Thanks to preventative medicine, our pets are living longer, healthier lives. With better ways to diagnose and treat many diseases now the most common problem seen in today’s animals are dental problems. To help prevent oral disease, which is the number one health problem diagnosed in pets, it is essential to provide our pets with good dental care. The three most common dental diseases found in dogs and cats are plaque, tartar, and periodontal disease.
There are many dental myths floating around today, but Smile Warehouse is here to help you separate fact from fiction so that you can ensure a lifetime of healthy teeth.
The Story: Only the sugar from sweets and desserts are bad for my teeth.
Fact: Natural sugars can be found in most foods. However, both natural and processed sugars can cause tooth decay if they stay on teeth too long. That’s why it is important to limit the amount of sweets you have and that you brush and floss tat least twice a day.
That’s right folks: you guessed it, Smile Warehouse is going green! Unfortunately, not all the way but we’re committed to giving our customers the products that are not only good for them but good for the planet too. We recently expanded our inventory and are very proud to announce that we will now be carrying Kiss My Face products and have added to our Tom’s of Maine collection.
Smoking is no joke folks! We know it’s hard to quit and that you have heard it all before. Yes, you know it’s bad, and you’re going to quit when you’re ready, or you don’t really smoke that much so it’s not that big of a deal. We know, we know, but it really is a big deal and not to sound too much like your mother but while you enjoy the short-term effects it’s the long-term effects that make us worried. Now you’re probably thinking, I thought I was reading the Smile Warehouse blog. What does smoking have to do with oral health? Unfortunately, more than you know. Read more »
1. Fluoride. This is the most important ingredient to look for. The great are thing about toothpaste today is that there are so many different kinds, many of which contain fluoride.
We all know that brushing your teeth is important, but what happens when you are doing it wrong? Can you do it wrong? Well, the answer is yes. There are actually a few different ways this can happen. The first way is over brushing. That’s right, over brushing. Another way that you can damage your teeth is by brushing too hard. Both of these actions can have a serious impact on your overall dental health.
UV light is constantly getting a bad rap but more and more researchers are finding a way to harness the light source and put it to good use.
Did you know more than 10,000,000 bacteria have been found living on a single toothbrush?
Did you also know that the viruses that cause, colds, fever blister, and the flu can survive days on a tooth brush?
You may think your children are the only ones that you have to force and bribe to brush their teeth twice a day; but I don’t think you are alone. It is such a hassle, even for ourselves, who know about oral hygiene, to brush all the time. But now, we can worry less about whether or not our children are telling the truth about brushing, because they really will want to with the new Sonicare Electric toothbrush for Kids!
The best way to treat any disease is by prevention. One of the best things a person can do is to keep learning, more and more researchers are finding that disease is directly linked to oral health. One of the problems that most people face today is not being able to properly clean their gums and teeth. Traditional methods, such as brushing, flossing and rinsing are limited to how far they can reach into the mouth and the Periodontal pockets. A great way to ensure maximum cleaning is to add and oral irrigator to your everyday oral health routine. Adding an oral irrigator to your daily oral care routine is one of the fastest and most effective ways to prevent gum disease. They combine pulsation and pressure to clean where traditional methods, such as brushing, flossing, or rinsing, cannot reach.
Sugar plays a significant role in tooth decay and enamel destruction. The mouth contains a great number and wide variety of bacteria, which coats the surface of the mouth. Some intraoral bacteria form lactic acid, which decreases the pH in the mouth. This is when the hydroxylapatite crystals of enamel demineralize. When that happens, it allows a greater bacterial invasion to sink deeper into the tooth. Tooth morphology shows that the most common place for dental caries to develop is in the deep grooves, pits, and fissures of enamel. This is because these places are impossible to reach with a toothbrush and let the bacteria live there. As the enamel continues to demineralize, it becomes unable to prevent the takeover of bacteria, and then the underlying dentin becomes affected too. When dentin is destroyed by decay, the enamel can no longer compensate for its brittleness and breaks away from the tooth easily.
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