A great, cheap product to add to your oral hygiene routine is hydrogen peroxide, which can be used in a number of ways to keep your teeth healthy and clean. Neighborhood Smiles La Crosse loves providing our La Crosse patients with tips to protect and maintain the beauty and health of their teeth that they can do from home. Just remember to check with us before you try these or any other new treatments, to make sure they are right for your individual needs.
What is Hydrogen Peroxide?
Hydrogen peroxide is a common household product that can be found for very cheap at your local pharmacy or grocery store. Chemically, it is two oxygen molecules with two oxygen molecules, and it appears as a clear liquid with about the consistency of water. [Read more...]
The holidays can be a stressful time for everyone, with buying presents, wrapping presents, decorating, hosting family, cooking, cleaning…the list goes on and on! Being stressed has many effects on our bodies, and Dr. Dommer and Dr. Spitzer wants their patients to know about how it affects your mouth, especially when it comes to a condition known as temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ or TMD).
You might be surprised at the number of connections between infants and the oral health of their mothers, whether through cavities or gum disease, during both pregnancy and infancy.
Is your toothbrush one of your most precious possessions? Could you survive without one? In a recent survey, participants were asked to choose the invention they could not live without and 34 percent of teens and 42 percent of adults chose their toothbrush over a personal computer, automobile, microwave, or a cell phone. Would you choose your toothbrush? Dr. Dommer and Dr. Spitzer hope you would!
The age old debate over wine has covered hundreds of years and thousands of topics. Which tastes better? Which is more sophisticated? Which has less calories? Which has more health benefits? Now, a number of new studies are adding another topic to the controversy: which one is better for your teeth?
Does your breath stink? Are you afraid it does? An oral hygiene routine is always the best option, but if it’s not possible or practical to brush and floss your teeth, you still have a number of options available, including mouthwash, mints and gum.
Believe it or not, a dry mouth is the biggest factor in causing bad breath or halitosis. The saliva that our body produces actually has chemicals that clean it and keep away odor-causing bacteria. When, for any number of reasons, the saliva in our mouths cannot do its normal job, bad breath often ensues.
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We’ve all seen glow-in-the-dark t-shirts, little kids shoes that light up when they walk, and even belts with flashing lights on them. But light up teeth? Two designers in Japan are doing just that to advertise a winter sale at their clothing store, Laforet Harajuku.
