“My story began about a year ago when I started experiencing severe mouth problems. I had always thought my teeth were fine; a bit coffee stained, but solid. To this point, I had always brushed every day (usually twice). I had never had a cavity. Then some of my teeth just began to become loose,…
Periodontal Treatment
People With Periodontal Disease Have Higher Cancer Risk
Categories: Gum disease, Periodontal Treatment
People who have periodontal disease have a higher overall risk of developing cancer, say researchers in the June issue of The Lancet, Oncology. Studies have suggested that tooth loss and periodontal disease might increase patients’ risk of developing cancer, but smoking might have confounded the association. To determine whether periodontal disease or tooth loss is…
Reclaim Your Smile – Reclaim Your Health
Healthy dental habits are important for maintaining a pleasing smile, and they are more important than you might think for maintaining a healthy body. In fact, they are critical to achieving Total Body Wellness. Many will agree that healthy lifestyle habits are important, especially so for those who are predisposed to health problems such as…
Planning on Starting a Family? Don’t Forget this Critical Care
Before trying to start a family, get your gums checked. When you make the decision to start a family, you receive a lot of advice from doctors, friends, family and other well-wishers who have been through the process: eliminate exposure to cigarette smoke and alcohol, eat a healthier diet, exercise in moderation, take supplements, etc.…
Affect Your Heart?
Since the mid-nineties, scientists have been increasingly observing a strong connection between poor oral health and heart conditions. How might oral health affect the heart? In gingivitis, the milder form of gum disease, infection leads to chronic inflammation—gums are swollen, red, and sometimes bleeding. Bleeding gums indicate the bacteria is active throughout the mouth and…
Gentle Dental Laser Treatment
Dental lasers are like many other lasers used in medicine. In fact, lasers are becoming “standard of care” in the medical world. The range of laser use in medicine is vast – including general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics, podiatry, cosmetic surgery, and probably the best known, LASIK eye surgery. What is so special about the dental…
Is a Dental Visit Really Critical to Your Health?
Categories: Periodontal Treatment
Periodontal (gum) disease is a common and challenging bacterial infection that affects the gums and the bone supporting the teeth. It can also contribute to strikingly dangerous conditions in the rest of the body. And sadly, periodontal disease can have serious consequences even before we have any idea our mouth has been invaded by its…
Periodontal Care – Focusing on Total Health
Categories: Periodontal Treatment
Focusing on Total Health “My story began about a year ago when I started experiencing severe mouth problems. I had always thought my teeth were fine; a bit coffee stained, but solid. To this point, I had always brushed every day (usually twice). I had never had a cavity. Then some of my teeth just…
Port Warwick Dental Arts Advertorial Periodontal Disease and Hormonal Changes
Categories: Periodontal Treatment
Rolling with the Changes throughout a Woman’s Life – A healthy mouth is the key to a healthy body There are many rites of passage that we all look forward to throughout life—that first job, getting married, buying a home and even retirement, to name a few. But for women, there are some milestones that…
Port Warwick Dental Arts Designated a Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute Affiliated Dental Practice
Categories: Dental Health, Periodontal Treatment
Cosmetic and restorative dentist Dr. Lisa Marie Samaha’s 30 year private practice of dental wellness and her work at the forefront of oral/systemic disease has caught the attention of the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute. Dr. Samaha just returned from the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute, where her dental practice was honored to become one of their…