#Dental caries

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Crescent City Smiles feels that the key to maintaining exceptional oral health is through understanding dental caries. More simply referred to as cavities, dental caries is an extremely common condition or disease occurring in patients of every age. Knowing the root, risk factors, symptoms, and treatment options may help you protect your smile and overall dental health.

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Causes & Treatment of Dental Caries | Prevention Tips Inside

Tooth decay, or cavities, is a common dental issue that causes pain and can lead to long-term oral health problems if not treated early.

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How to Stop Cavities? - Align Dental Care

Cavities, or tooth decay, occur when bacteria attack the enamel, leading to caries, toothaches, and infections. Fortunately, with proper care, you can prevent cavities from forming or worsening. This blog provides easy, actionable steps to help prevent cavities and keep your teeth healthy.

What Are Cavities?

Cavities are the holes in teeth caused by bacteria. When food, especially sugar or starch, is left on teeth, it turns into acid that erodes the enamel, creating cavities. This can lead to pain, infection, and even tooth loss.

How do Cavities Form?

Cavities develop through three phases:

Plaque Formation: Bacteria form plaque on teeth.

Acid Production: Sugary and starchy foods trigger bacteria to produce acid.

Enamel Damage: The acid erodes enamel, forming cavities.

Understanding this process helps in prevention.

How to Prevent Cavities?

Brush Regularly

Brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste to remove food particles and bacteria.

Use fluoride to strengthen enamel.

Brush for at least two minutes.

Replace your toothbrush every three months.

Floss Daily

Flossing cleans between teeth, where a toothbrush can't reach, preventing plaque and gum disease.

Healthy Eating Habits

Limit sugary and acidic foods that contribute to tooth decay.

Avoid sugary drinks and snacks.

Limit acidic foods like citrus fruits.

Eat calcium-rich foods like dairy and leafy greens to strengthen enamel.

Additional Dental Hygiene Tips

Use Mouthwash

Fluoride mouthwash helps protect enamel and remove food particles missed by brushing and flossing.

Chew Sugar-Free Gum

Chewing sugar-free gum after meals increases saliva flow, helping to clean teeth and neutralize acids.

Regular Dental Checkups

Visit the dentist twice a year for cleanings and early detection of cavities. Early treatment prevents more serious issues.

Treating Small Cavities Early

Fluoride treatments can help remineralize enamel in the early stages of a cavity. Dental sealants provide long-lasting protection by sealing teeth from bacteria and acid.

Final Thoughts

Preventing cavities is simpler than treating them. Regular dental care, a healthy diet, and routine checkups will keep your teeth healthy and cavity-free. Prevention is always better than cure.

To know more information, click: https://www.aligndentalcare.lk/how-to-stop-cavities/

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Swallowing These Bacteria Could Be Better Than Dental Implants

Imagine fixing all your dental problems—bleeding gums, tooth decay, bad breath, and cavities—without expensive dental treatments or painful procedures. A groundbreaking discovery by a Harvard scientist suggests that it’s possible. A newly identified type of bacteria, when swallowed, could reconstruct your enamel and solve a host of dental issues in one simple step. It may sound unbelievable, but…

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Learn about childhood caries symptoms and discover effective prevention tips to safeguard your child's oral health. Stay informed for a cavity-free and healthy smile from an early age.

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ABSCESS TOOTH SYMPTOMS: CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT

Discover the common abcess tooth symptoms and learn how to recognize the warning signs of a dental abscess. This comprehensive article provides valuab

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Anniversary

Steve Harrington x female!reader

You and Steve celebrate your one year anniversary.

Warnings: pet names (Honey), p in v, creampie, cum play, breeding kink (not really but I'm adding it just in case)

18+only

You could hardly tear your eyes from Steve. He had worked all day and had just come home. He had changed into some shorts and his red sweater. His hair was falling slightly into his face, causing him to run his hand up and back through his hair.

