Author - Dr. Bryan's Tooth Station

  • Habits That Harm Your Teeth

    We are living in a hectic and busy life, and hence we all tend to fell prey to various bad habits. Most of the time we fail to find the harm behind these habits. Most of the time, these habits initially appear less harmful to our health but when we look at these bad habits on a long-term perspective, we might feel alarmed about the potential threats these bad habits can have on our health. By the time we realize it, we might be too late to reverse the damage created on our body and health.

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  • Is Chewing Gum Good or Bad For Your Teeth & Overall Health?

    If you ask several people whether chewing gum is good for your health or detrimental to it, you are likely to get several different answers. This is because chewing gum is a mixed bag when it comes to your dental and overall health. In order to answer this important question, we’ll need to explore several different aspects of how chewing gum affects both your mouth and your body as a whole.

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  • Top 5 Best Home Whitening Kits

    The most frequent question about tooth whitening kits is, “Do they really work?” Whether you’ve had expensive tooth whitening treatments done at your local dentist or have simply been putting up with increasingly dull-looking teeth that have long since lost their shine, perhaps a take home tooth whitening kit could be right for you. In order to find out, let’s explore some of the top 5 tooth whitening take home kits on the market to see how they compare.

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  • What is Oil Pulling, And Does It Actually Work?

    Oil pulling as we know it today has been around for thousands of years and originated in ancient India as an Ayurvedic practice used for “purifying” the body by “pulling” toxins out through the gums and mouth using oil as an adsorption (pulling) medium.

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  • 10 Things Your Dentist Would Want You to Know About Dental Exams

    Everyone knows regular dental appointments are important to dental health. But perhaps you haven’t really considered the many benefits to routine dental appointments, or the things you can do between appointments to help maintain good dental health and keep the dentist’s work – and your bills – to a minimum!

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  • Tooth Decay (or lack of) and Sugar Free Candy! Part 2

    There is a place in this world where sugar free candy and convections are the normal. This place is the country of Finland. Finland is the home of the researcher who determined that the naturally produced substance called xylitol from birth trees was both sweet and helped prevent tooth decay.

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  • Tooth Decay (or lack of) and Sugar Free Candy!

    Sometimes at Halloween I asked my patients if they only had “sugar free candy”. I usually get a laugh from the parents as if I was talking about something as ridiculous as dehydrated water, a powder you just add water to get water.

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  • Amalgam Fillings

    When your child needs a filling, you may wonder whether the dentist will use metal amalgam or tooth-colored dental composite. At The Tooth Station, we only use composite to fill spots of decay on enamel. Our pediatric dentist and team made this decision for the following reasons

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  • Glossary of Kid-Friendly Dental Terms

    Dental anxieties often develop in children after negative experiences or are inherited from equally anxious parents. At The Tooth Station, our goal is to make all patients feel as comfortable and safe as possible, which is why we take extra caution in describing dental care to our youngest visitors.

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  • How to Prevent Thumb Sucking

    There’s nothing wrong with an infant who sucks their thumbs, but continuing this habit into their toddler years creates a narrow palate, which also affects dental alignment, speech, and ability to properly chew.  Ideally, speech should replace thumb sucking as a coping mechanism; instead of using this habit to feel better, kids should be able to express their feelings out loud, seeking a solution.

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