How to Take Care of Your Oral Health While Travelling
Vacation plans always bring so much joy as we get our much-needed time and space to relax and recuperate. However, along with your passport and clothes, an important item that seems to be missing from holiday checklists and preparations is oral health tools. It’s important that you don’t take a break from healthy dental habits whether you’re backpacking Europe or heading to an Airbnb for a weekend getaway. There are a number of steps and precautionary measures you can take to ensure you have fun without compromising on your oral health. T [...]
Continue ReadingAre Dental Implants Worth It?
Dental Implants have been around for a long time: Egyptian mummies were found with gold-wire implants in their jawbone. Of course, today’s technology allows for much more sophisticated forms of dental implants. But when exactly do you need a dental implant? Are they really worth the cost and the pain? Townsville Dentist discusses all you need to know about getting dental implants. What are dental implants? A modern dental implant is essentially a replacement tooth that consists of titanium screw surgically implanted into your jawbone. It is u [...]
Continue ReadingHow Oral Hygiene Affects Your Overall Wellbeing
There are many benefits to having good dental hygiene: prevents bad breath and diseases, enhances your social interaction, and promotes self-esteem, as well as wellbeing. Many dentists and doctors say that the mouth is the window to the rest of the body. This is because your oral health can help determine the health of your body overall. Your mouth can show indicators/symptoms of other diseases that are being harboured in your body, and the saliva is often used to test for the presence of other compounds like alcohol, nicotine, hormones, etc. T [...]
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