Healthy Habits To Keep You Smiling

Categories: Family Dentistry

tips for healthy teeth Lone Tree

In today’s post, we will focus on important behaviors that impact oral health. Of course, effective brushing and flossing are two essential habits for healthy teeth, but there are many more things we can do to keep a healthy smile.

Diet Do’s

  • Do eat a nutritious diet with a variety of foods. This is required for overall physical health and a strong immune system.
  • Do consume calcium-rich dairy products like milk, cheese, and yogurt to neutralize acids that are dangerous to enamel.

Diet Don’ts

  • Don’t eat sugary foods. Sugar triggers the production of harmful cavity-causing acids that weaken enamel and lead to cavities.
  • Don’t snack throughout the day. This revs up plaque production and subjects the teeth to continual contact with acids.
  • Don’t chew on ice. (It really can crack teeth.)
  • Don’t drink energy drinks. They have many substances that are dangerous to teeth.

Other Important Tips

  • Don’t use your teeth as tools. It is wiser to cut that knotted shoelace than to gnaw at it to try to untangle it.
  • Don’t get piercings in or around your mouth.
  • Don’t ignore tooth pain or sensitivity.
  • If you have children, meet with Drs. Almeida about water fluoridation. If your municipal water supply is not fluoridated, you may want to give your children fluoride supplements.
  • Don’t use a medium or hard bristle toothbrush. It can damage gums.
  • If you have an eating disorder – seek professional help immediately. Bulimia and anorexia are extremely damaging to teeth. (Not to mention the toll they take on the heart and other organs.)

We encourage all of our patients to maintain a lifestyle that advances dental health as well as overall physical health. At Almeida & Bell Cosmetic, Implant & Sedation Dentistry, we serve the Lone Tree area with exceptional dental care including general and cosmetic dentistry. Ask us about sedation dentistry, porcelain veneers, teeth whitening and porcelain crowns.

Contact Almeida & Bell Cosmetic, Implant & Sedation Dentistry:

303-858-9000

Location (Tap to open in Google Maps):

8683 E Lincoln Ave, Ste 200
Lone Tree, Colorado
80124