Tag: smile protection
The Costs of Not Wearing Your Retainer
NOT WEARING YOUR RETAINER CAN END WITH YOU BACK IN BRACES After two years, you did it. You are finally getting your braces off. All the chips, candy, and hard food you were missing can now be enjoyed again. However, now it’s time for the second hardest part, remembering to wear your retainer. You will […]
How Dieting is Bad for Your Teeth
Dieting can do wonders for your health, confidence, and waist size, but did you know that dieting could have negative effects too? The common foods and nutrients you consume during a diet can actually be harmful to your teeth. Many of the foods you eat when on a diet have high acidity that will damage […]
Keeping Your Teeth Healthy in Between Dental Visits
If you’re like most people then you probably spend most of your time away from the dentist office and out enjoying life. In fact, you most likely don’t spend much time thinking about your teeth at all, maybe a total of five minutes a day while you are getting ready for the day in the […]
Bad Habits that Ruin Your Teeth
Everyone has his or her own bad habits. From being glued to the phone to skipping the gym on a regular basis, bad habits stick with you. Some habits are bad for your overall health and some effect more targeted places like your teeth. The bad habits that deal with your teeth could result in […]
How to Properly Care for A Retainer
Although braces can help create a beautiful smile, that smile won’t stay perfect without wearing a retainer if issued one by your dentist. This device, which is a custom-made piece of metal and plastic, is often needed by dental patients to keep teeth from drifting out of perfect alignment after braces are removed.
How Much Sugar is too Much Sugar this Halloween
With Halloween just around the corner, the cavity and sugar questions are starting to rise up and take over the minds of parents everywhere. Is sugar really that bad for my child’s teeth? Should I let my child eat chocolate? How many of pieces of candy can my child eat a day?