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Simple tips for maintaining a healthy mouth Dental Carehealthy mouthholistic dentistry
November 3, 2014

Simple tips for maintaining a healthy mouth

Aesthetic Family Dentistry believes in a holistic approach to everything we do. That means not only caring for your oral health, but also offering complementary treatments and advice on caring for your entire wellbeing. As part of that commitment, we have collated some of our most useful tips for maintaining a healthy mouth. We hope they help! Prevention is better…
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Primary Causes of Gum Disease and What to do About Them Gum diseaseplaque
October 30, 2014

Primary Causes of Gum Disease and What to do About Them

Gum disease is one of the leading health challenge in the country. It’s also one of the easiest oral health challenges to treat and prevent. Simple, small changes to your diet, lifestyle and oral health regimen can make a drastic difference to how much or how often you suffer from gum disease. Gum disease is caused by plaque produced by…
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How Dental Sealants Can Change Your Smile Oral HealthSealants
October 23, 2014

How Dental Sealants Can Change Your Smile

Dental sealants are a thin coating that covers the chewing surfaces of your teeth to prevent tooth decay. The treatment is very effective at preventing decay and preserving the enamel on premolars and molars. While a good oral hygiene regimen is very effective at removing food from your mouth, it isn’t perfect. Our teeth contain tiny fissures and gaps that…
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Snoring and How Your Dentist Can Help Dental HealthSleep Apnea
October 8, 2014

Snoring and How Your Dentist Can Help

It is estimated that between 30 and 50 percent of Americans snore on a regular basis. In the vast majority of cases, snoring is completely harmless, with only a tiny fraction indicating something more serious. Generally, minor or infrequent snoring is nothing to worry about. It’s a natural occurrence caused by lifestyle, sleeping position, bed type and a range of…
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Everything You Need to Know About Sleep Apnea Dental HealthSleep Apnea
October 1, 2014

Everything You Need to Know About Sleep Apnea

Posted Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 | Filed under: dental health, Sleep Apnea | author: Dr. Alan Steiner Sleep apnea is a serious medical condition that occurs when the back of the throat constricts and blocks the airway. This reduces oxygen intake, which can cause levels to drop enough that the body wakes up to take a breath. This cycle can happen many times during…
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Three Main Benefits of Invisalign Invisalignperfect smileUncategorized
September 23, 2014

Three Main Benefits of Invisalign

As a tooth straightening treatment, Invisalign is probably the best on the market right now. It’s effective, subtle and much easier to live with than traditional braces. As a logical evolution of an existing treatment, Invisalign has made advances in all the right places. It has taken the ugly steel brace and made it practically invisible. It has removed the…
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Everything You Need to Know About Bruxism BruxismTeeth Grinding
September 9, 2014

Everything You Need to Know About Bruxism

  Bruxism is the medical term for the clenching or grinding of the teeth. Mild bruxism usually has no long lasting health implications, but more serious bruxism can lead to excessive teeth wearing and migraine. It’s a potentially debilitating condition with a relatively simple cure. Why do we grind our teeth? Grinding teeth is an unconscious muscle movement that most…
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How is Jaw Tension Linked to Migraines? Jaw TensionNeuromuscular Dentistry
September 4, 2014

How is Jaw Tension Linked to Migraines?

Over 45 million Americans regularly get headaches, with 28 million of them suffering migraines. That’s a lot of people who have to cope with extreme discomfort at any one time. People who grind their teeth or clench their jaw have been linked to higher cases of migraine. The link between jaw tension and headaches has been around for a while…
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The Connection Between Sleep and Oral Health Uncategorized
August 27, 2014

The Connection Between Sleep and Oral Health

Sleep is the only real cure-all in medicine. We simply cannot overstate how important good sleep is for your health and general well being. It’s your body’s opportunity to rest, regenerate, fight infection, perform maintenance, clean the brain and so much more. There is also a direct link between good sleep and your oral health. That’s what we’re going to…
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