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Pregnancy and Tooth Loss Have you ever heard the old-wives tale, “gain a child, lose a tooth?” Every pregnant Mom knows how important it is to take care of themselves, but expecting Moms also need to understand the impact that pregnancy has on dental health. Hormonal changes that expecting Moms go through during pregnancy can […]
Dentists Detect Oral Cancer Too Dentists don’t just diagnose cavities & gum disease, your dentist can also detect oral cancer. According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, about 51,550 Americans will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year. This includes those cancers that occur in the mouth itself, in the very back of the mouth known […]
Can You Screen Yourself for Oral Cancer? Self-screening for oral cancer can be done at home, in very little time. But that doesn’t mean we should skip our regular dental appointments, dentists do more than detect cavities. You’ll be screened for oral cancer when you go in for your next regular dental exam, but a regular at-home screening […]
World Oral Health Day – March 20, 2018 World Oral Health Day (WOHD) is celebrated globally every year on March 20th. It is organized by FDI World Dental Federation and is the largest global awareness campaign on oral health. We’d like to help share this year’s ‘Say Ahh: Think Mouth, Think Health’ message for World […]
It seems like a good time of year to talk about how what we eat has an impact on not only our overall health, but our oral health as well. With the Holiday season ending and a new year of resolutions upon us, we thought it timely to talk some more about how oral health […]
Dentists Can Screen for Diabetes? In case you missed the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Dental Research, check out this post on how dentists can help diagnose diabetes. According to a recent study out of the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, our dentists can now accurately test for diabetes and prediabetes. (Journal […]
Are Diabetes & Dental Health Connected? “Both gum disease and diabetes are chronic diseases, and they both make each other worse.” November is American Diabetes Month Diabetes is a chronic disease which affects our body’s ability to process sugar. The resulting high blood sugar can cause problems with your eyes, nerves, kidneys, heart and other […]
Dentists Can Diagnose Diabetes? Dentists diagnose & treat a myriad of oral health maladies, but bet you didn’t think your dentist could diagnose diabetes – or at least help to do so. As if we need another reason to keep up our normal thrice yearly dental visits, here comes recent news out of Columbia University […]
Taking care of our teeth is essential to staying healthy. But what are the consequences if we don’t? Unhealthy teeth turn yellow and become painful, which ultimately leads to more visits to the dentist, which many of us find so scary. Most of us underestimate the importance of dental health. Do you want to be […]
A Healthy Diet Equals a Healthy Smile Did you make a resolution back in January to eat healthier this year? Are your dietary habits on track, or did they fly off them? Adhering to a healthy diet is important any day of the year, not just because a well-balanced diet helps us keep our bodies […]