St. Patrick’s Day, the holiday where the largest amount of alcohol is consumed is just around the corner. Believe it or not, drinking beer can impact the look of your healthy smile. For the March holiday, we’re bound to see a lot of green-stained teeth and possibly some dental emergencies due to drunken behavior, which
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For ear pain sufferers, it’s easy to confuse ear pain as a typical ear infection or earache. However, the most common reason for ear pain is caused by temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD). TMD can cause a wide range of problems, which typically start at the jaw and then move on to other parts of the
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Signs that you have Temporomandibular Joint Disorder are evident in multiple ways. Although the list of symptoms are greater, if your jaw often locks, clicks, or hurts; there’s a chance you may suffer from TMD. Furthermore, if these symptoms are a distraction from your daily duties and easily irritate, you need to visit your dentist
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Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD) can limit the simple pleasures of eating, drinking, and even, talking. If you are a sufferer of TMD, there are a number of solutions to help reduce the pain and frustration of the disorder. From physical therapy to neuromuscular dentistry, these are the most common ways to correct misalignment of the
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November is National Diabetes Month and focuses on making healthy changes and reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes. Approximately, 30 million people in the United States are living with diabetes, almost 2 million new cases are diagnosed each year, and about 8 million people living with diabetes don’t know they have it. So, what
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October is designated to spreading awareness about the importance of oral health and caring for your teeth during a month when 600 million pounds of candy is sold for Halloween each year. Halloween actually starts a long season of sweet-centric holidays, like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day so dental care is more essential than ever.
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What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic condition that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy joints. Symptoms include pain, swelling, stiffness, and loss of physical function in areas like your feet, hands, wrists, and more. RA can affect any joint in the body, including the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), causing joint
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Though it is rare, cases of TMJ pain can and have been found in children. Normally, signs your child has TMD show up in the years of adulthood and the older a person gets, the more common it is for them to experience TMJ pain. While children prepare to go back to school, now is
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It’s hot outside and the summer days should be utilized indoors in the comfort of air conditioning or even better, in the cold waves of a pool. A swimming pool is there to offer a relaxing and therapeutic experience in the midst of a hot and stressful day, however it can cause avoidable pain to
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Summer is an exciting time for kids, but it can be a killer for their oral health routines. Between vacation fun and summer camps, it can be hard to maintain healthy habits, but it’s important for children and adults to maintain the healthy schedules they’ve developed throughout the year so that the kids aren’t going
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