Each year the Australian Dental Association’s major annual oral health campaign takes place in the first full week of August. The focus of this year’s campaign is on the harm sugar does to oral health, aiming to help Australians to ‘get sugar savvy’. The campaign includes recommended daily sugar consumption levels, advice on reading food labels, and spells out the effect sugar has…
Your smile is one of the first things people notice about you and having the confidence to flash your pearly whites shouldn’t be reserved to just those who can afford professional whitening. In this blog we give you some natural ways you can eat your way to whiter teeth! 1. MILK AND YOGURT Dairy products like yogurt and milk contain lactic…
We hear them all the time, and we’ve addressed many of them before. There are some deep-seated beliefs about your dental health that are hard to let go, but completely false. Below are some of the most common ones, debunked: Eating too much sugar (especially processed sugar) does increase your risk of tooth decay. As the sugary food is broken…
More than 80 million people suffer from chronic halitosis, or otherwise known as bad breath. In most cases it originates from the gums and tongue. Bad breath can be very embarrassing, but it is a common condition and there are numerous ways to prevent it. To reduce bad breath, help avoid cavities and lower your risk of gum disease, consistently…
Coffee, tea, red wine and some soda can all stain your teeth and darken your smile. But there are some everyday foods that can actually help whiten your teeth over time. They’re not as thoroughly effective as professional teeth whitening products—but they are cheap and natural. And that should leave you smiling. For a natural tooth exfoliator, try seeds and nuts. The…
As the year draws to an end most of us are looking forward to the festive season, with parties galore and food fit for kings, it’s extremely hard to resist the temptations around us. But if we want to save an emergency trip to the dentist we should look at having certain foods in moderation. Watch your citrus intake The truth is…
