When you go in for a routine dental checkup, your focus can naturally be on protecting your smile from threats like gum disease and tooth decay. However, you should know that your efforts to maintain a healthy smile can also be beneficial for your general health. Harmful microbes can gather on our teeth and in […]
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There are several actions you should take each day to protect yourself from smile troubles. Hopefully, you are brushing your teeth at least two times a day to fight the accumulation of oral bacteria. You should also do your part to avoid cavities by limiting your consumption of products that are high in sugar. These […]
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No matter how old or young you are, your teeth are vulnerable to decay if they are not receiving proper care. Fortunately, even as small children we have natural support from our enamel to help us resist damages that can lead to cavities. Does this mean that kids and adults have the same oral health […]
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When you brush and floss your teeth, you should be committed to giving yourself the most thorough daily cleaning possible. So what does it take to make sure you do a good job with these tasks? One important thing to remember is that you are caring for more than just your teeth through your daily […]
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As you already know, figuring out just what it takes to feel on track and amazing about your smile care is definitely unique to each patient. Some do better by implementing a lot of structure. Others prefer to give themselves incentives. It’s all about getting in touch with the way you work! With that said, […]
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When you’re thinking about your dental checkups and cleanings that you know you should set up every six months but you’re not actually following through with picking up the phone, dialing our Ankeny, IA practice, and scheduling those visits, there’s a reason! Of course, sometimes it’s just a matter of procrastination. However, we are well […]
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Usually, you think about what you’re creating, doing, and accomplishing on behalf of your smile when you’re taking care of it. However, there comes a point when you may notice that there seems to be something wasteful about some aspect of your smile care. Or, you may not realize it in a very conscious way […]
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Perhaps when the year began, you had a quick mental conversation with yourself about some of the things you wanted to accomplish for the year in terms of your smile! Like many of our Ankeny, IA patients, this may have included (at least in part) a deadline of the winter holiday season. As the year […]
You know that your dental care, which you so lovingly practice in a committed fashion every single day, is doing something very important. If our Ankeny, IA team were to ask you what it is that your smile care accomplishes, you would likely tell us that it’s protecting your oral health! However, do you really […]
If you can take just a moment to think through an entire day, the way you care for your smile throughout that 24-hour period, the foods you eat and drink, and any other detail you can muster up, we suggest one thing at the moment: Take stock of any habits you might be participating in […]
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