Category: Good Hygiene Practices

Flossing: True-or-False Dental Quiz

When it comes to providing your teeth excellent preventive care, one item that is often overlooked is flossing. It’s like a final step that just seems like too much work but that is essential in protecting your teeth from the damage associated with tooth decay and gum disease. Wondering if when you do floss (which… Read more »

Gum Disease: Essential Info

Taking excellent care of your smile with preventive dentistry keeps gum disease at bay, as well as other oral concerns. Not quite sure what to make of this oral disease but you have heard it is quite serious? The good news is that keeping your gums in good health does not require difficult maintenance. However,… Read more »

Best Practices For Home Brushing

You may not realize that there are many different approaches that you can take when it comes to brushing your teeth but that there is one specific way that will yield the best results. Rather than wasting your efforts when you could be effectively preventing problems like tooth decay and gum disease, we encourage you… Read more »

Do My Kids Really Need to Care for Their Teeth?

The nightly battle to get your kids into their pajamas may leave you feeling lackluster about also ensuring they brush their teeth. “They’re going to lose them anyways, right?” This is a common justification weary parents might use for giving themselves a night off from monitoring their children’s oral hygiene. But daily tooth brushing does… Read more »

Why You Should Do More than Just Brush Your Teeth

Nobody likes to hear that they’re not doing enough, but if your oral hygiene routine consists only of brushing your teeth (even twice a day), then that is exactly what your dentist will tell you. Brushing your teeth is essential to your daily oral hygiene routine, but only when accompanied by flossing your teeth and… Read more »