Dentist, Dr. Anthony Baird and his dental treatment team at Millcreek Family Dental, in Bountiful UT 84010, are pleased to offer their dental patients a full range of dental treatment services. Their professional and caring dental services include: children's, cosmetic, family, general, implant, preventive, restorative and orthodontic dentistry.
Halloween is just around the corner, and although candy consumption is almost unavoidable this time of year, the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) wants parents and children to know that there are both good and bad candy options, both of which may find their way into children's trick-or-treat bags this fall. 
Nutrition Tips
Saliva has an important job to do in your mouth. For starters, it helps to remove food particles. But it also helps prevent tooth decay and infection by washing away plaque and keeping disease-causing bacteria from building up on your teeth and gums. But saliva can’t do all that work by itself. So it’s important to remove plaque yourself by practicing good oral hygiene, which means proper flossing each day, and twice-daily tooth brushing.
Gum disease is not that common
Water Rules
Bleeding or sore gums can be a sign of gingivitis, an early and reversible stage of gum disease, or simply the result of brushing too hard or starting a new flossing routine. If your gums bleed regularly, or enough to worry you, make an appointment with your dentist or physician, it could be a sign that something else is wrong.
Wine tasters may be at high risk for enamel stain and erosion.
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What Causes Tooth Enamel Damage?
Opening bottle caps or plastic packaging with
your teeth may be convenient, but this is one habit that makes dentists cringe.
Using your teeth as tools can cause them to crack or chip. Instead, keep
scissors and bottle openers handy. Bottom line, your teeth should only be used
for eating.
Just because cough drops are sold
in the medicine aisle doesn't mean they’re healthy. Most are loaded with sugar.
So after soothing your throat with a lozenge, be sure to brush well. Whether
the sugar comes from a cough drop or a hard candy, it reacts with the sticky
plaque that coats your teeth. Then bacteria in the plaque convert the sugar
into an acid that eats away at tooth enamel. Hello, cavities.