Keep Your Toothbrush Clean

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Jul 23, 12

There are certain habits or activities that most people should be accustomed to doing on a daily basis, one of which is brushing your teeth. It is important to brush your teeth at least twice a day and to do so properly you want to make sure your toothbrush is clean before you put it in your mouth. The CDC, Center for Disease Control, has gone on record saying that “even after being visibly clean, toothbrushes can remain contaminated with potentially pathogenic organisms.” Since you use your toothbrush often it is important to know how to keep it clean.

Here are a few ways to help you keep your toothbrush as germ-free as possible:

1. Keeping your toothbrush in a cabinet or using a toothbrush protector actually increases bacteria.
2. Keeping multiple brushes in one cup is bad – brushes rub against each other and spread bacteria.
3. Wash your hands first! This may seem like common sense, but many people first reach for their toothbrush.
4. Wash your toothbrush before and after every use. This means holding it under running water and rubbing your thumb over it with force.
5. Occasionally place your toothbrush in the dishwasher for a deep clean. Use ordinary dishwasher soap.
6. Replace every three to four months.
7. Always use toothpaste!

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Healthy Eating for Healthy Teeth

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Jul 13, 12

The diets we keep today are so different from our ancient ancestors that dental issues such as cavities, overbites, crooked teeth and overcrowding are practically inevitable. Out ancient ancestors used to chew on a lot more meat, and as our food has become softer we do not chew as much. Over the centuries our jaws have also gotten smaller and therefore they cannot accommodate all of our teeth properly. Many foods are no longer 100% fresh today adding to the dental problems already in existence. These foods are pre-packages, soft and full of sugar – not the best combination for keeping your teeth healthy. The right diet is important for your health, including your dental health. Eating the right foods is important, and how often you eat them is an important factor as well.

Foods that You Should be Eating:

1. Cheese
2. Chicken
3. Meat
4. Nuts
5. Milk

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Bad Breath – Causes and Remedies

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Jul 06, 12

90 million Americans suffer from chronic bad breath, also known as Halitosis. This oral health issue often affects a person’s daily life and relationships, making it uncomfortable for other people to talk and associate with those who suffer from it. Often times people who have bad breath do not even realize it until they are told, and that conversation tends to be very uncomfortable for both parties involved. To help resolve this common health concern it is important that you know of some simple ways to determine whether you have bad breath, common causes for it, and a few easy remedies to make sure things go away and do not come back.

Knowing if You Have Bad Breath

The most common methods to tell whether you have bad breath are:

1. Cupping your hands to your nose to smell your breath as you exhale
2. Licking your wrist (wait for it to dry) and then smelling it to see if there is a bad smell
3. Exhaling into someone’s face and letting them determine
4. Using a spoon to scrape the white stuff off the back of your tongue

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Ranking as a Top Dentist

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Jun 25, 12

After signing up to our FREE service you have full control over your dental profile – the fun does not stop after registration. The excitement of receiving appointment requests and private messages from potential patients are just some of the benefits dentists get to enjoy once they join the community. RankMyDentist.com is more than just a dental directory with various dental practices, dentist names, locations and phone numbers, but it is also a forum in which dentists and patients may discuss and talk about whatever dental topics that might arise. Once they have visited their dentists, patients have the ability to rank them and their practices based on certain criteria: demeanor, treatment and the overall comfort of the patient while in the dentist’s care.

It is important to note that the dentist must make sure that he or she along with their practice is associated with the website, this way patients will be able to find them in search results and top ranked sections. Our ranking system was designed from a patients point of view; polls were taken prior to ensure that this criteria was what made up a top dentist. We created custom algorithms that tally up all the individual scores the dentist will be assessed by and creates an overall rank for that dentist.

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Important Information about Removing Your Wisdom Teeth

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Jun 09, 12

Wisdom teeth, or third molars, were given their colloquial name because they appear later in life, usually between the ages of 12 and 25. The late appearance of these teeth is what led people to believe that they appeared because of a person’s maturation and wisdom. While they do not have anything to do with how smart the patient is, but they do need to be removed often due to impaction. Impaction is when there is not enough room for the new teeth in the mouth. To extract a patient’s third molars requires surgery, and like any other procedure, a patient wants the best, and in this case the best is a top dentist.

A top cosmetic dentist knows the best way to remove the wisdom teeth and the best way to deal with any possible complications. The best time to remove wisdom teeth is before any major changes take place in the jaw. To avoid unnecessary damage to your jaw line and surrounding teeth, wisdom teeth are removed before the age of 30. Surgery is no joke, and as a responsible person you want to make sure that the dentist cutting into you is not incompetent, but can perform the procedure correctly.

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