Category: Education

You Should Stop Smoking!

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Do you smoke or use other tobacco products? Do you vape? If so, this could not only cause bad breath and stained teeth, but lead to periodontal disease and even tooth loss. Not to mention the increased cavity risk! In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about the importance of quitting tobacco use.

Reasons to Quit Smoking

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Do you smoke cigarettes, use smokeless tobacco, or vape? If so, then you could be exposing your smile to a number of harmful chemicals, and increasing your risk of disease or cancer. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about why you should quit smoking!

Save Your Smile By Quitting Tobacco

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When you smoke cigarettes or use smokeless tobacco, this could leave you at risk for periodontitis and other serious oral health issues. Which is why we encourage our patients and their families to quit! In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about how to quit smoking!

How Good Oral Hygiene Prevents Periodontal Disease

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Our team offers a variety of treatments to prevent and manage periodontal disease, protecting your smile from discomfort and avoiding complications like tooth loss. But you can also help safeguard your smile with better oral hygiene habits. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about how to boost your oral hygiene!

Protect Your Smile By Avoiding Cigarettes

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When you smoke cigarettes or use other tobacco products, this could mean major trouble for your gums, as well as your overall health. Even supposedly safer products like e-cigarettes are harmful too. In today’s blog, your Encinitas, CA, periodontist talks about why quitting tobacco products is right for your smile.

How Your Behaviors Affect Your Gum Health

What is you full risk for experiencing problems with gum disease? That can depend on certain actions that you take to protect your smile. Good oral hygiene and regular dental exams will help you avoid different difficulties with periodontal problems. However, certain actions, like smoking or using other tobacco products, can raise your risk for… Read more »

Why Stress Relief is Good for Your Oral Health

Excessive stress levels can influence nearly every part of your life, including your oral health. The human body’s stress response, also known as the fight-or-flight response, is a defensive mechanism that protects us and allows us to respond more quickly to threats. In today’s modern world, however, there are plenty of everyday factors that continually… Read more »

How Good is Your Hygiene? Take a Quiz and Find Out!

Good dental hygiene is the first step to maintaining a beautiful, healthy smile. While most people are familiar with the basics of good hygiene, there is more to keeping your smile clean and healthy than simply brushing and flossing your teeth. To find out how good your dental hygiene actually is, take a short quiz… Read more »

Questions About Life After Tooth Loss

Tooth loss isn’t typically a casual, everyday topic of conversation. In fact, you might not speak about it at all, except to your dentist or those you know who have recently lost one or more teeth. Still, tooth loss is a real threat to your dental health, even if it seems as though all of… Read more »

Important Questions About Wisdom Teeth

Where your dental health is concerned, wisdom teeth (the informal name for your third set of permanent molars) are a bit of an anomaly. Unlike your other teeth, wisdom teeth are frequently removed for the benefit of the rest of your oral health. Also unlike other teeth, they typically don’t need to be replaced after… Read more »