Alcohol, Your Teeth, & Your Health
While some studies might find benefits in moderate drinking (such as antioxidants in red wine), you can surely obtain these supposed positives through other, more healthy options. In fact, alcohol [...]
What’s In Saliva?
Why Do We Have Saliva? And why is it important to teeth? Saliva plays a critical role in the digestive process. While the jaw and teeth do the hard work [...]
Saliva Protects Your Teeth
Dental Benefits of Saliva A healthy flow, keeps you good to go! Saliva provides many benefits to teeth, which usually go unnoticed in a healthy mouth. However, the discomfort of [...]
Chronic Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)
Dry Mouth Can Be Harmful Oral health includes a healthy flow of saliva. Dry mouth (also called xerostomia) is usually just a short term symptom of dehydration. However, if reduced [...]
Analyzing Bad Breath
Bad breath (or halitosis) happens to all of us from time to time, and nobody likes it. As well as being a social embarrassment, bad breath can also be a [...]
Do You Have Bad Breath?
When Bad Breath is Something to Worry About Morning breath...dragon mouth...onion breath...there are about as many descriptions of halitosis as there are reasons for it occurring. Chronic bad breath is [...]
Saliva… Fantastic Fluid!
Your salivary glands make up to three pints a day of this fantastic fluid. Why so much? Because saliva plays an important role in keeping your teeth and gums fit [...]
Every Mouth is Different
Custom Dental Care for Your Needs No two of us are alike. We all have our own smiles, speech patterns, eye, and hair colorings. But we're just now beginning to [...]
Help for Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)
Dry Mouth Treatment in Fort Bragg, California Reduced saliva (Xerostomia) increases cavities and tooth decay Does your mouth seem uncomfortably dry? Or, have you been diagnosed with dry mouth as [...]
Do You Have A Salivary Stone?
A healthy flow of saliva is critical for chewing and digestion, bathing gums, and bacterial control. And we owe it all to salivary glands, three pairs of organs in the [...]
