If you have missing teeth, you aren’t alone. More than 100 million Americans are missing at least one tooth. Prevention is the first step to keeping teeth. Here are 3 tips to help you keep your teeth for life!
Preventing Tooth Loss
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Oral Health
Oral health is important to our physical health as well! Check out our tips on teeth brushing, flossing, mouthwash, bad breath, and tooth loss. We even answer questions about infant and child mouth care.
Millennials and Dental Care
Are you a millennial? Do you find it difficult to keep up an oral hygiene routine? Or to visit the dentist regularly? In your age group, you’re not alone! Here are some tips to help get you back on track.
Bacteria and Breath
Bad breath is something that all of us try to avoid. We may like the taste of onions, garlic, certain seafoods, and other rather smelly food products. After eating such foods, we often take extra steps to avoid the resulting malodorous effect. Some chew a piece of...
Sleep Apnea and Children
Sleep apnea is defined by the Sleep Foundation as “a condition marked by abnormal breathing during sleep,” including “extended pauses in breath then they sleep.” Such lapses in breathing lead to poor sleep and potentially serious health consequences. When a child has...
So You Didn’t Brush Your Teeth?
The average Californian’s life follows the same basic pattern: food, work, sleep, repeat. There might be a variation or two — perhaps a little recreation added. Hopefully, one other regular element is your routine of oral care, including brushing your teeth for two...
Dental Music?
It's Music to Your Teeth! It’s rare that you find a song that features dentistry. Granted, there are a few comedic songs and parodies that put the dental industry to music, but they seldom sing the praises of visiting the dentist. That’s fine. Humor is a good thing,...
Alternative Teeth Whiteners
Is DIY Worth the Risk? In the ongoing quest to find methods for making teeth a few shades whiter, both R&D labs and diehard do-it-yourselfers periodically develop ideas that they fully endorse. They practically swear on products that apparently make your breath...
Dealing with Bad Breath
Have you ever caught someone breathing into their cupped hand? Perhaps you’ve done it yourself. This is a quick way to test the smell of your breath. It’s typically done before meeting someone of importance, like a date, your client, or the boss. We merely want to...
Too Much of a Good Thing
Brush for two minutes, twice a day, with daily flossing. This routine is important for oral health! Some individuals keep to the program religiously, while others have difficulty forming the habit. Some unfortunately take it to the other extreme – brushing...
Eating Away at Bad Breath
There are many foods that contribute to bad breath — garlic, onions, horseradish, canned fish, and others — but you might be surprised to know that certain foods improve your breath. If you find yourself checking your breath fairly often, adding these foods to your...
Dangerous DIY Dentistry
You change the oil on your car. You remodeled the living room by yourself. You successfully removed that sauce stain from the carpet. And you learned to do it all from instructions videos on the Internet or personal experience. Having so much success with...
According to Taste
Taking Out the Tongue Map Sweet up front, salty on the sides, sour behind that, and bitter in the back; according to a diagram still used in schools and textbooks today, taste sensations are divided into certain sections of the tongue’s surface. Unfortunately, this...
Who Cleans the Cleaners?
Watching Out for Your Toothbrush At the Yuba City Dental Group, we prefer safety and sanitation in our business practices – like social distancing and wearing masks and gloves – for your safety and ours. We regularly address any weak links in the safety and sanitation...
Sudden Cavity Onset
Perhaps you’re one of the many people who keep up with their oral hygiene, and even visit the Yuba City Dentistry Group at least twice a year. Well done! However, you might be concerned if you begin to develop cavities, seemingly out of the blue. Truthfully, this...
Curves Ahead
When you see a sign along the road that says the above, you pay closer attention to the road. You might even grip the steering wheel a little tighter. You are preparing for a change! Something different is about to happen and you don’t want to be caught unaware. Due...