A beautiful and healthy smile

Let’s talk beautiful teeth and a happy smile.Let’s just face facts and that is the first thing a person notice are your teeth as you are talking. Below are some helpful tips from various sources on maintaining a healthy and beautiful smile.The best food choices for the health of your mouth include cheeses, chicken or other meats, nuts, and milk. These foods are thought to protect tooth enamel by providing the calcium and phosphorus needed to rematerialized teeth (a natural process by which minerals are redeposited in tooth enamel after being removed by acids).

Other food choices include firm/crunchy fruits (for example, apples and pears) and vegetables. These foods have a high water content, which dilutes the effects of the sugars they contain, and stimulate the flow of saliva (which helps protect against decay by washing away food particles and buffering acid). Acidic foods, such as citrus fruits, tomatoes, and lemons, should be eaten as part of a larger meal to minimize the acid from them. http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/diet-oral-health

 Dental and Teeth Facts and Information. Did you know? 

Humans usually have 20 primary teeth (also called deciduous, baby, or milk teeth) and 32 permanent teeth.

On average, seeing a dentist twice a year.

The gingiva (“gums”) is the mucosal tissue that overlays the jaws.

Enamel is the hardest and most highly mineralized substance of the body and is one of the four major tissues which make up the tooth, along with dentin, cementum, and dental pulp.

 Nine Dental Specialties:

• Orthodontists straighten teeth using devices that apply pressure, i.e., braces and retainers.

• Oral and maxillofacial surgeons operate on the mouth and jaws.

• Pediatric dentists treat children.

• Periodontists treat gums and the bone supporting the teeth.

• Prosthodontists replace missing teeth with dentures, bridges and crowns.

• Endodontists perform root canal therapy.

• Public health dentists work within communities to promote good dental health.

• Oral pathologists study oral diseases.

• Oral and maxillofacial radiologists use imaging technologies to diagnose diseases in the head and neck.

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