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The Oral-Systemic Health Connection: What Your Mouth Says About Your Body

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Your mouth is more than just the gateway for food and conversation. It provides a window into your overall well-being, as conditions in your mouth can have a direct impact on diseases throughout your body. The link between oral and systemic health has transformed how medical and dental professionals approach patient care. In this blog post, we’re exploring what your mouth says about your body. Let’s dive in!

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Dentists Disagree on the Best Brushing Technique

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Your at-home oral hygiene care is an essential part of preventive dentistry (perhaps the most important part), but a new study of international dental organizations shows that even dentists don’t know what is the best way to brush your teeth, leading to a call for more study on this important aspect of oral health.

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Explaining the Uniquely American Smile

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One of the things that make America different from the rest of the world is how much we smile. It’s not entirely because we’re such a happy country (actually, we’re just the 14th happiest country). Instead, it’s a combination of factors that contributed to making Americans more likely to smile than others. Historical Notions We’ve looked before at the origins of the American smile and talked about three particular reasons why Americans might have suddenly become interested in smiling around the turn of the 20th century.

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Vegetarianism Can Impact Oral Health

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Vegetarianism and veganism are popular in Beverly Hills (after all Los Angeles is the third most vegetarian-friendly city in the US), but could this lifestyle choice be impacting your teeth? The answer is yes, but it doesn’t have to have a negative impact. It’s possible to eat a vegetarian diet and still have healthy teeth and gums.

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Why Your Teeth Are So Emotionally Powerful

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During our work for the TV show Smile, we helped our patient Melissa to face and overcome not just the physical state of her teeth, but also the emotional hardship that came along with her poor oral health. Unfortunately, Melissa isn’t alone. Many people experience a lot of emotional pain alongside teeth that are unhealthy, damaged, or unattractive.

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Know When to Smize – With Your Eyes

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Smize–the smile with your eyes–is a neologism to describe excitement on your face, without necessarily being able to see your own mouth when you do it.  Smize have gained popularity, especially in the past year as everyone has been wearing masks. Without being able to see someone’s mouth due to mask-wearing, nobody knows when anyone is smiling or laughing. Thanks to the simize, we’ve been able to read someone’s happiness simply by looking into their eyes. It seems like smize has become part of our vocabulary–and it should become part of your smiling repertoire.

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Oral Health Is an Integral Part of a Healthy Lifestyle

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Many people in Beverly Hills take a healthy lifestyle very seriously. It’s vitally important to look and feel your best when the cameras could be rolling at any time. Or you may be in demand for a public appearance or have an important business meeting on the other coast or across the Pacific. No matter what, you have to be in peak condition on a daily basis. And a vital part of that healthy lifestyle is maintaining your oral health.

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Alcohol Contributes to Receding Gums

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Moderate alcohol consumption (especially red wine) can be good for your teeth and gums, but too much can make gum disease worse, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Periodontology, which shows that people who are dependent on alcohol have worse receding gums than those who aren’t.

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