Darby Creek Dental Blog

Nothing is better than gathering with your loved ones to share warm meals and memories during the holiday season. Thanksgiving kicks off the festivities, but if you aren’t careful, it can leave a lasting mark on your smile long after the bright decorations are put away. Believe it or not, there are several Thanksgiving foods that might taste great, but they can stain your teeth. Here are 5 foods to avoid for white teeth throughout the holidays.

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It’s Thanksgiving Day, and you and your family are set to host close relatives who will be arriving in only a few short hours. When looking at all the delicious food spread out on your table, you begin to wonder which ones might hinder your oral health. Is it the sweet potato casserole, turkey, or cranberry sauce? Could your mom’s famous pecan pie put you one step closer to needing a dental filling? The reality is that although these foods are some of the most delectable, they can be the worst when it comes to your teeth and gums. Read on to learn what you can do to minimize the potential for a dental visit this holiday season.

As the weather begins to cool off and the leaves start changing color, most of us are looking forward to the upcoming fall and winter holidays. It’s the best time of year for spending time with loved ones, keeping up traditions or making new ones, and being grateful. However, with all the seasonal treats and holiday flavored goodies, it’s also a tough time of year for your oral health! Thankfully, a few simple habits and precautions can help keep your smile strong and sparkling. Your Marysville dentist shares six tips for maintaining happy, healthy pearly whites well into the new year.

Whether you have an individual plan or one through your employer, dental insurance can help make taking care of your teeth easy for your overall health and your wallet. Unfortunately, few patients truly understand how to utilize their coverage, leading to wasted dollars each year. If this sounds all too familiar, then read on to learn four ways to maximize your dental insurance benefits!

After a long day, you can’t wait to crawl underneath your covers and welcome sleep. Before you get there, you make a quick dinner, watch a few episodes of your favorite TV show, and change into your pajamas. Somehow, your bed is even more comfortable than you anticipated, and you feel your eyelids begin to droop before the clock strikes 9 PM. Suddenly, you jolt awake when you realize that you never brushed your teeth. After a few minutes of thinking about it, you decide one night without it won’t hurt and you fall back asleep.

Sound familiar? Unfortunately, poor dental habits like this can wreak havoc on more than just your oral health. Read on for five health issues that could follow!

Sometimes the perfect night ends in curling up to watch your favorite movie with a large bucket of popcorn. Americans eat approximately 15 billion quarts of it every year. Even though this delicious, crunchy snack may be much better for your body than starchy potato chips or sugary cookies, popcorn is actually terrible for your smile for a number of reasons. Continue reading to learn more from your dentist about why you should be avoiding popcorn and which treats you should be eating instead.

As you turn into your dentist’s parking lot, you find yourself thinking of all the times you were “just too tired” to brush your teeth. That combined with the weeks on end of neglecting to floss has you thoroughly convinced they are going to find a handful of cavities as soon as you open your mouth. However, after your dentist completes your exam, they pull away to inform you that you may have the other c-word, “cancer.”

According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, the number of cases is expected to rise again with an estimated 53,000 patients being diagnosed this year alone. Therefore, it is more important now than ever that you see your dentist bi-yearly for a routine examination. Read on for what an oral cancer screening entails, the importance of early detection, and how often you should have one!

Staying active is an important part of living a healthy lifestyle. The only problem is that certain activities can put your smile at risk. This is where sports guards come into the picture, but there are several different types to choose from. How do you know that you’re getting the best for your buck? Continue reading to learn more about over the counter and custom-made mouthguards from your dentist. This way, you can make the right decision for your smile.

Summer is in full swing, but we all know our back to school lists are starting to form already. Within the next couple of weeks, you’ll be setting up carpools, buying school supplies, and signing your little one up for extracurricular activities. Before you know it, your schedule will be jam-packed with to-dos, which is why a routine visit to the dentist often falls to the back burner. However, your family dentist is sharing four reasons why you should schedule your child’s checkup and cleaning before the school year starts!

As a parent, your life is already hectic enough. Between driving your child to school, friends’ houses, and sports practices, you hardly have any time for yourself these days, let alone to take your son or daughter to their dental appointments. One easy way to save a little time is to simply take everyone in your family to the same dentist’s office. By attending checkups with a family dentist, you and your child can take advantage of several benefits. Keep reading below to learn a few of the numerous advantages of seeing a dentist for all ages.