Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

Whether you wear a boil and bite or custom mouthguard they all serve the same purpose. Don’t be fooled the mouth guards only purpose is not just to keep your teeth in place but also plays a very important factor in reducing complications with concussions. The real benefit of custom fit mouth guards is compliance. If they are not in our mouth on our teeth they might just as well be on the bench. Let’s make the guards comfortable with a great fit and there will be no issue to keep them in our mouths.

In my 20 years in the dental profession it has never been more evident to me  the importance of flossing.  With this client’s permission I have to tell you her story…….

This client is in her 95^th year and asked me to come to her home and clean her teeth.

Before we start she says to me I floss every day and have done for as long as I remember.  I even flossed before floss became available by using her mother’s sewing thread.  She said that mother would get angry with her saying that she was going to ruin her teeth.  Little did her mother know it was the best thing she could do for herself.  Now when I did an oral examination I found not only did she have all her own teeth but I could not find any periodontal disease [gum] either.  How is this not a great example of the importance and benefit of daily flossing? 

 Written by Angela Erhardt