Of course, you’re a good patient! You brush your teeth and you floss. You do what you’re instructed by our Pella, IA team because you feel strongly about maintaining a smile that’s healthy, so you enjoy your teeth and your gums and your entire smile for many years to come. However, even though you feel… Read more »
Category: Preventive Dentistry
Fluoride: Shoulds And Shouldn’ts For Your Dental Care
You might have some uncertainty regarding dental care and fluoride use. You know that when we talk with you about the toothpaste and other products you use for effective dental hygiene, one of the items mentioned is toothpaste with fluoride as an ingredient. However, that doesn’t mean your mind isn’t occasionally swirling with related questions… Read more »
What Really Happens When You Brush Crazy Hard
When you brush your teeth extremely hard, what you think is happening may be something like this: You assume you’re getting rid of every last trace of plaque and debris, so you figure your smile is going to feel super slick and will actually be very clean. However, there’s a big discrepancy between what you… Read more »
3 Things That Dental Cleanings Really Help Prevent
There may be those moments during which you think to yourself that while you know you’ve heard for your whole life dental cleanings are extremely important, you wonder why and whether it’s really true. You ask yourself what this aspect of prevention can really do for you or if it just helps make your teeth… Read more »
Breath Protection: Keeping It Fresh Instead Of Bad
One of the things that helps you feel confident when speaking with other people (often in very close proximity) is knowing your breath smells okay. When you’re worried that it doesn’t, it can quickly cause you to feel like shrinking violet. Then, of course, if you know anything about oral health and what bad breath… Read more »
Inflamed Gums: The Not-So-Obvious Causes
When you have swollen gums, you have no qualms about hearing that you’ve got gingivitis. It’s sort of what you expected to hear in the first place! However, when inflammation occurs and you either are completely certain it can’t be diseased gums or you’re shocked when we tell you that it’s not, it’s somewhat jarring… Read more »