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Not Using Your Dental Benefits?

September 2, 2020 By Shelby Tatomir

If you’re avoiding the dentist, it could be impacting your overall health. Learn what can happen if you’re not using your dental benefits.

If you’re paying for dental benefits but not going to the dentist, both your wallet and your smile feel the consequences. Avoiding the dentist can lead to costly restorative procedures to repair tooth decay or even loss. Cost, inconvenience, fear of pain, and other factors … [Read more...]

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Milk + Root Surface Cells | Saving a Knocked-Out Tooth

August 7, 2020 By Wyatt Dilling

A tooth can be knocked out anywhere and anytime, so brush up on what to do if you or someone close to you has a tooth knocked out! There are a few basic things to remember.

More than 5 million teeth are “avulsed,” or knocked out, from both adults and children each year. If you or your child plays sports with bodily contact (even accidental), the odds that you’ll lose a tooth through force are high. Make sure you know how to save a knocked-out … [Read more...]

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Is Toothpaste for Acne Effective?

July 31, 2020 By Shelby Tatomir

Toothpaste is a key part of your daily oral health routine, but could it also come in handy in a beauty emergency? Find out if toothpaste works on pimples.

It’s the night before a job interview and you discover a huge pimple on your nose. You reach for the toothpaste, following the words of an old home remedy. Toothpaste is a key part of your daily oral health routine, but could it also come in handy in a beauty emergency? Here’s … [Read more...]

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Pediatric Dentist vs. General Dentist: The Right Choice(s) for Your Family

July 31, 2020 By Wyatt Dilling

Should kids have a different dentist than their parents? Find out the best answer for your family.

They go to school and you go to work. You drive the car and they ride in it. You and your kids do different things, but do you need different dentists? Pediatric dentist vs. general dentist: Does your family need both? Pediatric Dentists vs. General … [Read more...]

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Why we Need More Oral Health Providers of Color

July 31, 2020 By Veronica Contreras de Raya

minorities and dental health coverage

For generations, people of color have faced barriers in accessing health and oral health care within the U.S. As recently as the 1960’s, segregated health care facilities provided sub-par care and environments for minority patients and denied physician privileges to … [Read more...]

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