In our last blog post from our dental clinic in Sarasota, we covered three realistic tips for how to eat less sugar, and today we’d like to detail a few more. Let’s face it: reducing your intake of any addictive substance is hard to do, and while sugar doesn’t necessarily come with a chemical dependence like alcohol or drugs, it …
3 Realistic Tips For How To Eat Less Sugar
It’s well known that eating too much sugar is bad for your teeth. However, it’s easier said than done to cut sugar out of your diet. No matter how much you may mentally assent to the idea that you should eat less sugar, when you’re faced with that delicious cake, ice cream, pie, brownie, or other sweet treat, it’s not …
What You Should Know About Sensitive Teeth (Part 2)
In our last blog post, we looked at some of the basics of understanding tooth sensitivity and the causes of sensitive teeth. In this post, our dental clinic in Sarasota would like to cover some information on prevention and treatment of sensitive teeth. Preventing Sensitive Teeth Anyone who has developed sensitive teeth will tell you emphatically: Prevent sensitive teeth from …
What You Should Know About Sensitive Teeth (Part 1)
Do hot or cold foods or beverages cause a brief, painful sensation in your teeth? Do you have to drink through a straw or touch your teeth with your tongue in order to prevent cold liquids from hurting your teeth? Do you experience a short-lived pain in your teeth when you breathe in cold air through your mouth? If any …
Common Dental Myths, Demystified
As a kid, did anyone ever tell you not to swallow apple seeds or you would have apple trees growing out of your ears? Whether you fell for that one or not, it’s all-too-easy to buy in to some of the common myths that are out there regarding your oral health. In this blog from our Sarasota Dentist office, we’d …
Dental Concerns as You Get Older
As you get older, you’ll want to pay particular attention to your oral health. Knowing the problems that can crop up in your teeth as you reach this season of life will help you to keep your mouth, teeth, and gums as happy as possible. You wouldn’t want neglect of dental issues to keep you from having fun in your …
The Tooth Destroyer: A Humble Bacteria?
Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body, even harder than bone. It ranks 5 on the Mohs Hardness Scale, which means it is harder than steel, nickel, or iron. (By comparison, your fingernails have a hardness of 2 and your tooth dentin has a hardness of 3. (On the highest end of the spectrum is diamond, which ranks …
Why You Might Be Afraid Of the Dentist
Have you ever put off scheduling a dentist appointment due to fear of getting treatment? Did you ever have a traumatic dental experience that has left you scarred for any future visits? Have people encouraged you to see a dentist, and you just can’t bring yourself to go? Do you have known dental issues, but you just can’t seem to …
Why Pain Is Not a Good Indicator That You Need Dental Work
Have you ever delayed your regular six-month dental checkup because nothing hurt? Do you use pain as an indicator of when you need to go to the dentist? Are you under the impression that if there was a problem with your teeth, you would know because it would hurt? If you had an issue with your teeth or gums that …
Paying For Dental Treatment When You Don’t Have Insurance
Have you ever delayed or canceled dental treatment due to lack of insurance? Is the thought of a regular six-month teeth cleaning completely foreign to you? Is your plan for dental treatment essentially to wait until there’s an emergency with your teeth to go to the dentist (and hope that emergency never happens)? Do you have a certain sinking feeling …