Jun30

Health Habits To Keep You Smiling

Categories: Dental Implants, General Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry

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In today’s post, we will focus on critical behaviors that affect oral health. Of course, effective brushing and flossing are two vital habits for healthy teeth, but there are many more things we can do to preserve a healthy smile.

Diet Do’s

  • Do eat a nutritious diet with a variety of foods. This is necessary for overall physical health and a strong immune system.
  • Do eat calcium-rich dairy products like milk, cheese, and yogurt to neutralize acids that are dangerous to enamel.

Diet Don’ts

  • Don’t eat sugary foods. Sugar generates the production of harmful cavity-causing acids that weaken enamel and lead to cavities.
  • Don’t snack throughout the day. This speeds up plaque production and subjects the teeth to continual contact with acids.
  • Don’t chew on ice. (It really can crack teeth.)
  • Don’t drink energy drinks. They have many substances that are detrimental to teeth.

Other Important Tips

  • Don’t use your teeth as tools. It is better to cut that knotted shoelace than to gnaw at it to try to untangle it.
  • Don’t get piercings in or around your mouth.
  • Don’t ignore tooth pain or sensitivity.
  • If you have children, talk to Dr. Longenecker about water fluoridation. If your municipal water supply is not fluoridated, you may want to give your children fluoride supplements.
  • Don’t use a medium or hard bristle toothbrush. It can damage gums.
  • If you have an eating disorder—seek professional help immediately. Bulimia and anorexia are extremely damaging to teeth. (Not to mention the toll they take on the heart and other organs.)

We urge all of our patients to maintain a lifestyle that maintains dental health as well as overall physical health. At Hereford Dental Health – Craig Longenecker DDS, we serve the Monkton area with exceptional dental care including general and cosmetic dentistry. Ask us about restorative dentistry, porcelain veneers, dental implants, and Invisalign.

 

Contact Hereford Dental Health – Craig Longenecker DDS:

(410) 357-0099

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

16928 York Rd
Monkton, Maryland

 

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