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Here’s to a Healthier, Happy 2021

Queen of Dental Hygiene

Dental Hygiene… yawn. Nag, nag… Eye roll… But what if, my friends, it was the link to a healthy body and your first line of defense in the fight to address the viral infections and heal during this time of crisis? Dental Hygienists really are first responders! Fones Father OF Dental Hygiene.

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Oral Cancer Awareness Month is in April

Dentistry Today

Every hour, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or oropharyngeal cancer (cancer of the back of the oral cavity and upper throat). Yet if oral cancer is detected and treated early, treatment-related health problems are reduced, and survival rates may increase. The Oral Cancer Foundation.

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Mechanism linking gum disease to heart disease, other inflammatory conditions discovered

Dental News and Technology

20, 2020 -- The link between periodontal (gum) disease and other inflammatory conditions such as heart disease and diabetes has long been established, but the mechanism behind that association has, until now, remained a mystery. The findings were published in October in the Journal of Dental Research.

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Benefits of Oral Probiotics & Best Strains

Ask The Dentist

The oral microbiome. Probiotics in oral health are supported by years of research , although the number of human clinical trials is limited. Probiotics in oral health are supported by years of research , although the number of human clinical trials is limited. What are dental/oral probiotics? How long do they take?

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Recipe for a Healthy Mouth

Queen of Dental Hygiene

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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‘Heal Your Oral Microbiome’ Book Review

Ask The Dentist

However, before the gut microbiome comes into the picture, it’s the oral microbiome that is at the forefront of keeping you and your immune system in good condition. That’s where the book, Heal Your Oral Microbiome , by Cass Nelson-Dooley comes in. Yet, as dentists, we are working with the oral microbiome every day.

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Mind Your Oral Microbes for Your Best, Healthiest Self

Queen of Dental Hygiene

Today’s post will talk about how your efforts at oral hygiene reach far beyond those teeth/gums. In my deep dive to become healthier and take better care of myself, I found even more evidence that oral health, or rather the lack of it plays a huge role in not only the mouth but (no surprise) our entire body. Chronic Disease.