What You Need to Know About Oral Cancer: It’s an important public service when high-profile people like actor Michael Douglas turn the spotlight on oral cancer. Yet still many people remain unaware of this potentially lethal disease. Oral cancer is not rare and it’s occurring more frequently and to a younger group with every passing…
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Oral Health Could Affect You and Your Baby
Categories: Dental Health
For some time, gum disease, or periodontal disease has been linked to complications of pregnancy including infertility, premature birth, low birth-weight, toxemia, eclampsia and gestational diabetes. Research has strengthened this association by showing that gestational diabetes appears in women with gum disease – even if they don’t smoke or drink. Gestational diabetes usually disappears once…
Marvelous Mint, More than a Breath Freshener
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You probably associate mint with toothpaste or breath freshener, but it has been used as an herbal remedy and a spa soother in face packs, foot rubs, and bath soaks. Both peppermint and spearmint are very popular, especially for cooking, and if you’re not a gardener, you can easily find commercially dried leaves. 7 Mint…
Monkey See… Monkey Do?
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Female long-tailed macaque monkeys in Thailand have been observed teaching their young how to use strands of hair to clean between their teeth. If monkeys can floss, so can you! If you’re not flossing, you’re missing about a third of your tooth surfaces. Even if you were fasting, you’d still need to brush and floss…
Yes Please! We Love Your Referrals!
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It’s estimated that an alarming 33% of people who used to keep regular cosmetic dental checkups have not seen a dentist in two years! We know there are many reasons for this, from dental phobia to financial restrictions, to simply not seeing the urgency of maintaining oral health. Whatever the cause, it could prove to…
PerioPassion! Periodontal Nutrition Webinar
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I know that many of you sat in on my webinar on October 13th on Periodontal Nutrition, hosted by DCEdental. I am grateful – and appreciate all the kind comments and interest I received afterwards via email and calls. We were joined by doctors and hygienists from England, Spain, Mexico, Australia, all over the US…
Silver Amalgam Fillings Contain Hazardous Mercury
Categories: Dental Health, Restorative Dentistry
Do you know that those “silver” fillings you may have in your mouth are not made of silver but are actually 50% Mercury? Did you know that there are strong and aesthetic alternatives available? This well kept secret is something that cosmetic dentists, like Dr. Lisa Marie Samaha, are making Americans more aware of. Scientific…