Steve looked no different then any other day, but in this moment, even with the tiredness seeping through his bones, you could feel the love radiating off him as he smiled at you. The adoration in his gaze filled you with warmth.

You scoot closer to him on the couch, his arm absently going to the top of the couch so you could get closer. You move so close your thighs are flush against each other. You lean your ear against his chest, hearing his steady heart beat.

Steady. That's what Steve is. Reliable. Strong. Always there for you. One year together, and you couldn't imagine life without him. You both had to work today, unfortunately, so you decided to celebrate your one year anniversary tomorrow.

"What are you thinking Honey?" Steve gently trailed his fingers up and down your arm. "Kinda want to give you your present today." You mumble, turning your face more into his chest. You inhale deeply, the scent of Steve's cologne mixed with his sweat being so tantalizing. It was Steve. You wanted to bottle that smell.

Steve's chest vibrates as he chuckles," I thought we weren't getting gifts?" You shrug slightly. You don't even care if he didn't get you one, you wanted to get Steve something. You could buy every item in the mall and it still wouldn't be enough to show him how much you loved him.

"Want to exchange gifts tonight?" Steve asks softly. You pull back to look into his eyes," I thought we weren't exchanging gifts?" Steve's face flushes as he gives you a shy grin," Well i couldn't not get something for my best girl."

"Best girl?" You raise an eyebrow," Better be your only girl." Steve blinks and smiles," You're the only girl, Honey. The best and most beautiful the-" you duck your head as Steve scoffs," You are stop it! You're beautiful and amazing, you are my only girl. You're it for me."

Your heart flutters in your chest and you can't stop the smile that spreads across your face. Steve lightly taps your ass to signal for you to move. You sit up and he grins at you.

Steve slaps his knees before standing up," Well, alright then." He motions for you to follow and you stand quickly.

You waddle after him and the image of a chick following a mother hen pops into your head. You giggle slightly as Steve looks back over his shoulder at you. "Watcha laughing about?" He asks and you shake your head in response. He smiles softly and reaches back with his hand, grabbing yours and interlocking your fingers.

He leads you into the bedroom and drops your hand to open the dresser and start rifling through it. You lightly kick the door shut as Steve searches under socks and underwear for the gift.

You go over to the closet to grab his gift. You can't help but start to bite your lip from nerves. What if he doesn't like it? What if it isn't good enough? You had spent hours trying to find it but-

"Enough of that now, Honey," Steve murmurs as his thumb drags your bottom lip out from beneath your teeth. You inhale sharply from shock, not expecting him to have been so close. You turn and stare into his warm eyes. Steve's thumb lingers on your lip for a second longer before he slowly draws his hand away.

You push the rectangular box into his chest, his hand coming up reflexively to catch the gift. Your hand drifts off the package onto his pec, fingers flexing slightly snd squeezing. Steve smirks eyes trailing up and down your form. You clear your throat and tap the gift," Happy anniversary, Babe."

Steve beams at you and hands you a small square box," Happy anniversary, Honey. Here's to many more." You giggle elatedly and take the small box.

He shakes his gift, as if it would give him a clue to what is inside. Steve can't help but half laugh at your amused expression. He loves seeing you smile and would do anything to make you happy. He carefully opens the gift, folding the paper to use again later. The lid slides off the box to reveal a hockey jersey.

Steve's eyes light up, "Holy shit!" "You know how hard it is to find these jerseys in the middle of Indiana?" You tease as you watch him hold it up to himself. Steve is rambling excitedly about the player as he runs his hand over the number. The statistics fly over your head, but you are glad he liked your gift. You look down at your own present.

You tear open the carefully wrapped box, definitely wrapped better than yours. Ripped wrapping paper falls on the ground in pieces. You lift the lid on your box, tossing it somewhere behind you. Inside is a silver chain with the letter S on it. "Wanted everyone to know you're my girl." Steve takes the necklace out and motions for you to turn around.

