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Sterilization: Protecting Our Patients
Sterilization: Protecting Our Patients

Patient Education

Sterilization: Protecting Our Patients

Sterilization Limits Exposure to Germs and Bacteria During regular day to day life, germs and bacteria typically get a bad rap. When sterilization gets taken too far, we're missing out on the benefits of a healthy and tested immune system. However, when it comes to dentistry and any medical facility, nothing could be further from the truth. One of the chief concerns is preventing disease and infection from spreading from patient to patient. When we're working with teeth and gums, it's at the top [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2021-05-18T08:00:14-07:00May 18, 2021|Patient Education|

The Benefits of Probiotics
The Benefits of Probiotics

Nutrition

The Benefits of Probiotics

When thinking about bacteria, a good analogy is bugs in your garden. The bad ones eat your cherished plants and can carry diseases, but good bugs like bees and ladybugs exist as well. They help to undo the damage done by the bad bugs. With bacteria, it is much the same. The harmful bacteria spreads disease and discomfort—but the good type provides many benefits, especially in your digestive tract. Your mouth is the important starting point for digestion. As you chew, saliva adds enzymes [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2019-07-09T08:00:33-07:00July 9, 2019|Nutrition|

Kids Can Get Gum Disease Too
Kids Can Get Gum Disease Too

Children's Dentistry

Kids Can Get Gum Disease Too

It would be comforting to think that gum disease afflicted only adults. But adolescents and even pre-adolescents are especially at risk for what is often called Localized Juvenile Periodontitis (LJP). We usually think of periodontal disease as a result of plaque and calculus build-up. But the real culprit is bacteria that can spread from site to site in the mouth and even from person to person. You can even "catch" it yourself. What are the Symptoms? Symptoms can range from sore, bleeding gums to [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2018-11-13T08:00:57-08:00November 13, 2018|Children's Dentistry|

Frank Talk About Bad Breath
Frank Talk About Bad Breath

Restorative Dentistry

Frank Talk About Bad Breath

Social embarrassments come in many sizes. But chronic bad breath is near the top of the list. It affects those nearest and dearest to us and may limit the close social contacts we treasure most. Worse yet, a person with bad breath may be unaware he's offensive—we "turn off" our sensitivity to bad odors over time. Bacteria, plain and simple, are the culprit. Bacteria do their work in the mouth, lungs, sinuses and stomach. All the store-bought fresheners on the market won't remedy the cause. [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2017-12-19T00:00:46-08:00December 19, 2017|Restorative Dentistry|

Eating Too Much Sugar…
Eating Too Much Sugar…

Patient Education

Eating Too Much Sugar…

The diet of today is the result of a 50-year increase in consumption of the rapidly absorbed sugars—specifically, soft drinks, commercial juices, candy, and easily digested sugar foods such as cakes, cookies, etc. This change has generally gone unnoticed by consumers, until very recently it has been unquestionably assumed that this is "the way this age is." However, now it has become increasingly apparent that we suffer from more and more glucose (sugar) metabolism diseases and dental caries because of poor diet. These high-energy [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2017-10-17T00:00:21-07:00October 17, 2017|Patient Education|

Making Bad Breath Go Away
Making Bad Breath Go Away

Restorative Dentistry

Making Bad Breath Go Away

Where Bad Breath Comes From Most, but not all, bad breath comes from bacterial plaque and food accumulated mainly towards the back of the tongue. The problem is, there are all sorts of not-likely-but-possible other reasons for halitosis: upset stomach, anxiety, inflamed gums, saliva deficiency, infections and removable dentures are among them. What Not To Do Because nobody—but nobody!— wants bad breath, a billion-dollar industry has sprung up hawking a variety of mouthwashes, rinses, drops, pastes and mints to mask halitosis. But there's a huge [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2017-03-07T00:00:20-08:00March 7, 2017|Restorative Dentistry|

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