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 […]
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What Kinds of Food and Drinks To Watch Out For Did you know that what you eat and drink can impact your teeth? Tooth erosion, for example, is a permanent damage to the teeth, whereby acids attack and wear away the enamel of the teeth. It can be caused by intrinsic factors, like acid reflux or […]
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 […]
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 […]
Temporary Crowns and Permanent Crowns What is a dental crown? Crowns are artificial teeth that provide a protective cover for both natural teeth and dental implants. According to the ADA, crowns are utilized also for discolored teeth, badly shaped or twisted teeth, and for teeth that have been weakened or damaged due to old or […]
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 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. […]
So how do you know you have dry mouth? If you experience any of these, better see your dentist: dry or sticky feeling in the mouth like its stuffed with cotton balls especially when waking up, burning feeling in mouth or tongue and sometimes tongue feels like shoe leather, dry lips and throat or mouth […]
