Tooth Decay

National Nutrition Month – How Nutrition Affects Oral Health

By Graham E. Farless, DDS, PA / March 13, 2017 / Comments Off on National Nutrition Month – How Nutrition Affects Oral Health

Ever wonder how nutrition affects oral health? During National Nutrition Month, let’s take a moment to understand the effects of food on your teeth. Proper nutrition means following a well-balanced diet that ensures that your body gets all the nutrients that it needs for good overall health. If you’re not eating right, then your body…

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Are Cavities Really That Bad?

By Graham E. Farless, DDS, PA / November 30, 2016 / Comments Off on Are Cavities Really That Bad?

Are cavities really that bad? They may not seem like a big deal. We eat too much sugar and forget to brush enough and eventually our teeth begin to decay. Tooth decay is just another way our bodies let us know that something is out of balance. Tooth decay happens for a multitude of reasons…

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National Diabetes Month and Halloween: What’s the Deal?

By Graham E. Farless, DDS, PA / October 31, 2016 / Comments Off on National Diabetes Month and Halloween: What’s the Deal?

Happy Halloween to you! The one day a year where your little one can pretend they’re anything and eat their weight in free candy, simply be saying ‘trick or treat’. Did you know that October is also National Diabetes Month? National Diabetes Month and Halloween together – what are those odds? Between trick-or-treating, parties, and…

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I Scream, You Scream: Tooth Sensitivity to Cold

By Graham E. Farless, DDS, PA / July 10, 2016 / Comments Off on I Scream, You Scream: Tooth Sensitivity to Cold

There is very little more inviting than some ice cream on a hot summer day. Whether you like it in a bowl, a cone or on a stick, there is nothing that says summertime than ice cream. Did you know that July is actually National Ice Cream Month? It’s true. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan…

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Baby Bottle Tooth Decay – Understanding the Causes

By Graham E. Farless, DDS, PA / June 10, 2016 / Comments Off on Baby Bottle Tooth Decay – Understanding the Causes

Baby bottle tooth decay symptoms and prevention. New parents have a lot of worries entering into parenthood. You have a tiny human to look after and making sure they are taken care of is of the utmost importance. But there is one obstacle that is generally overlooked: baby’s oral care. When they are born, they…

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Preventing Tooth Decay

By Graham E. Farless, DDS, PA / May 1, 2015 / Comments Off on Preventing Tooth Decay

Preventing tooth decay is one of the things we dentists work hardest to educate our patients and families about. Tooth decay (cavities) is probably the most prevalent oral disease, affecting almost everyone during his or her lifetime. The good news is that it’s treatable and is essentially preventable. Tooth decay is the destruction of tooth…

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