Find The Right Dentures

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FIND THE RIGHT DENTURES While the right dentures aren’t the best substitute for your own teeth, they are certainly helping some people keep their smile. With these tips on finding the right dentures for you, you don’t have to stop grinning. Talk with your dentist Though it might seem that your dentist might be the one to talk to you …

Cosmetic Dentistry May Change Your Life

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COSMETIC DENTISTRY MAY CHANGE YOUR LIFE It is well known that an attractive smile can bring you a lot of benefits and surveys have proved it also. You are more likely to be accepted for an important job if you have a straight and shiny smile than if you have yellow and untidy teeth. Yellow teeth may also cause your …

Toothaches – Causes and Prevention

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TOOTHACHES – CAUSES AND PREVENTION When it comes to toothaches, there are many different things that can cause a toothache. A toothache can come at any given time, even though you may not expect it. The pain can be unbearable at times, and you’ll do practically anything you can to make the pain stop. When a toothache first comes on, …

Baby Boomers, Their Health Insurance and Its Coverage

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BABY BOOMERS, THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE AND ITS COVERAGE As people grow old, they become more and more prone to diseases or illness and need health insurance  At the point they reach old age, they will suffer from arthritis, and heart related conditions. Because of this, everyone should have some form of security in order to live a worry-free life. Although …

Bad Breath Remedies

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BAD BREATH REMEDIES Bad breath, also known as Halitosis in medical terminology, is an unpleasant odor that exits the mouth while breathing. This occurrence can be both embarrassing and troubling to many who suffer from the airborne nuisance. There are different types of bad breath, which occur for different reasons and therefore require different treatments. Temporary bad breath is commonly …

Abscessed Teeth

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ABSCESSED TEETH An abscess in the tooth refers to an infection that was caused by a pocket of pus residing in the tissue around the tooth. Abscesses are very serious conditions, and can lead to serious matters if they aren’t treated immediately. When the pulp of a tooth dies due to damage or decay, bacteria will begin to grow from …

Baby Boomer Dental Hygiene – As Providers and Beneficiaries

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BABY BOOMER DENTAL HYGIENE – AS PROVIDERS AND BENEFICIARIES Since the 1960s and 1970s, including the early 1990s, the Baby Boomers marked a demographic change in the field of dentistry as Boomers made up the most of dentist population. Approximately, there were thousands of Baby Boomers who graduated in that generation as dentists. In an instant, there were a good …

All About Cavities

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ALL ABOUT CAVITIES Cavities can best be described as tooth decay. As we all know, tooth decay is influenced by what we eat, how we take care of our teeth, and the amount of fluoride in our toothpastes. If your family has a history of tooth disease or teeth problems, then you may inherit it that way. This is very …

All About Tooth Decay

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ALL ABOUT TOOTH DECAY In order for tooth decay to be developed in a tooth, that tooth must have acid producing bacteria around it, along with food for the bacteria to feed upon. Teeth that are susceptible to decay will have little to no fluoride in the enamel to fight the plaque. Fluoride can destroy decay, although it won’t be …

A look at fillings

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A LOOK AT FILLINGS Fillings are very common with dental work, as they present a way to repair a tooth that has suffered from decay or a cavity back to it’s original shape. When performing a filling, the dentist will remove the decayed area of the tooth, clean around it, then fill in the area that he has removed with …