by Office | May 8, 2019 | Periodontal Health
Why do we make such a big deal about gum disease and periodontal health? For one, almost everyone is affected by it. According to one study, 93.8% of all adults were found to have some degree of gingivitis, or early stage gum disease that is largely reversible....
by Office | Mar 27, 2019 | General Health & Wellness, Oral Hygiene
When you get right down to it, you don’t really need toothpaste to clean your teeth. It’s the mechanical action of brushing – and flossing – that breaks up the bacterial biofilm (plaque) that forms on your teeth between cleanings. Oh, toothpaste can make the job a...
by Office | Mar 20, 2019 | Oral Hygiene
And no sooner had we clicked “publish” on our last post, we found out about another new study that points to yet another alternative to conventional antiseptic mouthwashes. Published ahead of print in the International Journal of Dental Hygiene, the paper reviewed the...
by Office | Dec 5, 2018 | Oral Hygiene
If you’re using a conventional over-the-counter mouthwash on a regular basis, you could be raising your risk of diabetes – or so research suggests. Consider, for instance, the 2017 study in the journal Nitric Oxide. For it, researchers tracked health data from 1206...
by Office | Nov 7, 2018 | Oral Hygiene
If you’re a Millennial, we hope your oral hygiene habits are better than those of the folks who participated in a new study in BMC Oral Health. Nearly 100 young adults participated. A team of German researchers asked them to brush to the best of their abilities. Their...
