oral health
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Hockey Season Is Upon Us – Is Your Star Athlete Ready With Mouth Protection?
The New Year: Time to put away those holiday decorations, collect tax records and—if you're a pro hockey player—get chummy with your dentist. That's right! After a disrupted 2020 season due to COVID-19, the NHL is on track to start...
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That Energy Drink You Take for a Boost Might Be Hurting Your Dental Health
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 adults. But these sweetened “processed” drinks are also controversial among healthcare...
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The Importance of Baby Teeth
Ah, the baby teeth: those cute little pearl buttons that start to appear in a child’s mouth at around 6 to 9 months of age. Like pacifiers and bedtime stories, they’ll be gone before you know it — the last...
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A Pediatric Dentist Could be a Great Choice for Your Child’s Dental Care
When it's time for your child to visit the dentist (we recommend around their first birthday), you may want them to see your family dentist. But you might also want to consider another option: a pediatric dentist.
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Chronic Mouth Breathing Could Create Conditions for a Poor Bite
Breathing: You hardly notice it unless you're consciously focused on it—or something's stopping it!
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Keep a Close Eye on Your Child’s Fluoride Intake
Fluoride has been proven to strengthen tooth enamel against decay. That’s why it’s not only added to toothpaste and other dental products, but also to drinking water — in nearly three-quarters of U.S. water systems.
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Pediatric Dentists Specialize in Dental Care for Children and Teens
To get your child on the right track for lifelong dental health we recommend you begin their dental visits around their first birthday. You can certainly visit your family dentist, especially if you and your family feel comfortable with them....
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Expert Advice: Vivica A. Fox on Kissing and Oral health
Is having good oral hygiene important to kissing? Who's better to answer that question than Vivica A. Fox? Among her other achievements, the versatile actress won the “Best Kiss” honor at the MTV Movie Awards, for a memorable scene with...
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