Brushing and flossing are the keys to maintaining dental health, and keeping your natural teeth for a lifetime – not to mention maintaining a beautiful smile. Yet, we regularly hear from folks who do not brush and/or floss regularly, who then wonder why they have to come to us to help them cope with lost …
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The Dental Health Blog does it’s best to keep you up-to-date on the latest dental health news and headlines. Sometimes the news is good and sometimes it’s bad. This month, we think there is a bit of both good and bad news. Link Between Maternal Periodontitis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes The relationship between maternal periodontitis …
We’ve discussed the link between diabetes and oral health at some length here at the Dental Health Blog. In many cases, such articles link diabetes as a symptom of gum disease. However, there is new and growing evidence that diabetes is often a cause of gum disease, as well. In an article at MouthHealthy.com, an …
We finally have some good news to report about oral health in the US! There is a lot of good news and some not-so-good news about the oral health of the nation, according to a report released last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to a report from the CDC, there …
Despite the ease with which this infection can be prevented, one of the more pervasive diseases in the US today is Periodontal Disease, more commonly known as gum disease. As your Littleton area Prosthodontist, it grieves us greatly to know so many patients suffer from tooth loss because of this largely preventable oral disease, simply …
One of the more troubling aspects of tooth loss, besides embarrassment and difficulty eating, is the resulting loss of bone in the jaw. Unfortunately, with each tooth you lose you also lose the tooth root. This results in the inevitable loss of bone mass in the area of the loss. Replacing that bone can be …
