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Bitewing X-Rays Safely 'Reveal all' About Back Teeth to Prevent Tooth Decay
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Dec. 05, 2018
Modern dental care wouldn’t be the same without x-rays. Since dentists began capturing x-ray images a century ago to detect beginning tooth decay, billions of teeth have been preserved.
“Catching
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Category: Dental Procedures
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4 Signs Your Child May Have a Poor Bite
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Nov. 25, 2018
Although tooth decay is a major problem to watch for in your child’s teeth, it isn’t the only one. As their teeth transition from primary (“baby”) to permanent, you
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Category: Dental Procedures
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Moderate Your Child's Juice Drinking to Lower Tooth Decay Risk
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Nov. 15, 2018
Along with daily brushing and flossing, limiting your child’s sugar consumption is an important way to prevent tooth decay. We all know the usual suspects: candy, sugar-added snacks and
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Category: Oral Health
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Julianne Hough Shares a Video - and a Song - After Wisdom Teeth Come Out
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Nov. 05, 2018
Once upon a time, celebrities tried hard to maintain the appearance of red-carpet glamour at all times. That meant keeping the more mundane aspects of their lives out of
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Category: Dental Procedures
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Don't Stress Over Your Child's Teeth Grinding Habit Unless it Persists
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Oct. 26, 2018
Along with thumb sucking, childhood teeth grinding is one of the top concerns anxious parents bring to their dentists. It’s so prevalent, though, many providers consider it normal behavior—the
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Category: Oral Health
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Stop Root Cavities with Prevention and Prompt Treatment
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Oct. 16, 2018
Tooth decay is a highly destructive dental disease, responsible along with periodontal (gum) disease for most adult tooth loss. And we become even more susceptible to it as we
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Category: Dental Procedures
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How to Maximize Your Child's Dental Health Potential
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Oct. 06, 2018
There’s a potential threat lurking in your young child’s mouth—tooth decay. This destructive disease can not only rob them of teeth now, it could also impact their dental health
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Category: Oral Health
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2.6 Million Fans 'Like' Justin Bieber's Chipped Tooth
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Sep. 26, 2018
Is a chipped tooth big news? It is if you’re Justin Bieber. When the pop singer recently posted a picture from the dental office to his instagram account, it
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Category: Dental Procedures
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Tell Your Dentist if You're Having a Shingles Outbreak
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Sep. 16, 2018
Shingles is a painful viral infection that could potentially recur in sufferers for years. It causes painful skin rashes, general nerve pain, fever and fatigue. In extreme cases, it
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Category: Oral Health
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How Does Invisalign Work?
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Sep. 07, 2018
Invisalign clear aligner trays are a discreet alternative to traditional metal braces. For many adults and older teens in need of orthodontic treatment, braces can be inconvenient and even a
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Category: Dental Procedures,  Oral Health,  Orthodontics
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FAQs for National Gum Care Month
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Sep. 06, 2018
Gum disease is a bigger problem than you might think. More than half of all adults over age 30 have it, and that figure jumps to 70% of adults
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Category: Oral Health
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Antibiotic Resistance Requires Action - and a Change of Attitude
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Aug. 27, 2018
The development of antibiotic drugs is widely considered one of the greatest medical achievements of the last century. Their widespread use has turned life-threatening diseases like cholera, strep throat
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Category: Oral Health
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Expert Advice: Vivica A. Fox on Kissing and Oral health
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Aug. 17, 2018
Is having good oral hygiene important to kissing? Who's better to answer that question than Vivica A. Fox? Among her other achievements, the versatile actress won the “Best Kiss”
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Category: Oral Health
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10 Tips to Tame Bad Breath
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Aug. 07, 2018
National Fresh Breath Day is celebrated in August, but who doesn’t want fresh breath every day? Everyone has bad breath once in a while, so here are some tips
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Category: Oral Health
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We can Rid You of that Lump in Your Mouth you Keep Biting
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Jul. 28, 2018
Biting the inside of your cheek is high on the list of minor but painfully irritating occurrences like paper cuts or tongue scalding from hot coffee. A mouth bite,
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Category: Dental Procedures
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What Happens in a Root Canal Treatment and How it Can Save Your Tooth
Author:
Anonymous
updated: Jul. 18, 2018
Along with periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay poses one of the two greatest threats to your teeth. Cavities are just the start: if decay invades the pulp, the tooth’s
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Category: Dental Procedures