by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Aug 10, 2018 | Dental Care
Challenging Activated Charcoal With heightened awareness about oral health these days, that comes along with healthy living, natural foods, active lifestyle, and the like, it’s little wonder that consumers are deluged with lots of brands, advertisements, and...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Jul 27, 2018 | Dental Care
Concerned about the blood? If blood regularly shows up on your toothbrush or dental floss, it requires some serious concern. Let’s look at some instances that can cause gums to bleed and how you can put a stop to it. Reasons Why Gums Bleed You might have gingivitis....
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Jul 6, 2018 | Dental Care
The Problem With One-Use Plastic Straws Did you know that 500 million plastic straws are used daily in the US? It may or may not count the unknown number that are washed up into our oceans and do much damage to the marine environment. And to think that these one-use...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Jun 5, 2018 | Dental Care
Daily Habits to Better Oral Health You might not be aware that some small everyday items can assume major roles in your dental health if you just let them. Sugar-free Gum Chewing sugar-free gum for 20 minutes after meals and snacks has been proven to help keep teeth...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | May 21, 2018 | Dental Care
COPD Patients Ignoring Oral Health A small observational study published in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Journal of the COPD Foundation found that people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have poor dental hygiene practices and...
