{"id":354,"date":"2019-01-16T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T11:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/?p=354"},"modified":"2019-01-21T07:58:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T07:58:49","slug":"prevention-is-key-to-great-oral-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/prevention-is-key-to-great-oral-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevention is key to great oral health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You want to hang\non to your teeth for as long as possible, don\u2019t you? We all do. And certainly,\nthe dentist in Mackay<\/a>\nwould like you to have a full mouth of your own teeth right through your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s why, here at Northern Beaches Dental in Mackay<\/strong>, we\nplace a great deal of importance on what is known as preventive dentistry.\nPrevention is better than cure, after all. It is also often a whole lot more\ncost-effective too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are we trying to prevent?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2 leading\ncauses of tooth loss are decay and gum disease. Both are caused by a particular\nbacterium that lives in the mouth. It clings to the surfaces of the mouth,\nincluding the teeth, and builds up in sticky layers that harden into something\nthat looks like chalk. We call it plaque. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaque gives off\nacids that eat away the tooth enamel, creating holes for decay to get in\nthrough. It also attacks the gum, irritating and inflaming them until they pull\naway from the teeth. Then the plaque gets underneath and the acids eat away at\nthe jawbone and tooth root, causing infection and loose teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end game for\ndecay and gum disease is tooth loss. It\u2019s what the dentist in Mackay<\/strong>\nis trying to prevent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check-ups and scales and polishes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the\ncornerstones of all preventive work at the dentist in Mackay. We use your 6-montly check-up\nto look for decay and gum disease in their early stages. The scale and polish\nwith the hygienist is there to remove any build-up of plaque and tartar, which\nis inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prevention in children<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dentist in Mackay<\/strong> can help prevent decay in children\u2019s teeth\nby painting the back teeth with sealants that form a barrier that stops plaque\nmaking holes in their still-soft tooth enamel. Children are more likely to\nsuffer from decay as they are still learning how to brush their teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your part in prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your part in this\nis to brush and floss diligently and also to make sure you come along for your\ncheck-ups. Do that, and as a team, we stand a great chance of making sure you\nkeep your teeth for life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You want to hang on to your teeth for as long as possible, don\u2019t you? We all do. And certainly, the dentist in Mackay would like you to have a full mouth of your own teeth right through your life. That\u2019s why, here at Northern Beaches Dental in Mackay, we place a great deal of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernbeachesdental.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}