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Pucker Up for International Kissing Day!

July 3, 2014 By Social Media Collaborative

July 6 is International Kissing Day! According to Guinness World Records, the longest kiss lasted 58 hours, 35 minutes, and 58 seconds. Would your significant other want to engage in a record-breaking “kissathon”? Follow our kissable tips, and your sweetie may want to set the new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: bad breath, brush and floss twice daily, dental diseases, Exfoliating your lips, fresh breath, Kissathon, kissing, lip-locking, sugar free gum

Menopause and Your Mouth

May 13, 2014 By Social Media Collaborative

Does being a woman automatically increase your risk for dental health problems? Unfortunately, yes. Research has long shown that women are at increased risk for tooth troubles because of physiological changes associated with hormonal fluctuations that occur from puberty through … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: American Dental Association, bone loss, dental diseases, menopause, receding gums, tooth loss, women's health

Toss the Tobacco to Save Your Teeth

March 20, 2014 By Social Media Collaborative

Tobacco, the main ingredient in cigarettes, cigars, pipe smoking, chewing tobacco and smokeless tobacco products can cause severe problems to your health, including the health of your mouth. Dental damage Tobacco products cause a mouthful of problems. Cigarettes, as well as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: bad habits, dental diseases, oral cancer prevention, poor oral health, quit smoking, smoking is hazardous to your overall health, Stop using tobacco, tobacco, tobacco use

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

Floss Perfectly Every Time

September 19, 2013 By Social Media Collaborative

Brushing the teeth takes care of most of the food debris that can harm your mouth, but in between the teeth and under the gums cannot be reached effectively with a toothbrush. In fact these are the most common areas that give rise to tooth decay and gum disease. In order to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dental Health for Kids Tagged With: brush and floss twice daily, dental diseases, floss daily

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