If you plan to straighten your teeth with Invisalign or a different invisible braces product, then it's important you understand how to protect your teeth during the treatment period. Since your teeth will be covered by the plastic aligners much of the time, harmful bacteria can linger on your teeth, and this will eventually lead to problems with decay.
To proactively protect the health of your teeth during invisible braces treatment, follow each of these tips:
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After falling down and striking your face against an object, you may have discovered that you knocked out one of your teeth. Fortunately, under the right conditions, a dentist may be able to reinsert and save the tooth. However, if you make the following mistakes while handling the tooth, you may wind up damaging the roots and make saving the tooth impossible.
1. Handling the Tooth by the Roots
When you find your tooth laying on the ground, you may be tempted to quickly snatch it up and place it in your hand.
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Dealing with a dental emergency can be scary, especially if you are concerned about how the injury will impact the future health, placement, and appearance of your teeth. Fortunately, by keeping a few crucial supplies on hand, you can prevent causing more significant damage, raising your chances of making a full recovery. Here are three supplies you should keep on hand and how they can help during a dental emergency.
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Many people experience dry mouth symptoms at one time or another in their lives. Unfortunately, many of those people don't realize that this condition can cause a problem for one's oral hygiene. If you've noticed that your mouth has been dry lately or it always has been, here's how it could be putting your oral health at risk.
Why Dry Mouth?
Dry mouth can happen to you on a regular basis, or only somewhat occasionally.
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A root canal procedure is something many people have to go through, and it has become a very standard procedure in dentistry. Dentists use root canal procedures when bacteria gets into the roots, or canals, of teeth, and most dentists will prescribe antibiotics to a person prior to completing the procedure. Here are a few things you should understand about antibiotics and root canals.
A root canal should not be performed when there is an active infection
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