June 25th, 2010 
Health Guardz 
Unfortunately, society today provides more and more temptations to damage the health of one’s teeth. Smoking and drinking could have adverse negative affects to that wonderful smile.
And even our kids are more exposed to sweets and other sticky stuff that can cause dental problems!
Good thing though that technology has brought on many simple solutions to these dental problems. Where would we be now if without our toothbrush and toothpaste? No excuses then, everyone should take good care of their teeth by taking advantage of all these modern dental health innovations.
Your Dentist Is Vital For Our Dental Health
Dental hygiene should be given the highest importance by everyone. Whilst fear of dentists is common especially among children, every one of us should encourage each other to see a dentist. Dentists are now better equipped and better trained to do their job.
And a relatively new addition to your local dentist’s office is the dental hygienist – it’s time to start using him or her fully.
Aside from dentists becoming more and more capable of their job, other innovations in the dental care industry have paved the way for better dental care. Dental implants for example are very beneficial for those who are suffering severe teeth problems.
Other new dental care inventions include much better dentures, braces, mouthwashes, gum-protecting solutions, and more. All those can help every one of us to take better care of our teeth.
What You Can Do For Your Dental Health
Of course, it should not be left for your dentist to take care of your dental health. All of us should also do our part.
One way, is to encourage the use of good dental continuing education. With the right kind of information available, we could all learn how to care better for our teeth.
It’s now quite easy to learn what to avoid and what methods to use in maintaining dental health. Dental techniques should be continually improved too, so that better skills could help prevent teeth problems.
And as already mentioned, within the dental health arena, proper collation and sharing of beneficial knowledge regarding dental health issues should be encouraged.
More effort should be placed into it and everyone should pitch in with the effort and share expertise, because this concerns us all.
Maximizing Your Dental Health
It should not stop there either and other dental treatment ideas could be put in place. One good way of making sure that the health of everyone’s teeth can be maintained is by finding and purchasing good quality dental insurance.
This involves regular payments – usually monthly – and although there is a cost, it compares favorably with spending much more later on, when teeth do get damaged. An individual, personalized dental insurance is definitely a great idea to consider.
If you can insure your house, your car, or your travels, then of course you can also afford to insure the health of your teeth. Besides, there are plenty of providers out there who offer affordable dental health insurance options.
So, it’s up to you to make sure you keep your teeth healthy!
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Get your medical doctor to write it down for you that it is medically necessary. Only then the dentist will do it for you.
Otherwise, it is considered malpractice to extract the teeth that can be saved.
I hope though that you will be able to find a way to save your teeth and maintain good oral health.
Good luck !!
I'm quite a fan of Dr. Hovfe as her articles are very clear, succinct, and I think correct when it comes to feeding cats. I also feel that the canned must be of high quality, not Fancy Feast, Science Diet etc. which use by-product meat.
The teeth issue is also one I feel to be as much genetics as anything else (certainly in my case as a human) and my vets all agree on that. I have a 13 yr old kibble addict and every year the vet looks at her teeth and says, "Well, they don't need cleaning this year – maybe next year." Other cats I have need cleanings every year or every other year. They do eat a raw meat diet and canned food.
If we all ate chips or cereal all day without any milk and only a small amount of water and did not brush our teeth we would have plaque buildup too.
@tswizzlefan131313 Not always, but you need to verify with your dentist. My book talks about my personal experience. But for advice, diagnosis and treatment you need your dentist. You can get my book at Toothy Grins Store or online stores Like Barnes and Noble.
@dooba494 You need to go to your dentist to get your teeth fixed! My book is about my personal experiences, and I think the information is helpful. Take a copy to your dentist and ask him what he thinks. You can pick up your copy at Amazon
hi i have a tiny black hole in my back tooth. is it a cavity??
@crystalu519 probably not, but if you have it, take it. Sometimes it pays to get opinions from one or more dentists.
@TheDanielXBOX360 You must go to your dentist. My book is about my experiences with prevention – but if you need advice, diagnosis or treatment you DO need to go to your dentist.
Sounds like you need to start looking for another vet! In the meantime try meeting people in your area at a local dog park… Someone is sure to know of a place that has someone come in occasionally to clean dog teeth WITHOUT anesthesia. Unless your dogs teeth are dangerously dirty you should wait to have them cleaned by the vet until your dog is having surgery for something else. Such as a knee repair, fatty tumor removal, but don't risk your dog's life on having surgery for something cosmetic.
Get some really, really good treats and give them to your dog as you clean the teeth, the positive aspect of teaching them to allow you to clean their teeth is worth short term goodies! If you make it a really good experience you should gradually be able to have your dog allow you to use a dental pick on the back teeth. You can get them from internet dog supply and some local dog stores.
Right after I got one of my dogs in 1994, she chipped off a big piece of enamel on one of her back teeth. I was able to keep the tooth clean and healthy enough that she kept it for at least 8 years, then it finally wore through to the root and had to be removed… When the vet finished removing the tooth, she told me that her teeth were so clean that she did not even need to clean them and although the cleaning cost was in the estimate it was removed!!
I would even clean the teeth on many of my friend's dogs, if I found teeth that looked really bad or that I could not access, I would recommend a visit to the vet. This is how it should work if you take your dog to a grooming facility that provides teeth cleaning. This is not just brushing, but a person who should be trained and have equipment to really clean the teeth.
