This message from Allen Park Dental Care is about tooth enamel. Your tooth enamel is uniquely suited to protect your teeth. If you keep your tooth enamel healthy, you will avoid many oral ailments. You won’t get cavities. Your teeth will be less likely to chip or crack. You will avoid many causes of tooth […]
What Does Your Saliva Reveal?
At Allen Park Dental Care, we know that a mouth examination can reveal troubles in other parts of the patient’s body. Because many diseases manifest in soft tissues of the mouth or cause pain in the jaw, we often refer patients to their medical doctor for further diagnosis when they encounter issues such as inflammation, […]
Not Your Mother’s Jewelry: 5 Reasons Tongue Piercings Are Dangerous
In this post from Allen Park Dental Care, we’ll get right to it. While tongue, cheek, and lip piercings are popular and commonplace right now, there are lots of reasons to keep piercings where they belong—in your ears. Here are five really good ones: Excessive drooling—YIKES! Chipped teeth Infection (some even in places you wouldn’t […]
Choosing A Toothbrush For Your Child
At Allen Park Dental Care, patients sometimes ask how to pick a toothbrush. Picking a toothbrush can be a challenge, like choosing a paint color, and there seems to be just as many choices. If you have visited the dental section of your local grocery store, you know what we mean. There are brushes with […]
Small Dental Annoyance Or Serious Problem?
In this post from Allen Park Dental Care, we’re going to talk about stomatitis. Stomatitis is a word for something very common: non-specific irritations found in the mouth. Stomatitis is frequently caused by cold sores, gum disease, or even from biting the inside of the mouth. Any time the membranes in the mouth become inflamed, […]
9 Tips For Preventing Gum Disease
Unfortunately, gingivitis (early gum disease) is very common. But it is treatable at Allen Park Dental, and even preventable. Here’s some simple ways to keep your teeth and gums healthy. 1. Brush for two to three minutes, at least twice a day, with fluoridated toothpaste. Be sure to brush along the gumline. Brush away the […]
