Here are a few ideas to add to your Christmas Wish list that will keep your teeth healthy all year long.

‘Tis the season for holiday celebrations, family gatherings, indulgent food and drink.  While enjoying the merriment, remember to maintain your oral health habits and keep your smile sparkling this season.

We often hear “You are what you eat.”  Choosing vitamin and mineral rich foods are the easiest way to stay healthy and fit physically, mentally and keep your smile strong and beautiful.

Nutrition plays a crucial role in maintaining healthy teeth and gums. A balanced diet can strengthen tooth enamel, reduce inflammation in gums, and help prevent tooth decay and other oral health issues. Here’s a breakdown of the key nutrients and foods that benefit dental health:

Recently, fluoridated water has been back in the news regarding whether this practice should be continued for the health of not just our teeth, but the health of our environment. 

 In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first community in the world to add fluoride to its tap water to improve dental health and reduce cavities in school children.  Scientists in the early 20^th Century noted reduced cavities in children in regions where fluoride was occurring naturally in the water supply.  After successful results in Michigan, communities worldwide moved to fluoridating public water supplies.  The CDC considered this practice one of the great health policies and achievements of the 20^th century.

Halloween is frightfully fun for everyone, but all that candy can play some tricks on your little one’s teeth.  Here are a 6 Tips to balance good oral hygiene and holiday fun.

Flossing and brushing your teeth are the standard practice for your oral health and hygiene, but a real “game changer” for your oral health may be the addition of an electric oral flosser (often called a water flosser or oral irrigator). Flossing is one routine that we tend not to do quite as often as we should. Adding the small powered water device may be the perfect option to ease your dental routine to eliminate plaque build-up, the risk of cavities and even keep your breath smelling fresh.

In a recent chat with several friends, I was shocked to learn that they were so fearful of visiting the dentist.  They are suffering from extreme dental anxiety, putting off routine cleanings and check-ups due to fear.  Here are ways dental anxiety can impact dental health...

As parents we focus on the teaching our young children healthy habits like brushing your teeth daily, but often times our adolescents and teens need a reminder on dental health and hygiene. According to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, recent data has shown that 75% of teens have bleeding gums and 13% have a cavity that has not be treated...

Sensitive teeth or dentin hyper-sensitivity is a common dental issue that involves pain or discomfort when your teeth are exposed to foods and drinks whether hot or cold, sweet or acidic foods or such stimuli as just cold air.

Our third molars or wisdom teeth emerge right about the time we graduate from high school and head off to college. So, in the midst of organizing to move in the dorm, another item to check-off is the appointment to evaluate your wisdom teeth.

Establishing a good oral hygiene routine for baby is so important. Here are a few tips to help you make the process smooth and fun for your little one.

We have all been taught to brush our teeth twice a day, after breakfast and before bed, but is it possibly better to change up our morning routine and add brushing our teeth before we eat our breakfast?

Healthy lifestyles, weight loss regimens and a host of minor ailments have us seeking diets to improve our physical health, both body and mind. Too often in our desire to fix one issue we may compromise the health of another area of our body. Diet plays a crucial role in your dental hygiene, impacting the health of your teeth and gums in several ways. Here are 7 Ways specific foods and beverages affect dental hygiene:

Dental Injuries And Trauma: Active Adolescents May Mean Dental Injuries And Emergencies

It is easy to think that your little one is not ready for the dentist. Your baby’s first year is filled with growth! Smiles, giggles, crawling, and walking…so many firsts, so many milestones. One first that is too often overlooked is that first visit to the family Dentist. According to the CDC, cavities are the most common chronic disease in the United States, but easily prevented with solid dental care habits.

Are you aware of a simple, pain-free, totally non-invasive preventative dental procedure that could reduce a child’s chance of cavities by at least 50% and up to 80% when applied to the back molars chewing surface?

Water is one of the single most important substances we put into our bodies. We're constantly losing fluids as we go about our day, and drinking water is the best way to restore those fluids. Experts recommend drinking around half a gallon of water per day, to maintain hydration and keep your body healthy.

Hippocrates is often attributed to the famous statement “Let Food be thy Medicine and Medicine be thy Food”, but more likely as discovered in recent translations it is more the importance of a balanced diet and exercise, most often simply walking, that the great philosopher was suggesting for a healthy body and mind.

When talking about oral hygiene, it's easy to focus entirely on the teeth - but you can't neglect your gums, either! Because the skin on your gums is quite thin, it's easily damaged, and can become a route to allow infections to spread from your mouth to other parts of your body. As we age, our gums naturally recede exposing your teeth and oral health to additional oral health concerns.

As early as 3000 BC, medical texts mention teeth cleaning regimens. The first toothbrush or chew stick was from the Miswak tree that grew on the Arabian Peninsula. This frayed twig was used by Egyptians and Babylonians to clean their teeth of food particles. Archeologists and anthropologists also found evidence of aromatic sticks used in China about 1600 BC to cleanse one's mouth. Fascinating that humans from different regions and cultures recognized the importance of keeping and preserving teeth.