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It is a fact that sugary drinks such as soda and juices can in fact damage the teeth. Plaques will form and the sugar substance can seep in the in-betweens of the teeth. There is a recent study that showed the risks of sugary drinks to 3 and 5 year olds, and the researchers found out that in 3 year olds, 31 of every 100 kids had visible plaques on their teeth and 7 out of 100 had cavity. 3 year olds who drank sugary drinks before going to bed were 8 times more at risk than those who don’t. The 5 year olds on the other hand showed that 37 of every 100 kids had plaque and 31 of every 100 had at least 1 cavity. 5 year olds who drink sugary drinks before going to bed will were at risk 2 -3 times more at risk than those who don’t.
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Almost 3 out of 10 old people believe that they do have bad breath. This is result of the research conducted in Kirikkale University in Turkey. What they do recommend is for the elderly to brush their teeth often and drinking lots of water to help them reduce their dry mouth. The researchers found out that most elderly brush their teeth once (or less) a day, and other factors too like wearing dentures (not properly cleaned), smoking and having less education contributed to their bad breaths. The researchers also discovered that 3 out of 4 who claimed that they had bad breath also had dry mouths. Taste problems too were rampant but it is more evident on older people wearing dentures.
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Have you had braces before? Or perhaps, are you wearing one right now? Dentists and orthodontics normally suggest that people with crooked teeth should have braces, but recent studies show that braces can in fact inflict damage on the gums of the person. Yes, you may have straighter teeth but this does not mean that your oral condition is healthy. The forced movement of the teeth to make it aligned poses some problems in the gum area of the patient’s mouth. The researchers found out that those who have had braces before were candidates of receding gum line, that is, the gums were pulled back from the teeth.
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Stress can be very harmful to a person’s health. There are a lot of illnesses and diseases associated with stress from a simple migraine to heart attack, these illnesses can be experienced by the person who undergoes stress. But aside from these, new studies show that periodontal disease can also be linked with stress. Researchers from the University College of London studied a total of 34,000 people and found out that those who have stress related “wear and tear” on their bodies were most likely to get periodontal diseases and other stress related diseases. Aside from these, they also looked at the income level of the people and the allostatic loads of the subjects, that is, the adapting mechanism of the person’s body to stress.
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Yes, brushing your teeth, flossing the in-betweens and other dental care procedures can result to great, healthy teeth. However, recent studies show that even though you brush your teeth often and do your other oral hygiene rituals religiously, you are still in risk of having cavities—if your genes say so. Yes, believe it or not, it’s in the genes. Researchers have studied twins to get conclude whether cavities are something biological in nature, however, during the course of their study, they found out that there is also another type of gene that prevents the person to have cavities (lucky you, if you have this!). These genes have something to do with the person’s saliva and food preferences.
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Do you hate the feeling of having fat lips after you’ve had your tooth extracted? The anesthesia normally wears off for about 3 hours, making you feel a little awkward when talking to someone (although you really look normal and the “fat lip” is just what you’re feeling due to the anesthesia). Now, with OraVerse, dentists can now give their patients this drug to wear off the anesthesia instantaneously. Patients need not to wait for 3 hours before the fat lips start to wear off. In fact, the wearing off time can be cut in half. This can be the solution to those who do not wish to have fat lips for a long time.
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Planning on having dental crowns place on your teeth? Recent studies show that the younger the patient is, the longer the crown will last. They have studied more than 80,000 patients who have had dental procedures for the past 10 years and almost all of those were at least 18 year olds. They also found out that metal crowns are much sturdier than the ceramic crowns used by many and also, metal crowns last longer than the usual ceramic and metal crown combination. Those who had metal crowns needed only minimal repairs compared to the two other crown users who needed replacement badly.
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It is a fact that smoking damages the lungs of the person, making the person eligible of the different kinds of lung diseases such as lung cancer and emphysema, and other oral illnesses such as lip cancer and teeth decay. We all know that these lung diseases can affect both the first hand and second hand smokers, but little do we know that cavities also attack even those who only inhale second hand smoke. According to the research done by the dentists from the University Leuven in Belgium, about 30% of the 5 year olds they have observed have tooth decay. They also concluded that a 5 year old who has at least one smoking parent, will most likely have 3 times the chances of having cavities compared to those who do not have any smoking parent at all.
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