by Trevor Smith Dental | Jul 2, 2018 | Dental Care
There are many different conditions that are associated with your tongue changing a different color. The most common are when the tongue develops a thick white layer, turns red or becomes black and hairy. White tongue conditions Oral Thrush Thick white patches that...
by Trevor Smith Dental | Jun 25, 2018 | Dental Care
You read the heading correctly, there are foods that can remove stains and keep our teeth looking bright. Teeth whitening foods: Apples, celery and carrots increase saliva production, which is the mouth’s own cleaning agent. Their crunchy texture also scrubs teeth...
by Trevor Smith Dental | Jun 18, 2018 | Dental Care
We don’t think much about the paste we squeeze onto our toothbrush every morning, besides the fact that we need to use it to keep our teeth looking clean and our breath smelling fresh. But toothpaste was not always how it is today. Here are 9 interesting facts about...
by Trevor Smith Dental | Jun 13, 2018 | Dental Care
Many people have some form of fear when they have to seek help from a medical professional, but none more so than the dentist. It may be the tools, the dentist chair or the fact that someone is looking into your mouth that frightens people. Regardless of the reason,...
by Trevor Smith Dental | Jun 4, 2018 | Dental Care
Most patients have some level of anxiety when it comes to the dentist’s chair. This fear or anxiety is even more common in patients who are to undergo some kind of dental surgery. Thanks to great leaps in the advancement of technology, we are able to offer various...
by Trevor Smith Dental | May 31, 2018 | Dental Care
Thumb sucking is a completely normal habit for children between the ages of 2 and 4. It is said to comfort and calm your baby/ toddler or it can be used as a source of entertainment or method to fall asleep. However, thumb sucking can become a risk to the development...
by Trevor Smith Dental | May 21, 2018 | Dental Care
Although it may end up crusted on your pillow, saliva plays a very important role in your mouth and is responsible for the beginnings of food digestion and is the mouth’s primary defense against tooth decay. However, there are many weird and wonderful facts to know...
by Trevor Smith Dental | May 14, 2018 | Dental Care
It has happened to us all at least once, where we are in a situation where we think we might have bad breath and immediately distance ourselves from the people around us until we can find a mint or chewing gum. You may not even realise you have bad breath until...
by Trevor Smith Dental | May 10, 2018 | Dental Care
Gum lifts, a procedure used in the past to treat gum disease, has in recent years become a more commonly used procedure in the cosmetic dentistry field as a treatment used to create the appearance of longer or more symmetrical teeth. The procedure is also known as...
by Trevor Smith Dental | Apr 30, 2018 | Dental Care
Every parent will face at least one, if not many instances when their child has a loose tooth. Besides the excitement of the tooth fairy coming to visit and the expectation of a reward for their milk tooth under their pillow, parents need to know how to deal with...
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