Category: Oral Health
Is Your Sports Drink Damaging Your Teeth?
You’ve just finished a great workout. Your muscles are tired, you’re sweating, and you feel great, yet a bit dehydrated. You grab a bottle of your favorite flavored sports drink and sip away. While that drink may help replenish things your body lost during exercise, at my Alexandria dental office, we also know it’s probably…
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Can Your Asthma Be Causing Cavities?
Nearly 24 million Americans suffer from asthma and live their lives in fear of experiencing a severe asthma attack. Asthma is nothing to take lightly and is incredibly serious. In fact, approximately 3,000 die each year as a result of it. Even more become sick or hospitalized. While these statistics are incredibly scary, there’s a…
Read moreAll About Oral Cancer
Oral cancer affects approximately 35,000 people every year. Of those, nearly 8,000 will die. Oral cancer is very real, very prominent, and very scary. At my Alexandria dental office, we’re here to help you understand the disease and know the risks associated with it. The Risks Before we dive into some risk factors of developing…
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Understanding Canker Sores
There tends to be some confusion behind these uncomfortable and sometimes embarrassing sores that seem to appear out of nowhere. While there really isn’t any solid evidence as to what causes canker sores, which is part of what makes them a bit difficult to understand, at my Alexandria dental office, we can shed some light…
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5 Surprising Things That Ruin Teeth
When we talk about things that cause tooth damage, one of the first things that come to patients’ minds is sugar. And they’re right. But everyone at my Alexandria dental office wants to shed some light on some lesser known tooth-damaging things that may come as a surprise. Ice. Ice is made of water. Water…
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March 20th is World Oral Health Day!
Over 90% of the world’s population will suffer from some sort of oral health disease at some point in their lives. Many of which could have been avoided through proper education or supporting programs for prevention and detection. At my Alexandria dental office, we believe education is the first step in fixing this epidemic. Which…
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