oral health
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Ask LH: How Often Should You Visit the Dentist?
I know, I know. You don’t want to hear this because I know you already know, but you should probably go to the dentist. While I’m sure you have your reasons for not going, it’s incredibly important to your oral and overall health to get regular dental checkups. As the ABC recently reported, COVID lockdowns…
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How to Reverse a Cavity (And Prevent One From Forming in the First Place)
2As children, one of the first things we learn about oral health is that if we eat too much candy and/or don’t brush our teeth, we’ll develop holes in our teeth called “cavities” which will then have to be filled in, and a drill is a part of that process. While not completely off, dental…
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Should You Get Your Wisdom Teeth Taken Out?
As a parsimonious young adult with what I thought was a pretty decent set of choppers, I once let a decade elapse between visits to the dentist. I brush. I floss. I figured everything was more or less cool.
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When To Brush, Floss And Swish, According To Dentists
Today’s burning question is a collection of dental quandaries that grew out of a discussion among Lifehacker staffers, where it turned out that each of us — and some of our dentists — have very strong opinions on the right time and order for the various steps of dental hygiene. The more we chatted, the…