HealthAndFitness.Sympatico.MSN.ca Brushing Up By Stuart Foxman These days, shopping for a toothbrush can feel like standing in a car showroom, what with the sleek models, styles, and power options. How do you choose? Start with the bristles. The designs—flat, rippled, dome-shaped, and more—come down to personal choice. But most dental professionals recommend soft brushes, which [...]
It’s amazing what our teeth can do…we’ve seen them open cans, pull 18-wheelers and just about anything else you could imagine! However, for as strong as they have the potential to be, our teeth can also be surprisingly fragile…one wrong move could mean losing one or more of your pearly whites forever. Whatever the reason [...]
It’s that time of year again where the kids put away the bathing suits and rollerblades and take out the pencils and paper to start another year of school. You can hear parents cheering! With that comes rushed mornings, bagged lunches and much more time away from your children – all opportunities for their dental [...]
For as long as I can remember, dentists have been asking their patients one very important question: have you been flossing? And despite the fact that patients know this question is coming, flossing still seems to be that one thing that falls to wayside – no matter how committed someone is to their overall oral [...]
Let’s be honest… how much thought do we really give to the toothbrush that our kids or we use? Sure, most of us understand the importance of brushing on a daily basis and many of us know that there are both proper and improper ways of actually doing so. But have you ever really considered [...]