The Other Health Benefits of Dental Care
Taking care of your oral health means more than just having a beautiful smile. The mouth is known to be ‘the gateway of the body’. Bacteria from the teeth and gums might do more damage to your overall health than you think. What are other advantages of oral health care, you ask? 1. Reduces […]
Creating a More Confident Smile
Who doesn’t want to have a dazzling smile? We trust that everybody wants just that. Most people do not find their smiles beautiful enough, but that shouldn’t be the case. Contrary to popular belief, having a confident smile is totally up to the willingness of the beholder – that and proper oral health routines. If […]
Dealing With an Abscessed Tooth
An abscess is an area of puss that forms as part of the body’s effort to fight a bacterial infection. It can form in almost any part of the body. In the mouth, abscesses form in the gums, teeth, or roots of the teeth. People with a lowered resistance to infection are most likely to […]
How to Help Your Teething Infant
Do your baby’s cries keep you up in the middle of the night? Is he/she still crying even after you’ve just fed them, changed his diaper, and tried rocking him gently to sleep? Maybe he’s in distress. Maybe his tummy is aching Or maybe… maybe your baby is teething. Teething usually occurs somewhere between 2 […]
The Benefits of Dental Implants
Not everyone is concerned with having healthy teeth or worried about losing a tooth or two. However, replacing a missing tooth is the right way to go. Failure to do so might result to your other teeth moving or loss of chewing function, as well. It is common for dentists to recommend having dental implants […]
What to Do in a Dental Emergency
Dental emergencies can come out of nowhere. A bad slip that lands you on your face, biting down on something you weren’t expecting, or some form of freak accident could cause you severe dental or oral distress. When incidents like this happen you should seek a dental professional as soon as possible and in the […]
Dentistry and Other Medical Conditions – Part 2
On our website we have an informative article about medical conditions that can affect your teeth and that your dentist might be able to help with. For more information on conditions like diabetes, oral cancer, bulimia and anorexia nervosa you should consult Part 1. In this blog post we’ll take a look at some other […]
Advancements in Dental Technology
Dentistry has always had its eye on technology for any edge in forwarding care for teeth and gums. Even older inventions like braces, crowns, and false teeth have seen continual updating in materials, techniques and design resulting in the more effective and elegant versions we have today. Within the last couple of decades however significant […]
Sticking to Your Dental Care Resolutions
Last month we talked about some great dental health resolutions you might want to consider for 2016. Now that we’re a month in you might be wavering on them or any other resolutions you might have. Thankfully you can reinforce any new behaviours in a way that can make keeping your resolutions easy – or […]
What’s Causing Your Toothache?
There are a lot of different kinds of pain associated with toothaches. Pain can be constant or intermittent, sharp or throbbing, and can be accompanied by other symptoms or be completely in isolation. Whatever your pain toothaches are always unpleasant and are generally caused by one of a handful of issues. Tooth Decay Your toothache […]