There are lots of products to help with bad breath, but if it is caused by your dog's teeth, have them cleaned somewhere rather than covering up what could be or become a serious problem. Also, check the ingredients in your dogs food and treats, there could be something that your dog is allergic to which is causing the problem… Just trying to be thorough.
brush your teeth after breakfast and before you go to bed every day. After both times you brush your teeth, floss because brushing only does so much. The food stays in between your teeth even after you brush. At first, your gums will bleed from flossing but after a while if you keep at it the bleeding will stop. After this, use mouthwash for a little bit to kill all the remaining bacteria. It's as simple as that. Flossing is probably the main reason your breath smells. Carrying around mints will help you have good breath, but gum doesn't make your breath any better.
I've never looked at a resume for a dental assistant but I'll take a crack at it. Overall, it's in pretty good shape but I would change a few things. Your qualifications are fine but you have a problem with the language and tone. Typically, you want your points to be consistent and show action, skill, experience, etc. In your case, your first two are fine…Experienced in….Skilled in…..But the rest are expressed more like things you're doing or might do. As an example, you could change "Provide personal oral care instructions" to simply 'Provided personal oral care instructions" but I would go a little beyond that.
For a dental assistant, the interpersonal skills are just as important as the technical skills since you are the main contact for most dental visits and will typically have more contact with the patients than the dentist. Therefore, you may want to emphasize that aspect of your resume when you make your points. Back to our oral care instructions example, you could change it to: "Regularly worked one on one with patients providing detailed oral care instructions and discussing good oral hygiene practices." That might be a bit too much but you get the idea.
Also, you could fill-in a little more detail for your qualifications such as include what was accomplished or the benefits these skills will bring to the practice. In other words, you want to sell yourself or show what you bring to the table besides just a series of technical skills.
You can also include other skills besides your dental experience as long as it's applicable to the job. You kind of buried the translation aspect of your experience under your clinic work. If this was my resume and I was looking for work in LA, I would put being bilingual as one of the main points since that might be very handy. The same goes for any other skills or experience that might be applicable.
She looks very healthy, good weight and quite a lucky girl to have a loving home!
It's hard to predict if she'll get heavier because some do and some don't. Like people, cats have different body types and heredity factors that play a role in whether they gain little or no weight, or whether they become obese. That doesn't let us humans off the hook though, because it's up to us to feed a healthy diet in healthy portions. Better quality cat foods (wet or dry) will have meat as main ingredient. No corn (cheap filler that doesn't digest well), no wheat gluten (fattening carb with little nutritional value), no by-products (by-products are garbage, i.e., 'chicken feet, feather and beaks). One caution about canned food… chunks/shredded pieces in gravy tend to be more fattening because of the gravy.
As for the teeth… again as the case with humans, dental care is very important for their overall health and heredity plays a role too in teeth condition and gum health. The bad breath could be indicating bad teeth, excessive tarter and/or gingivitis. Your vet can do a thorough exam and recommend the appropriate dental treatment needed (teeth cleaning, possible removal of bad teeth). The initial dental care may be on the expensive side, especially if they need to do pre-anesthesia blood work, x-rays, cleaning and possible tooth extractions. Routine, follow-up dental care is typically much less costly, especially if you can find a vet who does routine cleanings and exams without anesthetic. My local holistic vet offers this service which is great, especially for older cats. Here's a very good link to help you find a reputable, licensed holistic vet in your area.
http://www.holisticvetlist.com/
my tooth acually cracked when i was eating who knows what but anyways umm its cracked right now but there is still some tooth there and its grossing me out i dnt know what to do
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@crystalu519 go see your dentist. My book is about my own experiences, you may be interested in reading it.
i bit on a apy ple and my bottom wizdom tooth cracked today just a little but i trew away the chipped piece acicdenly it was like a rice size.will they ask for it at the dentist?
I'm having similar problem with a wad of thick phlegm or maybe it's tar lodged in my throat. I also get the soreness in my lungs. My guess is that you have multiple problems. The stomachaches could simply be from lack of digestive enzymes. If you go to the health food store they can give you digestive enzymes. It's a catch-22 situation since swallowing mucus all day makes you feel sick, so you smoke to calm your stomach, which irritates your throat and bronchial passages, creating more mucus. I quit smoking for a couple days but nothing changed. So probably it would take not smoking for several weeks or months to clear it up. However, I have found that drinking Cola helps dissolve the mucus. Also, make sure you are drinking 8 glasses of water a day and taking your vitamins. For every beer you drink, add another cup of water since beer or other alcohol dehydrates your body. Drinking is also a catch-22. I started drinking thinking it would help me smoke less, but after a few, I start chain smoking without thinking about it. Every time I say that's the last time I smoke, about 4 hours later I give in. Probably all I can do is not keep any smokes in my home. Anyway I know exactly how you feel and it's scary. I've been smoking since I was 17 and now I'm 37 and some days I wonder if I will live to see 40. Going up the stairs makes me out of breath. On the bright side, some of your feeling of being clogged up can also be caused by muscle tension in the neck which can be caused by dental problems. I just got my teeth filed so that my bite will fit together properly. The dentist said the back of my throat is swollen because I clench my teeth at night, which feels like something is stuck in my throat. I have a retainer I wear at night and it is gradually helping me train my jaw to stop clenching. Also, see a chiropractor regularly. When your neck bones are misalligned, a lot more mucus can clog up your throat area. I also saw a ear nose and throat specialist. He gave me some antibiotics that cleared out the mucus a little but not much. He mentioned that drinking too much will cause the back of your throat to relax and that adds to the feeling of choking. Definitely take up an exercise or yoga routine. And try to have regular sexual intercourse. It solves a lot of problems. In addition to helping clear out the mucus and giving you a little exercise and relaxation in one, it can help you feel more emotionally secure and thus less in need of a quick fix.
three of my teeth are broken and two are hurting but im scared to go to the dentist because the only way i want to get my teeth fixed is if i get put to sleep but they wont let me . i hate my teeth!