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Relieving Dentin Hypersensitivity

Dental Article, Dental Checkups, General Dentistry, Preventive DentistryBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)April 29, 2014

It barely matters whether it’s caused by sipping drinks that are a tad too warm or a little too cold, or by munching on treats that are a bit too sugary, or even just by brushing your teeth too aggressively, teeth sensitivity literally is a pain in the mouth that is sure to make jump out of your seat.

Technically referred to as “dentin hypersensitivity”, having “sensitive teeth” is a wildly uncomfortable condition that could easily result from a number of causes. Among the most common causes teeth sensitivity include: worn out tooth enamel, exposed tooth root, and other dental injuries.

If you are suffering from dentin hypersensitivity, then it is best to seek professional dental help right away. Regardless of cause, teeth sensitivity often means that the affected tooth is compromised, in one way or another. Until you are able to visit your dentist, here are a few things that should help your momentarily relieve the discomfort:

Soft-Bristled Toothbrush. It is best for people with already sensitive teeth to use soft-bristled toothbrush and apply only a small amount of force when brushing their teeth. While it is always a good idea to keep your dental surface plaque-free, brushing too aggressively with hard-bristled toothbrush could actually cause dental enamel abrasion, which could worsen dentin hypersensitivity.

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8 Benefits Of Having Straighter Teeth

Dental Video, General DentistryBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)April 25, 2014

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Diabetes And Dental Complications

Dental Article, Dental Checkups, General Dentistry, Gum Disease Treatment, Oral HealthBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)April 16, 2014

Diabetes is a systemic disease that affects the natural ability of the body to process sugar. As such, diabetes often results to high blood sugar level that causes unwanted health complications to various parts of the body, including the eyes, nerves, kidneys, heart – and the mouth is not an exception.

Oral Complications

People who are suffering from diabetes are at a significantly greater risk of developing a number of oral health anomalies. Among the most prominent of which include:

Dry mouth. Diabetics who remain unable to properly control their blood sugar levels are most likely to suffer from xerostomia. Popularly referred to as dry mouth, xerostomia easily is a gateway condition to more serious dental anomalies such as mouth soreness, ulcers, infections, and tooth decay.
Gum disease. A constantly growing body of research cites the strong link between gum disease and diabetes. And it goes both ways. On one end, the already compromised resistance of the body against any form of infection allows gum disease to develop among diabetics more often and at more severe level compared to patients who don’t have the disease. Conversely, it appears that by keeping gum disease under control diabetic patients are able to control their blood sugar level more efficiently.
Fungal infections. Diabetes compromises the natural ability of the body to ward off all kinds of infection, not only those that results from bacteria. As such, diabetics are also more susceptible to developing fungal infections. Among the most telling symptoms of fungal infections include mouth sores and persisting difficulty in swallowing.

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Understanding Oral Lesions: Types Of Canker Sores

Dental Checkups, General Dentistry, Oral HealthBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)April 8, 2014

Medically referred to as aphthous ulcers or aphthous stomatitis, canker sores are small painful blisters that grow on the inner surfaces of the mouth such as on the lips, on the linings of the cheeks, and even on the surfaces of the throat.

Canker sores usually appear as white-grey-yellow patches inside a swollen reddened border. Canker sores are among the most common types of oral lesions affects approximately 20% of the entire adult population around the world.

Types Of Canker Sores

Canker sores are often misunderstood as being the same with cold sores or fever blisters. A good way to tell one apart from the other is to determine the site of the lesion. Cold sores usually occur outside the mouth, most commonly on the areas under the nose or around the chin. Canker sores, on the other hand, grow on the inside surfaces the mouth.

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What Causes Canker Sore?

Dental Video, General Dentistry, Oral Health, Preventive DentistryBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)April 1, 2014

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What About Mouthwash

Dental Article, Dental Checkups, General Dentistry, Oral HealthBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)March 31, 2014

Proper care of your teeth and gums greatly increases your chances of avoiding unwanted oral health conditions like tooth decay and gingivitis.

This means regularly brushing your pearly whites with fluoride toothpaste, frequently flossing, and rinsing with Gold Coast dentist recommended mouthwash.

While brushing and flossing are essential in promoting healthy teeth and gums, rinsing with dentist recommended mouthwash, just as importantly, plays a central role in creating optimal oral health.

