Your Dental Care Guide

Pregnancy is a state where extra care must be taken in terms of your health not only for yourself but for your baby as well. During pregnancy, additional oral hygiene must be observed which includes but is not limited to daily brushing and flossing, healthy eating, observing a balanced diet and continues regular dental visits.

By properly implementing these guidelines, the pregnant mother can avoid some of the most commonly experienced dental problems that are usually identified with the state of pregnancy. Due to the hormonal fluctuations experienced a pregnant mother can experience additional plaque, gum disease (swollen and bleeding gums), bad breath and tooth decay.

by: Christine Zafra

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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