles first. Use a pacifier that is clean, not dipped in sugar […]

When Babies Get Cavities – Part One

How To Prevent Baby Bottle Tooth Decay  Infants and toddlers can get tooth cavities. That surprises some parents, but it’s a fairly common finding. It’s called Early Childhood Caries, and more popularly, as Baby Bottle Tooth Decay.  It is a major oral health problem, affecting infants and preschool children worldwide. It is the presence of […]

Laser: Making Dentistry More Efficient and Comfortable

Understanding Laser Dentistry Laser (which stands for “light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation”) is used in dentistry as a potentially comfortable treatment option for a number of dental procedures. It creates light energy in a very narrow and focused beam allowing it to remove or shape hard or soft tissue, versus using drills […]

Toothbrush Germs and Toothbrush Care

Toothbrush Care Guidelines You know that your mouth is one of the dirtiest places in the human body. Your mouth could be teeming with hundreds of different bacteria at any given time. Certainly, they can easily transfer onto your toothbrush. Also, you may not want your toothbrush to be attracting germs from outside the mouth. […]

Tongue Scraping: Working with Brushing and Flossing

Benefits of Cleaning The Tongue Many people who use their toothbrush to brush their teeth are also using the same brush to scrape clean their tongues. Tongue scrapers are small dental tools that resemble spoons or shedding blades and made of wood, metal, ivory, and whalebone. Currently, they can easily bought cheap at Amazon, now […]

How Oral Hygiene Protects the Health of the Heart

More Research Proving The Link There is even more proof that healthy gums means a healthy heart.  In the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a recent South Korea study was published about a research done by the Korean National Health Insurance System. More than 161,000 participants gave information on their oral health and oral hygiene […]