Oral health and general health: signs from your mouth that can indicate disease

Dental check-ups are not only vital in terms of saving teeth, but they can help to save lives as well. The relationship between oral health and general health is so close that a visit to the dentist can help to detect certain systemic diseases. Detecting these disorders starts with the identification of a series of […]

5 tips for your child’s first visit to the paediatric dentist

Walking into a completely white room, sitting in front of all types of silver contraptions and devices and watching a complete stranger take one of them and move towards you with it can be very distressing experience for a kid if nobody has explained to them what a children’s dentist is. You have a fundamental […]

What is chlorhexidine and what is it used for?

Within the field of odontology there is a series of substances that are essential for ensuring the oral health of patients. One of these substances is chlorhexidine, an essential bactericide that helps to eliminate the pathogenic bacteria that are present in the mouth. Indeed, its function is so significant that the World Health Organization (WHO) has included […]

Yellow teeth in children: causes, prevention and advice

Regardless of age, we should be worried about having yellow teeth, but the alarm really does off when this problem affects the children of the house. The thing is that dentin can change colour over the years and our enamel can become discoloured or stained due to other causes including, among others, an excessive consumption of […]

Our tongue – the most overlooked part of our oral hygiene routine

Whenever we speak about oral health, we are referring to all the parts related to the mouth: teeth, gums, oral mucosa, lips… and the tongue. Despite this, we normally ignore lingual hygiene, relegating it to a secondary role. This is why we believe that sufficient attention is not given to this organ which is so […]

What good and bad bacteria do we have in our mouths?

Bacteria have always existed, but because of the current situation we are now more concerned about them than ever. For some time, we have been trying to prevent them from accumulating on our hands and trying not to spread them when we sneeze, and we do our best to eliminate them from our utensils. However, […]