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International Mind-Body Wellness Day
Ready to start 2022 off right? Circle January 3 on your brand new calendar – that's International Mind-Body Wellness Day. It's a great time to figure out how you will take care of your physical and mental health this year.
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Why Do My Teeth Hurt When It's Cold Outside?
When temperatures drop you may notice an increase in tooth sensitivity. Roughly 40 million adults in the United States have experienced pain from sensitive teeth, about 1-in-8 deal with the problem regularly. The leading causes of teeth sensitivity to cold include:
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Tips to make teething less terrible
The process of teething is typically not fun for you or your child. Their gums are likely to be really sore, and they just feel lousy. And it’s so tough to see a little one feeling miserable and not being able to do much to soothe them. This article contains tips that can help soothe baby’s…
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Is chewing gum bad for children’s teeth?
Good news for people whose kids love to chew gum! As long as it’s sugarless, chewing gum is actually good for your teeth.
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How the Most Popular Super Bowl Snacks Impact Your Teeth
Know your Super Bowl snacks! We’ve rounded up the best and worst football foods, with some tips on how to make the bad snacks just a little bit healthier.
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Yes, You Can Eat Chocolate!
People have been loving chocolate for a long time. Over the centuries, chocolate has been considered an aphrodisiac, a stimulant, food for the gods, currency, and a healthy snack.
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Brush Your Teeth
“How to brush your teeth” … that sounds simple, right? But no one is born knowing how to brush their teeth. And what seems like a good idea – brush firmly, back, and forth, with a hard brush, get those teeth really clean! – can actually injure your tooth enamel and hurt your gums. Here’s…
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Postmenopausal Women at Higher Risk for Periodontal Disease
Periodontal disease is also known as periodontitis, but most people know it as gum disease. If you let gum disease go untreated, the soft tissue damage can eventually turn into damage to the bones that structure your teeth. This leads to further complications, leaving you at risk of losing teeth.
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The Surprising Link Between Breast Cancer & Oral Health
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to learn more about this disease and support those fighting it.
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Sweet potatoes – healthy treat or dental doom?
Sweet potatoes are starchy – and as you may have guessed, sweet – root vegetables. Most of us are familiar with the ones that have a brown skin and orange insides, but you can find ones with skin colors that range from white to yellow, red, and purple too – with white to yellow, orange,…
