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Kids Can Get Gum Disease Too
Kids Can Get Gum Disease Too

Children's Dentistry

Kids Can Get Gum Disease Too

It would be comforting to think that gum disease afflicted only adults. But adolescents and even pre-adolescents are especially at risk for what is often called Localized Juvenile Periodontitis (LJP). We usually think of periodontal disease as a result of plaque and calculus build-up. But the real culprit is bacteria that can spread from site to site in the mouth and even from person to person. You can even "catch" [...]

Kids Can Get Gum Disease TooAntelope Dental Associates2018-11-20T08:00:38-08:00

Frank Talk About Bad Breath
Frank Talk About Bad Breath

Restorative Dentistry

Frank Talk About Bad Breath

Social embarrassments come in many sizes. But chronic bad breath is near the top of the list. It affects those nearest and dearest to us and may limit the close social contacts we treasure most. Worse yet, a person with bad breath may be unaware he's offensive—we "turn off" our sensitivity to bad odors over time. Bacteria, plain and simple, are the culprit. Bacteria do their work in the mouth, lungs, [...]

Frank Talk About Bad BreathAntelope Dental Associates2017-12-26T00:00:47-08:00

Eating Too Much Sugar…
Eating Too Much Sugar…

Patient Education

Eating Too Much Sugar…

The diet of today is the result of a 50-year increase in consumption of the rapidly absorbed sugars—specifically, soft drinks, commercial juices, candy, and easily digested sugar foods such as cakes, cookies, etc. This change has generally gone unnoticed by consumers, until very recently it has been unquestionably assumed that this is "the way this age is." However, now it has become increasingly apparent that we suffer from more and [...]

Eating Too Much Sugar…Antelope Dental Associates2017-10-24T00:00:26-07:00

Making Bad Breath Go Away
Making Bad Breath Go Away

Restorative Dentistry

Making Bad Breath Go Away

Where Bad Breath Comes From Most, but not all, bad breath comes from bacterial plaque and food accumulated mainly towards the back of the tongue. The problem is, there are all sorts of not-likely-but-possible other reasons for halitosis: upset stomach, anxiety, inflamed gums, saliva deficiency, infections and removable dentures are among them. What Not To Do Because nobody—but nobody!— wants bad breath, a billion-dollar industry has sprung up hawking a variety [...]

Making Bad Breath Go AwayAntelope Dental Associates2017-03-14T00:00:26-07:00

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