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Good Dental Hygiene Helps Your Entire Body As you grow up, you are likely to have been told time and time again about the importance of dental hygiene. From the moment your teeth first grow in, you have more than likely been taught how to properly keep your teeth and mouth clean. Hopefully, you have been going to your dentist the recommended twice a year for a dental cleaning, as well. The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) and Wrigley felt that the need for focus on oral hygiene was important, and they partnered together to make the entire month of…

Your Tongue is a Good Indicator of Health Your mouth is an extremely complex part of your body with many working parts. While your teeth and gums receive a great deal of attention, your tongue is equally as important. After all, it’s the organ that allows you to speak, eat, and taste all the wonderful flavors your food has to offer from spicy salsas to sweet desserts. However, your tongue can also help your dentist or doctor uncover unknown health conditions. A normal, healthy tongue should be pink with a layer of small bumps or nodules, known as papillae, along…

Braces Affect Many Things in You Life, Such as Eating Growing up, many children learn to hate the dentist. There is a stigma against them, with many having misconceptions and thinking a dentist visit is painful. One of the causes for this may be braces. Children go to visit their dentist only to find out their teeth need correction. Wearing braces have become a rite of passage for many adolescents. They aren’t the only ones, though! Nearly 1.4 million adults are currently wearing them. They don’t discriminate. Many see having to wear braces as an inherently bad thing. While it…

Sports and Teeth Injuries Often Go Hand-In-Hand Playing sports is a part of growing up. Most people have played at least one sport throughout their life. However, while playing sports offers a chance to stay active, try new things, and work on social skills, it also comes with risks. Injuries in sports are almost commonplace. Your teeth and mouth are a very sensitive part of your body that is always in harm’s way. Regardless if you are playing football, basketball, softball, hockey, or soccer, you can still suffer teeth injuries. According to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, every year…

The Tooth Fairy is an Important Part of Growing Up Losing your baby teeth is an important part of growing up. For many young children, losing their baby teeth can be a traumatic and painful experience. There are many things that parents can do to help ease these moments. One of the most popular ways to comfort their children when they lose a tooth is the Tooth Fairy. The Tooth Fairy is a mythical fairy who brings young children a reward in exchange for their lost tooth. All the child must do is place their lost tooth under their pillow…

Teething Babies Often Experience Pain and Discomfort Having a baby is an exciting time for parents. They get to experience a world of new moments and opportunities. Many of a baby’s firsts are moments to be adored, such as their first word, first steps, and first tooth. Unlike the first two, when a baby grows their first tooth, it can create an uncomfortable and sometimes painful experience known as teething. Babies often tend to begin teething when they are between 4-7 months old. Typically, their two bottom front teeth are the first to erupt. Then, their top front teeth follow…

Root Canal Therapy Can Save Your Tooth & Surrounding Tissue The field of dental care often gets a bad reputation because of portrayals in many different media. Visits to the dentists are shown as painful and all-around bad experiences. It doesn’t matter what treatment is shown. One of the treatments with the worst reputation out of all of them is the root canal. Root canal therapy is the most well-known endodontic treatment. Endodontic treatments main goal is to treat the inside of the tooth. Many people fear this treatment, believing it to be incredibly painful. However, Cosmetic & Family Dentistry…

Being Aware of Proper Dental Care Can Lead to Countless Benefits Throughout the year, there are countless days on the calendar that are set up in celebration of or in awareness of certain causes and traditions. For those in the world of dentistry, July 18th marks Dental Awareness Day. This is a time for dentists, oral hygienists, and others in the field of dental healthcare to share information regarding the importance of proper dental and oral care. The goal for this day is to increase the public’s knowledge and consciousness of the long-term health benefits related to taking care of…

Wisdom Teeth Have Lost Their Purpose as Humans Have Evolved As we grow older, teeth begin to grow in. In early adolescence, our incisors emerge, and canines, premolars, and molars swiftly follow. From infancy to adolescence, we grow our first set of teeth, lose them, then an entirely new set replaces them. Each set of teeth has a purpose. The sharper teeth in the front tear food into smaller pieces, while the flatter teeth in the back grind food down. The third and final set of teeth does not make themselves known until early adulthood, somewhere between ages 17-21. These…

People Often Create Opinions About Dentists Off of Misconceptions Dentists have grown to become very polarizing figures in modern day society. Taking trips to the dentist is often depicted as a frightful experience in many TV shows and movies. Dentists are often given a bad reputation without much of their own doing. However, most of the depictions are actually creating countless misconceptions about visiting the dentist. Dentists are here to make sure that your teeth and mouth are as healthy as possible. It can be hard to do that when many people are too focused on all of the incorrect…