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Top 5 Tooth Whitening Questions
If you think about the job of our teeth, the first thought is usually that they’re responsible for helping us to chew our food. However, teeth are also important for our speech and articulation of words, and also for non-verbal communication.
Keep Your Dental Habits on Track and Build Discipline in 2020
The New Year is a great time to build new habits. Research shows that we are much more likely to stick with a resolution that we kick off after an important date.
Apps to Help Keep Your Smile (and Health) on Track!
Some dental issues may be avoided by simple healthy lifestyle habits including brushing and flossing regularly and correctly, drinking enough water and making healthy food choices. These lifestyle factors can all affect the bacteria in our mouth and help to keep them in a healthy balance, thus preventing plaque build up which can lead to more serious dental issues.
How to Avoid Sugar Overload this Christmas
When you think of a traditional Christmas what comes to mind? Perhaps cardboard advent calendars full of yummy chocolates, bowls of sweets placed strategically around the house for maximum temptation and amounts of food and drink that we wouldn’t dare consume all year round.
3 Appliances that protect your teeth
Having traumatised, damaged or ill-functioning teeth can be a painful burden. However, when our teeth are healthy and well-functioning it can be difficult to imagine them in a poor state.
3 Easy tips for a fit mouth
We all know how important regular physical exercise is for our entire body. The list of benefits is endless and includes decreased risks of chronic disease, weight management problems, low energy levels and mental health concerns.
Myth: If You Have Dental Decay You Will Need A Tooth Extraction
Having teeth removed is a nightmare for many people, and it's not an unreasonable fear since the process can be complicated and the recovery can be painful. Additionally, missing a tooth can impact one’s self-esteem.
How is Dental Plaque Detected?
Our mouths are full of bacteria, and this is perfectly normal. As humans, we have a close relationship with bacteria, they are key to maintaining our health.
Dental Plaque: Consequences and Preventions
Dental plaque is a sticky substance or ‘biofilm’ that collects on the surface of the teeth. Plaque can be colourless or slightly white, often has a ‘fuzzy feel’ and is most noticeable when the teeth are not brushed.
What Causes Dental Trismus?
Dental trismus is also known as ‘lockjaw’, a condition in which one is unable to open the mouth properly. There are several ways to identify dental trismus, the most common being the inability to open the mouth beyond two fingers width.
What can I expect from my wisdom teeth surgery?
Wisdom teeth are the last teeth to come in, most commonly between the ages of 17 – 25 years. Because of the process of evolution in humans, our jaw sizes no longer accommodate for all our wisdom teeth in some cases.
Impacted Wisdom Teeth: What to do?
Wisdom teeth are the more common name for the third molars, which are the last adult teeth to come in. They are located at the back of the mouth, two on the top and two on the bottom.
Wisdom Teeth: Blessing or Burden?
For some people, they are just teeth that appear later in life, for others, they cause terrible pain. So, why are some people born without them and why do some people have serious trouble with them?
How Can I Prevent Dental Plaque?
We know that nobody wants to be in pain, dealing with dental issues and declining dental health, so the question is, how often should you visit your dentist? Unfortunately, the answer is not a simple number.
What are the Symptoms of Dental Caries?
Dental caries is the professional term that is used to describe cavities and tooth decay. It’s caused by bacteria that produces acid, breaking down your teeth.
Smoking and Oral Cancer
In Australia, there are about 2500 new incidents or oral/pharyngeal cancer diagnosed every year. The risk of oral cancer is about 1 in 90 for men and 1 in 200 for women.
Alcohol Consumption and Oral Cancer
In 2018, over 5,090 Australians received a diagnosis of head and neck cancer (which includes oral oropharyngeal cancer). As a result of this cruel disease, an expected 1,000 of these conditions will result in death, and only 2/3 of them will still be alive 5 years from diagnosis.
Diabetes and Oral Health
People diagnosed with diabetes will experience irregular blood glucose levels. These irregular levels disturb the bacteria in our mouth as people living with diabetes have a lower resistance when it comes to infection and do not heal as easy.
How Often Should I See My Dentist?
We know that nobody wants to be in pain, dealing with dental issues and declining dental health, so the question is, how often should you visit your dentist? Unfortunately, the answer is not a simple number.
Gum Disease Can Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease
The link between heart disease and gum disease (periodontal disease) has been studied for several years. The initial discovery of gum disease involved the development of a type of film that builds up around your teeth, now known as plaque.
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