Benefits

Using mouthwash with frequent regularity brings many benefits to the table, more specifically to your teeth, gums, and inner mouth linings. These benefits, among many others, include:

Removing loose food particles. Rinsing with mouthwash before you brush your teeth helps loosen food particles so it can be easily removed when brushing and flossing. While it may seem a little weird to rinse your mouth before brushing, dental experts say that by loosening food particles prior to brushing, you are actually giving yourself better chances of preventing tooth decay, among many dental irregularities.

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Tooth Sensitivity Causes

Dental Video, General Dentistry, Oral HealthBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)March 26, 2014

Here’s a 1 minutes and 14 seconds Tooth Sensitivity Causes video. See full transcript below.

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Saliva: Production, Function, And Lack Of

Dental Article, Dental Checkups, General Dentistry, Oral HealthBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)March 13, 2014

Saliva, the clear fluid that kickstarts digestion even before food reaches your stomach, is often taken for granted when it comes to oral health considerations.

When people talk of oral health, they are, in fact, talking about gums and teeth.

Meanwhile, saliva, the watery substance that keeps your mouth moist, cool, and comfortable, is often and rather wrongly placed on the sidelines.

Production

A healthy body continuously makes saliva throughout the day. Chewing is what mainly stimulates saliva production. Therefore, the more you chew, the more amounts of saliva is produced. The production of saliva mainly happens in the salivary glands in your cheek, which sits at the bottom of the mouth, near the bone of your jaw.

Function

Apart from preserving the necessary moist environment of the mouth, saliva plays many essential roles in many fundamental oral processes. Among the most fundamentally prominent of which includes:

promoting initial chemical digestion of food
cleaning food debris and bacteria in the mouth
aiding in basic oral activities like tasting, chewing, and swallowing
actively fighting mouth-dwelling bacteria and pathogenic microorganisms
actively preventing tooth decay and gum disease

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7 Bad Habits That Wreck Your Teeth

Dental Video, General Dentistry, Oral Health, Preventive DentistryBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)March 12, 2014

Here’s a 2 minutes and 02 seconds 7 Bad Habits That Wreck Your Teeth video. See full transcript below.

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What About Gum Disease?

Dental Article, General Dentistry, Gum Disease Treatment, Oral HealthBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)March 3, 2014

Most people tend to refer to any unpleasant odor that comes from the mouth generally as bad breath.

While this is not necessarily inaccurate, there are, in fact, many different oral health factor that result in bad breath, otherwise known as halitosis.

In some cases, getting rid of mouth odors could require popping a mint candy. For people who enjoy foods with pungent flavors, getting rid of bad breath could be as simply mean brushing, flossing, and rinsing.

There are, however, chronic cases of bad breath – one that does not go away despite the mints and thorough mouth cleaning.

Among the most common culprits of chronic halitosis is, in fact, gum odor.

Gum Disease

Gum odor is generally a result of two different things altogether. These being trapped food particles and gum disease. Often, unpleasant mouth odors come from bacterial waste products, like sulfur, which tend to give off the smell of a rotten egg.

Mouth-dwelling, bad breath-causing bacteria naturally thrive just below the gum line and, most especially, in the dental pockets created by loose teeth. Left untreated, this condition ultimately progresses to periodontal disease, a progressive infection of the gums that lead to persistent inflammation, tissue destruction, and even bone loss

Dentist Gold Coast

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Intrinsic Staining, Extrinsic Staining, And Teeth Whitening Treatment

Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental Article, General Dentistry, Teeth WhiteningBy Dr. Janette Candia (Dentist)February 24, 2014

Not all teeth stains are the same. There are many variables that factor in when it comes to different kinds of dental stains.

Case in point, your boss may have yellow teeth, your nephew may have greyish pearly whites, and your next door neighbour maybe sporting teeth that are mottled with white and brown spots.

While all of these are virtually different kinds of teeth stains, all can easily be transformed with professional teeth whitening treatment.

Intrinsic Staining

Intrinsic staining is a dental discoloration that take place from inside the tooth and manifest on the outside surface. Intrinsic staining usually results from dental trauma, among the most common of which include — dental pulp damage, excessive fluoride consumption during tooth development, and excessive exposure to tetracylene during tooth development. Intrinsic teeth staining usually varies from mottled chalky stains to overall greyish and brownish tooth discoloration.

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