Why Invest Your Tax Refund Into Your Smile?
Posted on March 28, 2009 | Filed Under Dentistry
You Can’t Beat The Return On Investment!
According to research and polls conducted in the last few decades, your smile greatly determines how you are viewed and even treated by others. 74% of Americans believe an unattractive smile can harm a person’s career success. Also, maintaining the height of your teeth is one of the best anti-aging steps you can take.
As you age, your teeth get shorter, thus collapsing the lower face area. For more information on aging and dentistry see our midlife dentistry page.
Look Ma’ No Cavities!
Posted on August 25, 2008 | Filed Under Dentistry, General, Health, St. Louis, Teeth Tips
For Boomers who grew up with this famous toothpaste commercial, I have a news flash: At your age, it’s no longer just about cavities!
If you’ve passed the age of forty, you really should have a mid-life diagnosis to evaluate the overall state of your oral health AND to plan a proper course of treatment that will enable you to keep your teeth for the remainder of your lifetime.
Patients over forty have often shortchanged their dental health or just barely maintained their teeth and gums. With the expense of family taking precedence through the previous two decades, Boomer-aged patients coming to me for the first time are often prepared to play catch-up with their own dental health.
Today you can plan a course of treatment that will ensure you’ve got your own teeth to chew with well into your senior years. In addition, nothing is more youthful than a natural-looking white smile. Unlike your parents, if you take care now you can have both.
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Living Without Teeth Is A Curse For Seniors
Posted on August 9, 2008 | Filed Under Health
One topic omitted from the anti-aging forum is the relationship of your teeth to how you look and feel every day. This area of medicine has long been excluded from discussions of longevity and wellness and categorized mostly as a cosmetic function, much like plastic surgery. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Every tooth impacts a different area of your body. Every extraction has an impact on your longevity.
Why do we neglect the role our mouths play in overall health? Why do we accept missing teeth and dentures as a “natural” course of aging?
My answer is the extreme lack of information on the subject. Look for my book coming out soon.
