Dental Care & Helpful Facts

The First Toothpaste
As long ago as 3000 - 5000 BC Egyptians utilized a toothpaste like dental cream made by mixing powdered ashes of oxen hooves with myrrh, burned egg shells, and pumice.

Unfortunately, these early Egyptians didn't have toothbrushes but used their fingers instead to apply the dental cream.

Incredibly, nearly two out of three people damage their own teeth by brushing too hard ! It takes very little pressure to remove bacteria, food, and plaque.

Unfortunately, most people apply three to four times the necessary brushing pressure causing damage to teeth and gums. This damage includes: receding gums... [Read More]

Did you know that soda is a smile's worst enemy? Plaque bacteria within our mouths digest the sugar in soda to produce a dilute acid. It is this acid which eats into tooth enamel to create cavities.

But if that wasn't bad enough, soda in of itself, is slightly acidic causing problems for teeth. In fact, if you were to drop a tooth into a glass of soda, over time... [Read More]

Don't have time to brush. Try a stick of sugarless gum. The chewing action stimulates saliva flow.

Saliva works as our natural mouthwash by dissolving the volatile sulfur molecues which make breath smell bad. Saliva also neutralizes acids produced by plaque bacteria and helps clear the mouth of food that plaque bacteria feast on. [Read More]