Dentists can help you sleep better A night guard is a thin piece of hard plastic made from impressions of your teeth that is placed on the upper teeth. The night guard is hard enough to be durable but it is softer than teeth and protects them from wear. A night guard protects your teeth and jaw from the detrimental …
Seal The Teeth
As a rule of thumb its important to take care of what you have. So even though baby teeth will eventually come out and be replaced by adult teeth. The baby teeth are important because they are hold spaces for the permanent teeth to move into. So take care of those baby teeth! Once those baby teeth come out, the …
Scary words: ROOT CANAL
If you’ve ever been told that you need a root canal, you know the sinking feeling in your gut that tells you that you’d rather die. We have all heard root canal horror stories and when we tell our loved ones we need a root canal they wince. But the truth is that as scary as a root canal may …
Beeswax Dental Filling?!
A Beeswax Dental Filling That Lasted 6,500 Years By SINDYA N. BHANOO Published: September 24, 2012 Ancient dentistry has been discovered in a 6,500-year-old human jawbone: a lump of beeswax that appears to be the earliest evidence of a dental filling. Chris Gash The beeswax was probably applied to ease pain from a crack in the enamel and dentin layers …
Gum Disease Linked to Heart Illness
“I found this article and felt like I should just repost it”–Marija Gum Disease Linked to Heart Illness By: Tim Friend USAToday Philadelphia—the most common strain of bacteria in dental plaque can cause blood clots that induce heart attacks when they escape into the bloodstream, researchers reported Monday. Mark Herzberg of theUniversityofMinnesotasaid the findings are the first to link bacteria …