How To Get Better Sleep When Dealing with Teeth Grinding
Posted by Have you ever woken with a sore and stiff jaw or neck, or do you constantly experience morning headaches? Maybe your loved one has let you know that they’ve heard or seen you clenching and grinding your teeth at night. If this sounds like you, chan...
How Smoking Affects Your Oral Health
By now, our society knows that smoking and tobacco use can have detrimental effects on our overall health. The CDC reports that 15 out of every 100 adults is a smoker. Smoking claims more than 480,000 lives each year, making it the number one cause o...
Fluoride: Myths and Facts
Ask almost anyone and most likely they have a strong opinion about fluoride. Whether they are against it or for it, the use of fluoride has been a hotly debated topic for many years. It can be found in many dental health products, along with being ad...
Is Mouthwash Really Necessary?
Oral care product commercials often show a smiling individual following a series of steps in their oral care routine: brushing, flossing, and then finishing with a swish of brightly-colored mouthwash. From childhood, we are conditioned by marketing t...
Giving Thanks for Our Teeth
This week, we’ll all be sitting around the dinner table, admiring a golden, roasted turkey, and sharing with our friends and family what we are thankful for this year. At Simply Smiles, we will be giving thanks for our dental health and for all the...
Dental Implants and the Recovery
We’ve all heard of the flashy cosmetic dental procedures like teeth whitening and veneers, or even the more functional procedures like dentures or bridges to give us the perfect smile. But there’s one procedure that isn’t talked about as much t...
About Simply Smiles Miami
When we think of going to the dentist, oftentimes, there may be some level of anxiety or fear surrounding the visit. For some, it’s the fear of possible pain or the sound of a drill, or even the discomfort of having to keep your mouth open for an e...
Halloween Doesn’t Have to be Scary for your Teeth
Halloween is right around the corner. Kids will dress up as ghosts, witches, and vampires, but they won’t be the scariest thing to show up at your door on Halloween night. According to USA Today, 4% of all the candy eaten in a year in the US is con...
Periodontal Disease and How to Treat it
Periodontal disease is not a condition many of us think about in regards to our own dental health, and many people are not even familiar with what this health concern really is. We see it on posters in the dentist’s office, may hear the phrase thro...
Can Your Oral Health Affect the Rest of Your Body?
We often think of our mouths as just a small part of our anatomy, separate from the rest of our body’s systems. Our oral health seems so far removed from our cardiovascular health or mental health, and often, significantly less concerning. The heal...
Back to School: Teaching Dental Hygiene in the Classroom
It’s August and kids are headed back to school for the fall. They are anticipating solving math problems, writing essays, presenting science projects, and maybe even taking a health class. One subject they probably won’t encounter in school is de...
Facts You Need to Know about Dental Insurance
Did you know that nearly two in five Americans claim to have limited or delayed their dental care due to their financial situation? This same study found that more than half of the survey respondents consider routine dental visits a “nice to have�...