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Are you in Danger: A Closer Look at Diabetes and Oral Health

November 5, 2013 By Social Media Collaborative

According to the American Diabetes Association, 23.6 million American adults and children have diabetes. Of those, 5.7 million don’t even know that they have it. Of even greater concern is that nearly three times that number—an estimated 57 million people—have a condition called … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: American Diabetes Association, Control diabetes, overall health status, prediabetes

Tricky Treats: Confection Allocation

October 31, 2013 By Social Media Collaborative

With 84% of American families trekking their trick-or-treaters around the neighborhood, post-Halloween binging could land you in hot water with your dentist. It’s a fact that there is always leftover candy, even after you and your kids dig in. So what happens to most of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: dental disaster, eat before you go trick or treating, Halloween, local buy-back candy program, tips for parents, trick or treating

Tricky Treats for Halloween

October 29, 2013 By Social Media Collaborative

Little ghosts and goblins will trick-or-treat to collect as much candy as they can this Halloween, but it’s not just kids who will enjoy the treats. Nearly 80% of parents admit they eat their children’s Halloween candy, according to the Delta Dental Children’s Oral Health Survey. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: Halloween, holiday treats, limit sugar, sugar free gum, trick or treating, try chewing gum with xylitol

An Ounce of Prevention

October 22, 2013 By Social Media Collaborative

We often take our oral health for granted, and many people don’t even think about it until they are in pain. Somehow, it’s become normal to think about our mouths and our teeth as completely separate from the rest of our body. But oral health is very closely related to overall … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: brush and floss twice daily, dental diseases, dental pain, healthy body, improve your oral health

Do You Have the Candy Corn Gene?

October 17, 2013 By Shelby Tatomir

candy corn gene

Does Halloween candy call your name, even in April? Are you powerless against the sweet stuff? It may not be your fault; you may have the candy corn gene! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids, Holiday

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