17 December 2007
Health Alert-Oral Appliances Curb Snoring
It can be the cause of many marital fights...but snoring can also lead to serious health risks.
One of the most common treatments for snoring and sleep apnea is a customized oral appliance. It holds the lower jaw forward and keeps the airway clear.
21 November 2007
Beyond whitening: Keep your teeth healthy
Gums receding, a bad taste in the mouth, bleeding gums - people assume these are normal parts of aging, but they're not. They're the signs of periodontal disease, most of which don't hurt until the advanced stages.
28 October 2007
Shamed: Jade Goody has revealed a diet pill torment that made her grow a beard.
Side-effects of the addiction have also vastly increased her chances of developing cancer:
"I'll have permanent side-effects. If I have more children I'll need blood transfusions because of blood clotting trouble. And I'm prone to miscarriages."
25 October 2007
Dental Implants for Replacing Natural Teeth Attracting More Senior Citizens
With dental implants, a patient can turn back the clock, and live their life with "teeth" again. For people with dentures 29% eat only soft or mashed food, 50% avoid many foods and 17% claim they eat more efficiently without their teeth.
23 October 2007
Teaching your child more about oral health than the tooth fairy
When do I start to bring my child to the dentist for an appointment? When do they start getting teeth as infants? How many teeth will they have? When do children start brushing?
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