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How to Prevent Receding Gums

Gaps Between Teeth and Gum Line Make It Easy for Bacteria Build Up Receding gums, as the name itself suggests, occurs when the gum tissue around your teeth wear away and the gums seem to recede backwards making a larger area of the surface of tooth more visible. If you do not contain receding gums, [...]

Are You A Nutrition Genius?

How many questions can you answer correctly in this health quiz? If you can get all 11 right, consider yourself a “nutrition genius.” The answers are at the bottom of the quiz. But don’t peak until you’ve answered all of the questions.   1. How many servings of vegetables do we need each day? A) [...]

Dental Checkups Are A Key to Fighting Oral Cancer

April Is Oral Cancer Awareness Month - Be Sure to Get a Regular Screening at Personal Care Dentistry Approximately 48,250 people in the U.S. will be newly diagnosed with oral cancer this year. While alcohol, smoking and tobacco use are still major risk factors, the fastest growing segment of oral cancer patients is young, healthy, nonsmoking individuals due to [...]

Need Affordable Dental Care? Dental South Can Help

Dental South's Dental Health Care Discount Plan Provides Quality and Affordability About Our Program Our Dental Health Care Discount Plan was developed at Dental South to provide our patients with affordability and greater access to quality dental care. This discount plan fits into our mission of bringing the highest quality dental care to as many [...]

Homemade Mouthwash Alternatives

9 Natural Mouthwashes You’ll Feel Good About Using While Saving Some Bucks Believe it or not, mouthwashes have been around for a long, long time. In fact, the very first references that we have are from books in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine that list ingredients for a mouth rinse for the treatment of gingivitis from [...]

11 Tips to Help Protect Your Tooth Enamel

Tooth Enamel Erosion: Causes and How to Prevent It Tooth enamel is a semi-clear, hard, outer layer that protects your teeth from daily wear and tear. It also keeps you from feeling temperature extremes from the hot and cold things you eat and drink. Acids and chemicals that can damage your teeth are also fended [...]

Mystery Solved: The Story on Canker Sores

Information About these Sometimes Painful Oral Nuisances and How to Prevent Them Canker sores, also called aphthous ulcers, are small, shallow lesions that develop on the soft tissues in your mouth or at the base of your gums. They can be painful and can make eating and talking difficult. Although anyone can develop canker sores, [...]

Easter Family Fun Around the Twin Cities

If The Easter Bunny and Egg Hunts Are Family Favorites, Then We Have Some Great Ideas for You Easter is right around the corner and if you are looking for fun things to do with the kids to celebrate the holiday that involve eggs and the Easter Bunny, we have some ideas for you. From [...]

9 Ways Medicine Can Affect Your Smile

Many Medications Have Side Effects on Your Oral Health Generally speaking, medicines are designed to make you feel better. But all drugs, whether taken by mouth or injected, come with a risk of side effects, and hundreds of drugs are known to cause oral issues. Medicines used to treat cancer, high blood pressure, severe pain, depression, allergies [...]

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