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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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Removing Teeth Might Make It Easier To Straighten a Smile
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Mar. 13, 2021.
Dentists remove millions of teeth each year, often because of tooth decay or gum disease. But disease isn't the only reason—a tooth extraction might make it easier to straighten
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Category: Dental Procedures
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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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Dental Implants Are Even More Advanced, Thanks To These Other Technologies
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Feb. 11, 2021.
When dental implants hit the scene in the 1980s, they revolutionized the field of dental restorations. But as groundbreaking as they were then, they're even more advanced now.
Some of
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Category: Dental Procedures
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3 Reasons For Preserving a Decayed Baby Tooth
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Feb. 01, 2021.
Tooth decay can be a big problem for children's primary (baby) teeth. It doesn't take long for a tooth to become infected and the infection spread to their neighbors.
But
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Category: Dental Procedures
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Keep Your New Straightened Smile Straight With an Orthodontic Retainer
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Jan. 21, 2021.
You can't correct a poor bite with braces or clear aligners overnight: Even the most cut-and-dried case can still require a few years to move teeth where they should
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Category: Dental Procedures
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Too Old to Straighten Your Smile? Not If You're Like These A-List Celebrities
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Jan. 11, 2021.
If you're well past your teen years, you probably have several reasons for not straightening your crooked smile: the expense, the time and the embarrassment of being a 30-,
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Category: Dental Procedures
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3 Reasons Why Dental Implants Are a Sound 'Smile' Investment
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Jan. 01, 2021.
In looking at options to replace your missing teeth, you might have heard others rave about dental implants. You're almost sold on this innovative restoration method—but you're a little
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Category: Dental Procedures
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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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Jimmy Fallon's Daughter Loses a Tooth on National Television
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Nov. 30, 2020.
Even though coronavirus lockdowns have prevented TV hosts from taping live shows, they're still giving us something to watch via virtual interviews. In the process, we're given occasional glimpses
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Category: Dental Procedures
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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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A 'Tooth in a Day' Implant Could Give You a Perfect Smile From Day One
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Nov. 10, 2020.
Getting a new implant tooth in only one day sounds too good to be true. But it's true—up to a point. Whether or not you can undergo an immediate
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Category: Dental Procedures
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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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You Can Have a Straighter Smile - Just Like the Queen of England
Author:
Anonymous
posted: Oct. 21, 2020.
The monarchs of the world experience the same health issues as their subjects—but they often tend to be hush-hush about it. Recently, though, the normally reticent Queen Elizabeth II
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Category: Dental Procedures