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  • Questions Many Parents Have About the Care of a Child's Teeth

    A child is never too young for a parent to consider the care and condition of their teeth and mouth. A paediatric dentist can examine your child's mouth and note any personalised advice you might need for keeping their teeth healthy, but you should consider some additional questions to ask the dentist during your appointment. This will ensure you get all the information you need to keep your child's teeth and mouth healthy, no matter their age.
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  • Answers to Questions Most Adults Have About Getting Braces for Themselves

    You're almost always able to get braces even when you're an adult, as long as the bones of your jaw are strong enough to support the constant tightening of the wires around the braces. This can mean a more attractive smile overall and in some cases, a healthier mouth. Sometimes very crooked teeth will result in inadequate support for the upper jaw, resulting in stiff muscles and soreness around the head and even the shoulders.
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  • Pregnant with Gum Disease? Avoid Birth Complications with These 4 Tips

    It's common knowledge that gum disease can cause severe damage to your oral health, with effects like gum recession and tooth loss. However, did you know that it can also have a harmful and irreversible impact on the rest of your body? Studies indicate that gum disease can increase your risk of problems like heart disease. More importantly for pregnant women, it's also been linked to premature birth and low birth weight babies.
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  • Tips Designed to Hasten Recovery Time After Wisdom Teeth Removal

    Wisdom teeth are the third molars that are in the furthest back region of your mouth. Healthy wisdom teeth do not require removal, but when wisdom teeth become impacted or do not emerge normally, they do need to be extracted. This type of procedure is fairly common at most dental clinics, but it is important that you are aware of recovery instructions that are designed to help you speed up the amount of time that it takes you to recover fully after you undergo wisdom teeth removal.
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  • Tackling Excessive Saliva While Wearing New Dentures

    Having a new set of dentures fitted can be a tremendous help when it comes to being able to speak and eat properly, and they can also be a big boost to your self-esteem. However, a procedure with such far-reaching ramifications is doomed to have a few side effects, and one strange sensation a lot of new denture wearers experience is excessive salivation. Why are my dentures causing me to salivate excessively?
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  • The Water Pick: What Is It and Do You Need One?

    Most people understand that visiting the dentist on a regular basis leads to better oral hygiene. However, in order to maintain a healthy, beautiful smile, care must be taken at home, as well. While a toothbrush and dental floss are the main instruments in dental care, there are other things than can help to improve overall dental hygiene, as well. One is the water pick. What is a Water Pick? Water picks, which are often called "
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  • Things that can make you stop grinding your teeth

    Grinding your teeth, or bruxism, is something that affects many people throughout the world. As it is most common during the night when you are asleep, it can't really be classified as a bad habit, as you're not always aware that you're doing it. This is also why it's rather hard to cure, even if you're seeing a dentist regularly. If you're grinding your teeth, you should know there are some things you can do both to decrease and completely stop you from grinding your teeth.
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  • Understanding Dental Crowns

    If you want to improve your smile, you ought to consider getting dental crowns. The dental crown procedure is not as complicated as it sounds. The following will educate you on what dental crowns are, their applications and the procedure for getting them. What is a Dental Crown? This is a tooth-like cap that is similar to a tooth and used to modify the size, shape and overall appearance of your tooth.
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  • Are You a Good Candidate for Dental Implants?

    A dental implant is like a false tooth that actually screws into the gum line permanently. Dental implants can be used when you've lost a tooth or need to have a tooth pulled for any reason, and they can improve your appearance and allow you to talk and chew freely. They can even make your mouth safer than having a broken or chipped tooth that may cut and scrape the gums or the inside of the cheeks.
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  • Forewarned Is Forearmed: Dental Developmental Stages Every Parent Needs to Know About

    Maintaining the health of your teeth is something that everyone needs to be concerned about from cradle to grave. Okay, so technically very few people need to worry about their teeth while still in the cradle (unless they happen to have been born with natal teeth). But from the moment a child's first baby teeth arrive, proper dental hygiene becomes vital. There are three major stages in a child's dental development, and parents need to be ready to face these challenges.
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