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ClearCorrect Aligners Improve Smiles
March 17, 2016
A new article published in the spring 2016 edition of The New Dentist discusses the great benefit of ClearCorrect aligners to straighten patients’ teeth. It explains how patients can straighten their teeth “without wires and brackets,” using clear aligners that are virtually invisible to everyone. While [...]
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One More Reason for Good Dental Hygiene
March 10, 2016
Good Dental Hygiene is imperative if you want to keep your teeth for the rest of your life. Your La Jolla dentist read a recent story at MSN health & fitness about a 58-year-old sales manager whose boss sent him home from work one day because he “wasn’t at his best on the sales floor.” A few hours [...]
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Saving a Lost Tooth
February 18, 2016
When it comes to Saving a Lost Tooth there are some things that you can do when it comes to Saving a Lost Tooth. While tooth loss has declined since the 1970s, the most recent figures from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research indicate that adults between the age of 20 and 64 still [...]
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Tooth Loss and Cardiovascular Complications
February 11, 2016
While many people link tooth loss to poor dental hygiene and gum disease, not many think of cardiovascular disease when they consider dental care. However, a recent study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology suggests coronary heart disease patients with no teeth faced almost twice [...]
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Sugar-Free Doesn’t Mean Dental Care Free
February 4, 2016
If you think that Sugar-Free means no more trips to the dentist, you would be sadly mistaken. A new study from the Oral Health Cooperative Research Center at the University of Melbourne suggests that sugar-free and low sugar food items don’t automatically guarantee a healthier mouth. Here’s what your La [...]
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