What are the worst foods for your dental health?
What are the worst food items for your dental health? Those including sugar! When you drink and munch starchy or sugary foods, you’re not only feeding yourself, you’re…
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What’s included in my dental exam?
Read article: What’s included in my dental exam?At Smiles by Shields, we focus on your overall health through wellness dentistry. Your Jacksonville dentist Dr. Shields takes into account the often overlooked impact of hidden dental…
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When should you call Dr. Shields?
Read article: When should you call Dr. Shields?We want to remind you that the best time to call Dr. Shields is before you need her! If your mouth is feeling great and you’ve got no…
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After the Halloween candy
Read article: After the Halloween candyWe know this time of year ushers in more candy and more bacteria-feeding sugar than many of us normally allow in our diet. If you’ve been trained to…
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Don’t feed the bacteria this Halloween!
Read article: Don’t feed the bacteria this Halloween!Parents are always weighing the pros and cons of candy exposure for their children. Of course you want your children to enjoy the holiday, but at what cost…
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Candy-free Halloween Handouts
Read article: Candy-free Halloween HandoutsAt Smiles by Shields we’d love to provide you with alternatives to sugar-laden candies that are known to contribute to cavity formation. Especially when kids don’t already have…
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What to do when you see double rows
Read article: What to do when you see double rowsEarlier this week, we posted about the phenomena of double rows or “shark teeth” in children. If you notice double rows of developing teeth, here’s what you can…
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Double rows of teeth?
Read article: Double rows of teeth?Most parents imagine their child’s first adult teeth coming in with the following storyline: child has a loose tooth loose tooth falls out toothless gap remains tooth fairy…
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Can we prevent wisdom tooth growth?
Read article: Can we prevent wisdom tooth growth?A study out of Tufts University has reported that unknowingly, dentists have developed potential ways to prevent the eruption of third molars or “wisdom teeth” by using dental…
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Research funds seek link between pathogens and intra-abdominal infections
Read article: Research funds seek link between pathogens and intra-abdominal infectionsA professor of prosthodontic research at Louisiana State University has been awarded a $1.8 million grant by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to support research…
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Preventing periodontal disease
Read article: Preventing periodontal diseasePrevention is key for all wellness care, and this is particularly true for your oral health. Prevention is the key path for a lifetime of wellness and a…
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Gum grafting
Read article: Gum graftingWhen root scaling and planing doesn’t do enough to treat receding gums, how can receding gums be treated further? One surgical options is gum grafting, which is designed…
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