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Dental Cleanings Take on New Importance After Gum Disease
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Nov. 08, 2021.
There are few things sweeter to hear than for your dentist to tell you your periodontal (gum) disease is under control. Depending on how deep the infection may have
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Category: Oral Health
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Stop Tooth Decay Before It Derails Your Child's Dental Development
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Sep. 19, 2021.
From birth to early adulthood, your child's teeth, gums and jaws develop at a rapid pace. And, for the most part, nature takes its course without our help.
But tooth
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Category: Oral Health
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4 Ways Your Child's Dental Health Can Get Off to a Good Start This New School Year
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Aug. 20, 2021.
If your kids are getting ready to start back with in-person school this year, you've no doubt began stocking up on new clothes and classroom supplies. Right before school
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Category: Oral Health
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Take These Immediate Actions to Save a Knocked-Out Tooth
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Jul. 11, 2021.
Accidents do happen, especially if you or a family member has an active lifestyle. One such risk, especially for someone playing a contact sport, is having a tooth knocked
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Category: Oral Health
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Smokers Are More Susceptible to Harmful Gum Disease. Here's Why
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Jul. 01, 2021.
Along with tooth decay, periodontal (gum) disease is a primary enemy of oral health. If not caught and treated, a gum infection could spread and eventually cause tooth loss.
But
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Category: Oral Health
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How Not to Let a Dental Injury Ruin Your Summer Vacation
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Jun. 11, 2021.
After a year of lockdowns and other COVID-19 restrictions, people are itching this summer to get back out into the great outdoors. The good news is that quite a
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Category: Oral Health
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What You Can Do To Help Your Child Avoid Tooth Decay
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Jun. 01, 2021.
So, when should you begin taking measures to prevent tooth decay in your child's teeth? When their teeth first begin to show? When all of their primary (baby) teeth
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Category: Oral Health
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Treating Tooth Sensitivity Depends on Its Cause
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Apr. 22, 2021.
A scoop of ice cream is one of life's little pleasures. But for one in three Americans, it could be something altogether different—an excruciating pain when cold ice cream meets
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Category: Oral Health
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Not Getting a Good Night's Sleep? Your Dentist May Be Able to Help
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Mar. 23, 2021.
If you live an average lifespan, you'll spend more than 200,000 hours in blissful slumber. It's not a waste, though: You absolutely need this much sleep to maintain optimum
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Category: Oral Health
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There's No Madness in Protecting Your Family Basketball Player With a Custom Mouthguard
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Mar. 03, 2021.
A wave of madness is about to sweep across Indianapolis and onto television screens across America—March Madness, that is. That's right: After its cancellation in 2020 due to COVID-19,
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Category: Oral Health
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Listen to Ellen DeGeneres: Don't Think You Can Get Away Without Flossing!
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Feb. 21, 2021.
This year's Carol Burnett Award, presented at the Golden Globes, goes to Ellen DeGeneres for her “outstanding contributions to the television medium on or off the screen.” This is
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Category: Oral Health
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Here's What To Do If Your Child Complains of a Toothache
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Dec. 21, 2020.
Perhaps the only thing worse than having a toothache of your own is when your child has one. Tooth pain can be a miserable experience, especially for children. It
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Category: Oral Health
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Keep Your Child's Fluoride Intake at a Safe but Effective Level
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Dec. 10, 2020.
Fluoride is an important part of your child's dental development. But if children take in too much of this important mineral, they could experience enamel fluorosis, a condition in
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Category: Oral Health
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That Energy Drink You Take for a Boost Might Be Hurting Your Dental Health
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Nov. 20, 2020.
Although energy drinks are but a blip on the historical timeline compared to coffee or tea, they've displaced these traditional stimulants among nearly half of today's adolescents and young
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Category: Oral Health
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4 Ways Saliva Protects Your Mouth Against Disease
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Oct. 31, 2020.
Brushing and flossing daily, and dental visits at least twice a year: These are the essential things you should be doing to protect your teeth and gums against dental
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Category: Oral Health
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What You Can Do About Bad Breath (Unless You're a Famous Actress Pranking Your Co-Star)
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Sep. 11, 2020.
Hollywood superstar Jennifer Lawrence is a highly paid actress, Oscar winner, successful producer and…merry prankster. She's the latter, at least with co-star Liam Hemsworth: It seems Lawrence deliberately ate
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Category: Oral Health