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Dental Health Affects Your Whole Body Wellbeing
Posted by | Posted in Dental Health | Posted on 07-01-2010
Maintaining dental health is one of the most important aspects of our daily routine. Not only is our attention to our standards of oral hygiene vital to prevent disease of the mouth, but it can lead to many other bodily ailments. Some of these can be remarkably dangerous too.
This is an activity not to be taken lightly.
Plaque and it’s bigger and more toxic cousin tartar, infections (both gum and tooth), gingivitis and oral thrush are all likely culprits if you have a problem in your mouth.
Whilst many dental health problems can be prevented by regular brushing and flossing, some may require more specific treatment by your dental professional.
Dental Health Is Not Just About The Mouth
Whilst maximizing the health of your mouth, teeth and gums is very important in itself, dental health cannot be distinguished from our general health. Any oral disease can be an indication of a number of other ailments.
In fact using the state of our mouths as a symptom you can often tell if there is an underlying serious disease.
So, it’s always important to keep your mouth healthy and report any changes that concern you to your physician or dentist. Don’t forget that whilst you can do a lot about your personal attention to dental hygiene, help is also at hand.
You have a raft of supporting dental professionals who will help you by checking your dental health.
They will provide advice that will help you manage your oral hygiene and, of course, treat issues that arise when you visit with them promptly.
The Implication of Plaque in Dental Health – And More
Consider the plaque that sticks to your teeth. It’s a nasty layer of gooey bacteria that quickly attaches to our teeth and gums (not forgetting the tongue as well). Plaque comes from our consumption of sugars from food – especially those that are sugary sticky foods themselves.
So dieting with foods that are less concentrated in sugar is not just a benefit to your size and shape, it has a real benefit for your dental health too.
And remember, that your dental health is about the bigger thing – the health of your whole body too.
In fact, the plaque in your mouth can grow large and sticky enough to slow and even stop flow through blood vessels. And that’s pretty important when it comes to heart disease, not to mention the issues of stroke as well.
Plaque is pretty much public enemy number one when it comes to dental health and the ramifications for other health issues for us all.
It’s important to remember that dental health and general health should not be treated separately.
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Does dental health fall into the science category when teaching preschoolers?I have to read/volunteer in a preschool classroom tomorrow. They are learning about dental health this week, so I figured it would be appropriate to read about dental health. I know it could easily fall under health– but my professor specifically said to read books about science, math, and social studies. This would be science too I'd imagine??? Please help!
Could be space in between your teeth, with food getting caught and then abscessing slightly, then going away.
Or, a metabolic disease which shows up as gum sores.
Or something you eat or drink — acidic juices, perhaps?
Maybe even a gum you chew, or whitening toothpaste.
I like listerine. My husband prefers crest. Our dentist recommends crest as well.
The premium for your health insurance when you go out on your own will vary significantly based on your age and gender.
I have seen decent policys as low as $111 per month for a young male and over $800 per month for someone in their late 50's.
Keep in mind, when you are going into the self employed arena – and you are shopping for health insurance, you can not look at the benefits in the same fashion as your big corporate health insurance policys.
You need to look for the following:
1) minimal internal policy limitations – ie – limints on physical therapy, ambulance, in-patient hospitalization limits
2) Provider Network – make sure you get into a plan that gives you in network access to nationwide doctors
3) Rate guarantees – some carriers are offering 18 and 24 month rate guarantees
4) Get educated on Health Savings Account (HSA) qualified plans – they can save you significant premium and tax dollars
5) Pre-existing condition limitations – if you have pre-existing conditions, be sure to review any exclusions with the policy
6) Use a local broker / agent – they have the most knowledge regarding the policys that work the best in your local area.
Hope this helps
i wanna whiten her teeth
@vleon1012 mine is like that too lol
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Good luck!
Problem is my teeth are perfect… They have such little gaps between that I can’t even get the floss down, compared to this girl shes got lil grand canyons between
I would love to floss her.
Yes, health subjects are all part of the realm of Science. Ask any dentist how much science they had in college. And in preschool, you can't really go too deep without losing them, so roots and crowns are about as far as you'd want to go. You might start by asking them what they know about bones, get their feedback, and then ask if they've ever seen a bone. Some will think of chicken bones or ribs, but maybe somebody will come up with "teeth" and if they don't, you lead them to that idea. Then jump in to what bones and teeth need to be healthy (calcium) and other ways to take care of bones. Your teeth are the only bones that need cleaning to stay healthy, and viola! You are now into talking about brushing, and maybe flossing. Take some floss (it is cheap, one roll will cover the whole class easily), and ask if they can squish their finger in between their teeth to clean out the in-betweens. No?!
Well, how about a toothbrush, does that fit in between? (Take yours, SHOW them with your own teeth). Better, but what if I use this neat string? (Again, SHOW them with yours) then pass out a bit of floss, keep the garbage can right next to you, and pass it around after they all have a try with their own piece of floss. That ensures it all ends up in the trash (no germs, strangulations!!) and it's all cleaned up.
Almost all foods contain some form of sugar which causes tooth decay.
All food though if left in the mouth will support the growth of germs and other mouth diseases like gingivitis and gum disease. Plaque build-up will result which pushes the gums away from the teeth giving germs even more space to hide.
Left alone these can lead to bone disease and bone loss.
Same applies to most drinks except water.
Milk is good.
Regular dentist visits will help.
Brushing three times a day and before bed is a must for good hygiene.
That kid knows exactly how lucky he is.
Michelle MCPHAIL. I <3 her name.
Check the report below….the average dental yearly costs were under $500, so: 50 percent of people paid UNDER $500 a YEAR to take care of their teeth….
Avg. exam $30
Avg. cleaning $75
Avg. filling $100
These are all less than that last tattoo!
@guitarsly111 *she
IMO it should. You're right when you say that dental care is just as important as regular care. I've read that people with poor oral hygiene have a higher chance of heart disease. If we had more preventative care and people actually took care of their bodies, we would see a huge reduction in how much it would cost to treat people.
@rachely01 oops
@guitarsly111 its SHE not he…
The pH of dental plaque is a key factor from the balance between acid demineralization of the teeth and the remineralization of the initial caries lesion. Plaque pH falls each time acids accumulate from the plaque due to bacterial acid production following the consumption of fermentable carbohydrates – mainly sugars – from foods and drinks.
On the other hand, the plaque pH rises when the acids are washed out and neutralized by saliva, which contains the important buffer, bicarbonate. The pH also rises when the plaque bacteria either metabolize the acids, or produce alkali such as ammonia from nitrogenous compounds found from foods and saliva.