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Teeth Grinding: Causes, Effects and What To Do
If you regularly wake up in the morning with a sore jaw, headache, mouth or tooth pain, or tenseness in your mouth or jaw, you could be grinding your teeth in your sleep. Dentists around the country have reported that between 30 and 50 percent of their patients have problems with unconscious (either while awake, or more …
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The Effects of Sugar on Your Teeth
A school in England made the news recently, and teachers (and dentists!) are cheering. They are happy because the school has banned students from drinking sugary drinks at school. Students’ drink choices are limited to water and milk while on school grounds. So, what’s the big deal with sugary drinks? Everyone will tell you drinking too much …
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Is Lemon Water Hurting Your Teeth?
Posted on in Educational, Food & HealthYou’ve tasted the trend, no doubt, in an upscale restaurant or in your own home: Lemon water, or water flavored by the juice of a lemon, or accented by a sunny lemon slice. Most would say that it makes water, which is understandably bland, just taste better. Many would say that drinking lemon water every morning is …
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Your Tooth Enamel… Came From Fish Scales?
Posted on in Educational, NewsTooth enamel is one of the hardest materials in your whole body. It protects your teeth as you eat, and it protects your teeth from sugar and other foods that try to eat away at your teeth, causing cavities and other tooth troubles. Tooth enamel isn’t found anywhere else in your body, and scientists have long wondered …
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Cavities Aren’t Just for Kids! Seniors Too!
If you would ask any parent of a younger child, or especially the parent of a teenager or two, what health issues seem the most worrisome, you’d probably get the same answer repeatedly. Lots of sugar intake, and therefore, lots of cavities. Kids love sugar-laden cereals, guzzle sugary sodas and sports drinks, and chomp on sugar-loaded and …
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Lions, Tigers and Bears… and Their Teeth?
Posted on in Educational, NewsDentists the world over tell us we need to brush and floss to keep our mouths healthy. What might be news is that lions, too, need to take care of their teeth too. Seriously! Lions, and every animal with teeth, have many of the same dental troubles that people do. They can have gum disease and gingivitis, …
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