by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Dec 2, 2019 | Dental Care
What is the color of your tongue? A healthy tongue is light pink in color. That’s perhaps the source of the expression that one is in the ‘pink’ of health. Yet you might wake up one day finding an unexpectedly weird coloring or texture on your tongue that doesn’t seem...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Nov 21, 2019 | Dental Care
What To Know About Kids’ Oral Hygiene So you have young kids and a baby at home and you wonder how you can be protective of their oral health. First you must arm yourself with some basic facts to really understand children’s oral care. Here are some tips specifically...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Nov 8, 2019 | Dental Care
Being One Step Ahead of Tooth Decay You might know that a tooth cavity is the result of a decaying process. It starts when bacteria attacks leftover food particles on a tooth surface turning it acidic. Soon, a buildup of plaque and tartar will weaken that portion of...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Oct 30, 2019 | Dental Care
Causes and Treatments of Bad Breath The ADA said that roughly half of adults have had bad breath at some point in their lives. Medically, it’s called halitosis, a multifactorial diagnosis, caused by a wide range of issues. If you rule out untreated cavities and gum...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Oct 21, 2019 | Dental Care
What You Need To Know about Teeth Grinding Grinding or teeth clenching involves moving the jaw with the teeth held together. It’s called bruxism. It’s a fairly common reaction in some people during periods of concentration, anger, or stress, and often occurs without...
