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When you trim your toenails or fingernails, they grow back. When you fall and scrape your elbow, scab forms and the skin heals. When you get a haircut, your hair ultimately continues to grow. Our bodies are incredibly resilient, however unluckily we only get one chance with our teeth. When you do not take proper care of your teeth and allow them to decay, they will be stuck that way for the rest of your life. Teeth do not heal or repair themselves. Tooth enamel does not grow back. Any issues or damage caused to the teeth need to be fixed and addressed by a dentist since that problem will not resolve itself. That is why maintaining good dental hygiene is so important. Practicing proper dental hygiene is easy and simple. It only takes a few minutes of your every day,and yet it seems to be something that most people…

Believe it or not, your tongue can actually reveal a lot about your general health. Probably, you may not have been staring at it in the mirror much, inspecting its colour and grooves, but maybe you should. You may have wondered why dentists always insist on examining your tongue in the morning before brushing your teeth. Well, we might have an answer for that. Dentists say so because your tongue impacts your overall body health in many ways which you may not understand. The colour of your tongue changes depending on the type of food, drink, and medicines you take. But unusual tongue patterns may also change due to lack of sleep, sicknesses or bacteria. Such tongue pattern changes could also be an indicator of severe underlying health conditions, and in fact, in many cases, they are among the initial signs that something is not right. Here are more additional…

Even if you practice proper dental hygiene through brushing and flossing your teeth regularly, you could be missing an essential part of keeping them strong and healthy: your diet. What you eat or drink directly affects your oral health either positively or negatively. Consuming foods that are rich on calcium is one of the easiest ways to keep your teeth strong. Although the enamel is the strongest substance in your body- stronger than even the bone, it is still vulnerable to tooth decay. Since calcium is one of the major components of the tooth, consuming calcium-rich foods and supplements is beneficial to its development. Why Should You Add Calcium to Your Diet? One of the major reasons your teeth love calcium is because it is one of the compounds they are made of. However, calcium components deteriorate as you age. This makes the teeth enamel weak in a way that…