Wellbeing and Oral Health

How Smoking Affects Your Gums and Teeth Smoking is a big stressor that increases the chances of periodontal disease sevenfold. It also reduces the chances of successful gum therapies. In fact, smoking can cause receding gums and bone loss even when plaque-forming bacteria have not...

How Nutrition Affects Your Teeth and Gums “Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.” –Hippocrates in 431 B.C. The most important long-term factor affecting the health of teeth and gums is nutrition, from the womb onward.  If we and our...

Healthy Gums = Healthy Body Originally, people thought that oral health care only affected gum health, cavities and loose teeth, without being aware how it might also address larger health concerns. But in recent years significant links have been discovered. If you had a chronic...