Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

JUNE 16, 2021

In partnership with Crest®+Oral-B® and The Smile Generation ®, the Pacific Dental Services® (PDS) Foundation will host a webinar focused on the connection between oral health and brain health 9 am PDT on Friday, June 25 and will offer 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits to attendees. Register for the event here.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

APRIL 12, 2021

The se findings , published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis Assessment and Disease Monitoring , support growing evidence of a possible link between periodontal disease and cognitive disorder. P atients also received complete oral-periodon tal exams, which included oral history and oral hygiene standardized questionnaires.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

JULY 28, 2022

Fortunately, researchers are approaching the problem from many angles, including that of oral health. AD is characterized by the plaque-forming accumulation of the protein beta-amyloid and what are known as “neurofibrillary tangles” of the hyperphosphorylated protein tau in the brain. They found that orally administered T.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2020, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Intramural Research Program team investigated possible links between periodontal diseases and dementia diagnoses and deaths via data collected by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from a large pool of subjects as part of a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

JUNE 13, 2020

Dental disease does not just happen. You need to find the answer to “why” Dental Diseases, both tooth decay as well as periodontal disease are due to an imbalance of bacteria and other pathogens. The Perfect Dental Storm Erupts. Leaky brain , anyone? #2. Making the tooth soft and mushy. It is contagious. [7].

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

JUNE 29, 2023

Where he goes determines your oral and facial development and that affects the rest of the body. And, it acts just like a dental orthodontic appliance. Similar to a nice, gentle dental palatal expander appliance. When the spot is touched, it turns on other parts of your brain! So, rub on the spot and stimulate your brain!

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

JUNE 22, 2023

The backup system is never as good as the main system. Nitric oxide relaxes blood vessels and lowers blood pressure and speeds healing which supports our immune system better. Ask me how I know… Hard Plastic Thumbs and other digits also create the same oral problems. Read more at [link].”

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

APRIL 10, 2023

There is literally no science to back that up yet the twice-yearly dental hygiene visits still stand to this day. Pepsodent’s commercials did inspire people to embrace daily toothbrushing and helped create an entire preventive dental movement. If you want whiter teeth ask your dental professional for help.

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Batchelor-Dentistry

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

And the American Dental Association notes that according to the CDC, there has been no documented transmission of COVID-19 in a clinical dental setting! We are strictly following all guidelines put forth by the American Dental Association (ADA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the Virginia Department of Health (VDH).

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

AUGUST 24, 2023

In dental lingo we call this the “primary dentition” and we call baby teeth- “deciduous” teeth. You smile back and that releases hormones and stimulates the baby’s brain development. To make discussing teeth easier, in our dental lingo we identify teeth by number. You will have eight of them.

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Ask The Dentist

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This is a simple way to reap the benefits of better sleep and improved oral and dental health. Not only does it reduce the quality of your sleep, but it disrupts the balance of your oral microbiome and makes you more prone to tooth decay. Using mouth tape forces you to breathe out of your nose (instead of your mouth).

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Oral health and wellness can be so complicated. Let’s take the complex process of oral health and make it into much more manageable bite size nuggets. When I was in school studying to be a dental hygiene educator, we called this process a “task analysis” ) Cookbooks really mastered this process.

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

MAY 8, 2022

Here’s how I start my dental workday: I take blood pressure readings on every single patient I see, every single time, even if it is a short appointment. High blood pressure affects every part of the body: blood vessels, vital organs, heart, brain, eyes, and kidneys. Knowing Your Numbers in the Dental Office.

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

MARCH 4, 2019

Part one talked about “brain hygiene” Now we’re going to talk about sleep hygiene, tongue health hygiene, and heart hygiene! So much hygiene! It’s such fun to be surrounded by people that are into “hygiene” in all its many forms. Tethered Tongue Creates Oral Havoc!

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Yet, do we, as dental health professionals ever talk with our patients about their ability to chew properly or look beyond the teeth and gums to evaluate their chewing abilities? Yet, if we look to history, we would see prehistoric man had little to no dental diseases, and 32 healthy straight teeth in a nice wide arch.

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