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8 Tips To Prepare For A Dental Appointment
Oral health is essential to your well-being and quality of life, and visiting the dentist regularly helps ensure your dental hygiene is in good condition. Whether your dental appointment is for a routine checkup, dental cleaning, or a more advanced procedure, there are several actions you should take to help you prepare for your visit.…
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Veneers For Crooked Teeth: Can They Help?
Do you have a few teeth that aren’t quite as straight as you’d like them to be? Are your two front teeth too far apart? If so, it’s possible that you may not need braces to fix these problems; some cosmetic issues of tooth alignment and spacing can be addressed beautifully with dental veneers.
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Can Teeth Be Whitened After a Root Canal?
Is there any way to restore a tooth to its natural brightness? In many cases, the answer is yes, let’s look a little closer at different methods of tooth whitening, and see how root canal treatment affects the tooth’s ability to be whitened.
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How To Enjoy The Holidays Without Destroying Your Teeth
Guess who loves eating holiday treats as much as you do? The bacteria in your mouth. But happily, a few simple steps taken during holiday meals can minimize damage to your teeth and gums and keep you and your loved ones' dental work – including those expensive braces – intact.
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Why Do My Teeth Hurt So Much?
No matter how devoted you are to at home care, regular exams and professional teeth cleanings are critical. Checkups involve more than a quick peek at your teeth – your dentist will screen you for oral cancer, tooth decay and gum disease. Caught early, these conditions are far easier to manage.
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Protecting Your Smile as You Age: Types of Dentures & Cost Breakdown
Removable full dentures are held in place by suction, dental adhesive, or a combination of the two. Wearers’ remove them once or twice a day to clean them, and typically do not wear their dentures at night.
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Obamacare and Dental Care for Kids
If you want to purchase your health plan on the ACA Marketplace and you want family dental coverage, you’ll also need to purchase traditional dental insurance or a dental savings plan. Also consider purchasing coverage for your children with your ACA plan
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Foods That Are Good For Your Teeth
In general, foods with added sugars – such as sodas, sports drinks, breakfast cereal and snack foods – tend to lack the nutritional benefits of unprocessed foods. That said, any sugary food still creates bacteria’s preferred environment in our mouth!
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How Long Does Dental Work Last?
Restorative dental work – fixing or replacing chipped, cracked, decayed or missing teeth – can be expensive but you pay once and you’re done, right? Unfortunately, the answer is no. Keeping your smile strong and healthy is certainly one of the best investments you can make in your health, happiness and confidence.
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Is Eating Ice Bad For You?
Chances are you’ve happily crunched your way through an ice cube or two on occasion. Those melted chips of frozen delight that lurk at the bottom of a tall glass of your favorite beverage can be hard to resist. And for some of us, eating snow cones is a favorite summer tradition. However, chewing ice…