Dental Tips and Facts

Visiting your dentist is important, but here are some tips to keep your oral hygiene as healthy as it possible can be!

Dental Tips for Adults

If you experience pain or sore muscles in the jaw joint area (in front of your ears) or even headaches, you may be grinding or clenching your teeth in your sleep. Speak to your dentist about being fitted for a night guard, which will protect your teeth and the joint area.


Halloween Tips!

Protect your teeth at Halloween with some healthier treat options. Here are some ideas:

  • Mini Microwave Popcorn
  • Rice Cake
  • Snack Bags
  • Cheese Strings
  • Sugarless Gum
  • Whole Wheat Pretzel
  • Potato Chips
  • Carrot Sticks
  • Dark Chocolate (less sugar)
  • Don't forget to brush and floss!

General Oral Health

Poor oral health doesn't just cause problems inside the mouth. A smile is hugely important to our personalities, self-confidence, relationships, and success. General health is also at risk too as studies continues to associate poor oral health to serious health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, strokes, pneumonia, premature babies, and other major conditions.


Dental Phobia

15% of adults who have been to a dentist suffer from extreme dental anxiety. Visiting the dentist ranked as the number one cause (22%) for making people nervous, closely followed by heights (19%). Nearly 10 times as many people (22%) are nervous of visiting their dentists, compared to their doctor (2%).

Museum Dental have many different sedation options to help ease dental anxiety, including nitrous oxide ("laughing gas"), and more. Contact our office to see how we can help you relax at the dentist!


Children's Oral Health

Even with all the fluoride and teeth cleaning agents available, many children still have cavities and other tooth problems. It is important to have your children’s teeth checked and cleaned on a regular basis. We recommend every 6 months. Even with regular visits some children can still have problems with their teeth. There are many new methods to ease dental treatments for children. Preventative orthodontic treatments to eliminate crowded teeth. We would be happy to discuss this with you. Give us a call or stop by our downtown dental office for more tips!