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• Natural Plaque Fighting Foods
• Don't Get Slimed: Xylitol, the Sugar that Slime Forgot
• Tips for a Diet That Promotes Healthy Teeth
• Top Ten Tips for Protecting Your Enamel from Erosion
• Tooth Trivia: You Don't Know PLAQUE

When brushing and flossing isn't a convenient option, you can still keep your teeth and mouth clean and feeling fresh, simply by eating delicious, healthy food. In fact, you're probably eating many of these foods on a regular basis anyway and helping fight plaque without even knowing it.

Biofilms are very complex interactive communities of bacteria.  There are as many different kinds of biofilms as there are niches for them to grow on.  Even different sides of a single tooth can have distinctly different biofilms.  Nearly 1,000 bacterial species can live in the mouth, although not simultaneously.  A typical mouth supports about 100 to 200 species in different combinations on different surfaces at any given time. Biofilms on the teeth differ from those on the gums, tongue and cheeks. Each of those surfaces is, in turn, comprised of smaller and smaller microsystems, each with its own particular microflora interacting with each other and their host.   

Biofilms on teeth contribute to plaque formation, periodontal disease and tooth decay.  Biofilms will not go away without treatment and considerable effort is required to eliminate them.  If left untreated the cells can multiply and “escape” to form new biofilms elsewhere in the body.

A way of disrupting biofilms is through the use of Xylitol, a natural sugar (not an artificial sweetener) that provides health benefits.  Xylitol damages plaque biofilm formation, reduces acid production, increases salivary flow and raises oral pH providing benefits that prevent dental disease and enhance remineralizatin.  Xylitol has been the subject of more than 1500 clinical and laboratory studies that have clearly revealed xylitol’s health-promoting benefits.  Ask us for more exciting information!

Of course we all know that a healthy diet is good for our bodies, but did you know that what you eat affects your teeth as well? We offer a list of simple ways you can improve your oral health by paying close attention to your diet.

The outer coating of enamel on your teeth may be the hardest substance in your body, but if it erodes, there's no way to get it back. Follow these top ten tips for keeping your enamel — which will help you keep your teeth!

Do you know what causes plaque and what to do about it? Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of this sticky substance and we'll give you some handy tips for keeping plaque from damaging your teeth.