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Perfect your at-home oral care routine

Taking care of your teeth starts at home. Regular check-ups at Bloor West Smiles are vital for your long-term dental health.However, you will encounter oral health issues if you neglect your teeth for the rest of the year. Perfecting your at-home routine is your best strategy for preventing everything from bad breath to tooth decay and gum disease.In 2024, how can you improve your oral hygiene habits? Here are a few suggestions:
  • Make sure you’re brushing for a full two minutes: Brushing for less than two minutes is directly correlated with more plaque and tartar buildup, which fosters the development of cavities.
  • Pick a better toothbrush: Your toothbrush must be soft-bristled, since hard bristles can damage your enamel. Additionally, you should replace your toothbrush every three months or whenever the bristles look frayed.
  • Use proper brushing techniques: Position your brush at a 45-degree angle towards the gumline and brush in a circular motion. It is the optimum position for removing food debris without damaging the enamel.
  • Brush twice a day: Two is the golden number for at-home oral care. Brush after breakfast and again after dinner. Ensure you’re waiting at least 30 minutes to brush after eating, since this is when your tooth enamel is weakest.
  • Floss once every day: Flossing is an essential part of your at-home hygiene routine. It removes hard-to-reach food particles and plaque that brushing alone cannot remove. You can use traditional floss or other oral care aids like soft picks or floss threaders.

2. Drink more water

Everyone knows drinking water is good for your health, especially when choosing water over other liquids like pop or fruit juice. Staying hydrated makes you feel refreshed and can help you lose weight. However, it’s also beneficial for your mouth.Water helps rinse stubborn food particles, carbohydrates, sugars, and bacteria. Simply taking a sip of water after eating (or drinking something sweet) can help reduce your chance of tooth decay. Rinsing your mouth with water can reduce staining from beverages like coffee, tea, or red wine.Essentially, drinking water keeps your mouth healthier and your smile brighter.Drinking water instead of pop, fruit juice, or alcohol is better for oral health. Pop, juices, and alcohol are high in sugar (and often acidic), which speeds up plaque buildup and can lead to cavities.

3. Quit cavity-causing and disease-promoting habits

Bad habits like alcohol consumption and smoking can wreak havoc on your oral (and overall) health. Starting in 2024, commit to cutting back or eliminating these habits. Your oral health and life expectancy will improve!Alcohol is highly acidic and frequently has a high sugar content. It breaks down your tooth enamel and feeds the bacteria in your mouth, resulting in an even more acidic environment that continues to erode your enamel.It accelerates tooth decay as a result. Reducing your alcohol consumption reduces your risk of cavities.By quitting smoking and using tobacco products, you are reducing your risk for oral health conditions, such as gum disease and cancer. Plus, your smile will look brighter. After all, smoking doesn’t just damage your teeth, it also leaves unattractive stains.

4. Improve the appearance of your smile

This year, improve your confidence by improving the appearance of your smile. Many cosmetic and restorative procedures can make your smile brighter, straighter, and more attractive. The dental experts at Bloor West Smiles can help make 2024 your smile’s best year yet. How? Let’s take a look.
  • Teeth Whitening: Teeth can naturally discolour with time. Fortunately, brightening is easy with professional whitening treatments from Bloor West Smiles. We offer custom take-home whitening trays that brighten your smile efficiently and effectively.
  • Correct Chips, Gaps, and Unevenness: Veneers and dental bonding are techniques for correcting imperfections like uneven teeth, gaps, small chips, and cracks. Both look natural, so no one will know you’ve taken steps to improve your smile with cosmetic dentistry.
  • Straighten Your Smile: Orthodontics isn’t just for children and teenagers. Invisalign and traditional braces straighten your smile so you can confidently smile, laugh, and talk. Plus, straighter teeth are easier to take care of.
  • Replace a Knocked-Out Tooth: It’s essential to replace knocked-out teeth. If there’s a gap in your smile, the surrounding teeth will shift, and your jawbone may degrade. Dental bridges and dental implants are two procedures that address knocked-out teeth.

5. Schedule your next routine check-up at your local dental care clinic

Regular check-ups are a vital part of maintaining a healthy and happy smile. During these appointments, your dentist removes plaque and tartar buildup (you can only remove tartar with professional tools wielded by your dentist), an essential step in preventing future cavities.They also check for developing oral health conditions. Prevention may be the best strategy. However, early treatment is the next best thing. Quickly detecting disease and other health conditions is crucial for low-cost and less invasive interventions.You should visit a Toronto clinic for dental care every six months. The experienced and knowledgeable dentists at Bloor West Smiles are ready to welcome you! Contact us today to book your next appointment and start the new year right. 

Teeth Sensitivity

Why Do I Need It?

Scaling and root planing is a deep cleaning below the gumline used to treat gum disease.

Gum disease is caused by a sticky film of bacteria called plaque. Plaque is always forming on your teeth, but if they aren’t cleaned well, the bacteria in plaque can cause your gums to become inflamed. When this happens, your gums will pull away from your teeth and form spaces called pockets. Plaque then gets trapped in these pockets and cannot be removed with regular brushing. If untreated, gum disease could lead to bone and tooth loss.

If gum disease is caught early and hasn’t damaged the structures below the gum line, a professional cleaning should do. If the pockets between your gums and teeth are too deep, however, scaling and root planing may be needed.

Dental Implant

Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces tooth roots with metal, screwlike posts and replaces damaged or missing teeth with artificial teeth that look and function much like real ones. Dental implant surgery can offer a welcome alternative to dentures or bridgework that doesn’t fit well and can offer an option when a lack of natural teeth roots don’t allow building denture or bridgework tooth replacements.

 

How dental implant surgery is performed depends on the type of implant and the condition of your jawbone. Dental implant surgery may involve several procedures. The major benefit of implants is solid support for your new teeth — a process that requires the bone to heal tightly around the implant. Because this bone healing requires time, the process can take many months.

Why it’s done

Dental implants are surgically placed in your jawbone, where they serve as the roots of missing teeth. Because the titanium in the implants fuses with your jawbone, the implants won’t slip, make noise or cause bone damage the way fixed bridgework or dentures might. And the materials can’t decay like your own teeth that support regular bridgework can.

In general, dental implants may be right for you if you:

  • Have one or more missing teeth
  • Have a jawbone that’s reached full growth
  • Have adequate bone to secure the implants or are able to have a bone graft
  • Have healthy oral tissues
  • Don’t have health conditions that will affect bone healing
  • Are unable or unwilling to wear dentures
  • Want to improve your speech
  • Are willing to commit several months to the process
  • Don’t smoke tobacco

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Dental Brace

Perfect your at-home oral care routine Taking care of your teeth starts at home. Regular check-ups at Bloor West Smiles are vital for your long-term dental health. However, you will encounter oral...

Teeth Sensitivity

Why Do I Need It? Scaling and root planing is a deep cleaning below the gumline used to treat gum disease. Gum disease is caused by a sticky film of bacteria called plaque. Plaque is always forming on...

Dental Implant

Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces tooth roots with metal, screwlike posts and replaces damaged or missing teeth with artificial teeth that look and function much like real ones...