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Should You Brush Before Or After Breakfast? Tips For Healthier Teeth

Caring for your pearly whites starts with great at-home habits. If you have ever noticed other’s teeth that look absolutely amazing, while others not so much, there is a noticeable trend as to how a person gets a fabulous smile, and that is staying vigilant on cleanings both at home and in the dentist’s chair. One of the age-old questions, should you brush teeth before or after breakfast , has been debated and the solution has been found. Keep reading to find out a few tips and tricks that can improve the appearance and health of your smile. Morning Brushing Perhaps one of the most unpopular times for people to interact with others is right when the wake-up. While some people aren’t morning people, their sunny disposition isn’t the concern. Instead, it is bad breath. Almost no one wakes up with a pleasant smelling breath. Some will awaken to flavors of something that had at dinner the night before, while others might have an underlying dental problem that causes a less than fresh sce
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What Is Preventative Dentistry?

The dental field is filled with many terms. You may hear cosmetic, restorative, or general dentistry used, but preventative dentistry is an entirely different focus.  The other areas work on correcting issues that you may already have or work to enhance the appearance of your teeth, preventative dentistry is much different and involves many more aspects than you may realize. Preventative dentistry is the caring and maintaining healthy teeth and gums through good oral habits and regular visits to the dentist. It takes a combination of caring for your teeth and gums at-home and seeing the dentists for exams and cleanings to ensure your smile is free of problems like cavities or bad bites, or gum disease. Dental Health Care At-Home Excellent oral habits at home are the foundation for a healthy smile. Regularly brushing, flossing, and mouth rinse can help remove plaque that can lead to deterioration of the tooth. Plaque, itself, isn’t that bad. But if given enough time to harden into t
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How Do Cavity Fillings Work?

Visiting your dental office for a bi-annual visit can include a number of services at your appointment. Your dentist will perform an x-ray typically once a year or every other visit, do a dental cleaning, and most importantly do an exam. The exam can reveal problems with your teeth and gums, and the most common being cavities. A cavity in a tooth can be problematic for many reasons. Cavities essentially are tooth decay and will get worse over time which will jeopardize not only the health of the tooth that has a cavity but those surrounding teeth as well.  A cavity filling is a top solution to correcting the issue.   Can Cavities Cause Teeth Pain? Some individuals can go years with a cavity and not have any symptoms. While others can develop enormous amounts of tooth sensitivity or have a toothache pain. Often the degree in which a person feels pain from a cavity is a direct relation to how bad and how deep the cavity is. For instance, once tooth decay has reached the inside of the
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This Week Burke Dental Is Proud To Feature a Local Business: The Stork Stop of Northern Virginia.

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The Stork Stop of Northern Virginia is a stork sign rental service in Annandale, VA. They also serve all of Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, including Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington, Burke, Clifton, Dunn Loring, Fairfax, Fairfax Station, Falls Church, Ft. Belvoir, Ft. Hunt, Ft. Meyer, Greenway, Lorton, McLean, Merrifield, Newington, Oakton, Potomac, Rockville, Springfield, Tyson's Corner, Vienna, West McLean, & Woodbridge. The Stork Stop VA is a full service sign company. They proudly rent stork signs and cupcake signs. Stork lawn sign rentals are perfect for baby showers, birth announcements, gender reveal parties, or pregnancy announcements! Their cupcake signs are perfect for birthday, anniversaries, graduations, retirements, and so much more! Each sign comes with a personalized placard that is yours to keep at the end of the rental. Need a sign for an extra special occasion? They also make engagement and graduation signs. They love collaborating with their custo
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Uses For Invisalign That You Might Not Know About

Almost everyone craves a great looking set of pearly whites that are completely straight. Advertising campaigns have made perfectly straight teeth the gold standard. The best ways to achieve those results is the help of an excellent orthodontist and Invisalign aligners. If you have heard about Invisalign you probably assume it’s sole purpose is to make teeth look better. But what you might not know is Invisalign can do more for individuals than correct misalignments with teeth. Let’s take a look at some problems Invisalign can solve as well as other benefits they provide.   Improve Speech or Phonetics Speech problems can sometimes be linked to teeth and their alignment. Gaps in front teeth can create a whistling effect when speaking as well as a slight lisp. Improving speech and phonetics with use of Invisalign has been a Hollywood secret for a long time. Actresses, Actors, and singers would use this orthodontic service to perfect or fine-tune their speaking or vocal abilities.  
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James Willis, DDS of Burke Dental Speaks Up for Public Safety

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  Fighting Illegal Dentistry Services in Fairfax County, Virginia Burke Dental wants to share our excitement. Dr. James Willis was in the news yesterday (in a good way)! Recently, there has been exposed illegal, unlicensed dentistry taking place in Fairfax County, VA. These "underground" operations are taking place in places like people's basements. People who go to these places are putting themselves at serious risk. One such person contracted a life-threatening, blood-borne disease from one of these places. As the president of the Northern Virginia Dental Society (NVDS) and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Dental Association (VDA), Dr. Willis wanted to get the word out to people in the area that they do not have to risk their health and safety to get dental care. This video report was shown during the 10 oclock news on DCW50 News. Have a look at what we are doing in the name of public safety and oral health! The news story " Local organiz
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Why Choosing The Right Dental Surgeon Is Crucial To Your Dental Implant’s Success

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Cost, materials, and styles are definitely important components of finding the right dental implant for you. However, patients often forget about how crucial finding the perfect dental health expert is to ensuring their implant's success. You might think that every dentist is the same and has the same qualifications because they went to dental school but that's not true. Each dental health professional is unique and brings individual skills to the table. They also come from different educational backgrounds and have varying levels of experience. Choosing the right dental surgeon to execute your dental implant surgery could mean the difference between implant failure and success. Continue reading for a full explanation as to why you need to carefully choose your dental implant surgeon. One reason you will definitely want to take care in choosing your dental surgeon is that there are different styles of implants and some dental health professionals might be more familiar wit
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