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Children Get Gum Disease Too

Queen of Dental Hygiene

February is Children’s Dental Health month so today’s blog is all about the importance of oral health care for our favorite littles. Dental hygiene care must look deeper into bleeding gums in children and spend more time with our little people to help them heal. Enter the visit with a factual set-point.

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Journey to Become a “BioLogical” Healer

Queen of Dental Hygiene

Ten years ago this month, I started my dental health blog. Queen of Dental Hygiene was born. I love being a dental hygienist. More specifically, I love being a biological dental healthcare healer. So, I found a position in a high-end dental practice. Dr Paul Keyes improved my dental world forever.

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The Prosthetic Diet: How Dentures Affect Your Nutrition

Denton Dental Center

Will Dentures Affect My Nutrition? Learning to eat with your dentures can be difficult at first, and according to research this can lead to measurable impacts on your health. Drink plenty of water and consider nutritional supplements if needed. Dentures are capable of incredible things.

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Your Risk of Gum Disease Increases with Age

Denton Dental Center

Diseases: Systemic health conditions can increase your risk of infections and healing delays, like heart disease and diabetes. Diseases: Systemic health conditions can increase your risk of infections and healing delays, like heart disease and diabetes. Poor Nutrition: Vitamin C deficiency can manifest as bleeding, swollen gums.

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The Truth about Tartar

Queen of Dental Hygiene

In a previous post, I discussed nutrition and how food is our best medicine. It may well be the source of the inflammation in our mouths leading to dental diseases- both tooth decay and gum disease! I’m quite new to all this food, health, and clean eating stuff, and I find it fascinating. Dental disease was uncommon.

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The Dentist’s Journey With a Sleepy, Tired Child

Dentistry Today

Dental sleep medicine, oral appliance therapy, and integrative medicine are infiltrating the dynamics of dentistry. As a general dentist who became a junkie for all types of CE, I stumbled upon dental sleep medicine after more than 20 years in private practice. Julian still wore pull-ups at night and was struggling with bed-wetting.

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Pediatric periodontal disease: Causes and kinds

Off the Cusp

Off the Cusp - Patterson Dental blog. One study found that parents were better at taking care of their child’s medical needs than their dental ones, suggesting a lack of understanding of the connection between oral and systemic disease. Determinants of periodontal health. Predisposing health conditions.