How Diet Soda Harms Your Teeth
Diet soda— it sounds like it has to be good for you. But names can be deceiving. Although diet soda has no calories, it still contains citric acid and phosphoric acid that wear down your teeth’s enamel just like regular soda. In soda, phosphoric acid’s purpose is to promote carbonation, and citric acid’s is to […]
Fun Uses for Dental Floss
Flossing is a hard habit to maintain, but it is important for your teeth’s health to floss daily. Flossing helps you avoid gum disease, prevent tartar build up, avoid cavities, stop bad breath and reduce the risk of heart disease. But there are even more ways to use dental floss than to maintain healthy teeth and […]
Preventing Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
It is important to start infants with good oral care that will last a lifetime. If a baby’s tooth is lost too early through baby bottle tooth decay, other teeth may drift into the empty space, and there will not be room when adult teeth come in. Baby bottle tooth decay happens when a baby’s […]
Infant Dental Care
Many parents believe that until their baby’s teeth actually come in, infant dental care isn’t much of an issue. Others feel that even once teeth erupt, brushing still isn’t that important. After all, the teeth are just “baby” or primary teeth; they’ll end up falling out anyway. However, infant dental care is just as important as […]