You do so and feel the coolness of the chain lay across your neck. Steve fumbles connecting the chain for second, mumbling about how small the chain is, before getting it latched. He walks around you and stares at the S that sits above your chest. "Beautiful." He mumbles before looking into your eyes.

"Guess I'll have to get you a ring so everyone knows you're mine." You hands slide up his shoulders and land behind his neck. Steve blushes slightly as he grins wildly at you," Not if I get you one first."

Steve leans in slowly, lips barely brushing yours. A shaky exhale from either or both of you occurs before your lips meet. Soft and sweet.

It soon turns more frantic. Soft and sweet becomes passion and lust. Hands roam, tongues sweeping into each other's mouths, teeth lightly clashing.

The back of your legs hits the bed, you weren't even aware of Steve moving the two of you. You pull away long enough to discard your clothes, throwing them haphazardly on the floor. Steve trips trying to take off his boxers, falling face first onto the bed. He grumbles as he turns around, but all grumbling stops as you climb atop his lap.

Steve's hands automatically grab onto your hips, pulling you closer to him. You lean over him, holding yourself up with one hand as the other threads through his chest hair. Steve licks his lips as he eyes your bare breasts.

You grind slowly against Steve, feeling the veins on the outside of his cock rub against your folds. The tip of his cock rubbing against your clit in just the right way. Steve's hands grab and knead your ass as his eyes focus on the S of your necklace swaying against your breasts with every roll of your hips.

"Oh fuck me," Steve groans, darting his head forward to kiss and lick at your chest. You gasp in surprise and try not to moan at the feeling. Every one of your senses feels alight. Steve trails kisses up to your neck, leaving an open mouth kiss pressed against you. You can feel the warmth of his tongue collide with the cool of the necklace.

You aren't sure how long has passed, it could be five minutes or fifty, but you can feel the pressure building. Steve doesn't stop kissing, licking, and sucking on every inch of skin he can reach.

Stars alight behind your eyes as your hips spasm. You can feel your muscles tense and relax, the feeling of immense pleasure rushing over you. You aren't sure if you said his name or just moaned, but Steve's murmurs of praise fill your ears.

When the orgasm subsides, you can feel your release dripping down your thighs. Steve slowly rolls the two of you over, him propped up above you. "Did so good for me," Steve murmurs, kissing you lightly. Steve reaches over to the nightstand to grab a condom but you stop him and pull him back in for another kiss.

"I loved the present you gave me earlier," you mumble against his lips, pulling back slightly. Steve beams down at you, fingers trailing lightly down your face. "But it isn't what I wanted," you add, blinking up at Steve. Steve frowns slightly, brows furrowed. "Shit, did you ask for something and I forgo-"

"No." You smile, hand trailing up and down his lower abdomen, dangerously close to his dick. He shivers slightly at the feeling," then uh what was it you wanted? I'll go get it. Promise, anything you want I'll give you." Your grin turns slightly wicked as you slide your hands around to his ass, "I want to fuck you without a condom. Your cum. Inside me."

Steve groans and drops his head to your shoulder, faltering and pressing all his weight into you. His head burrows into your neck. His voice hitches," Fuck." You feel his dick twitch before a warmth spurts onto your abdomen. Steve moans as his hips stutter forward. You blink in shock before the realization hits.

"Did you just-" you look down as if you could see through Steve's body to your stomach. Steve whimpers slightly, nodding his head into your neck. "Sorry fuck sorry" Steve presses kisses into your neck with each word. Your hand trails up and down his spine, mind reeling.

You knew Steve would like the suggestion. You weren't expecting him to come just from saying it though. It was...kind of hot. The fact that he was so into you the thought of it alone sent him over the edge?

You shifted slightly under his weight as you felt that needy feeling appear again. Steve pulls his head back and gives you a pout," Fuck i wasn't expecting that. You can't just say shit like that." Steve props himself up and hovers over you, both of you looking at the evidence of his excitement smeared across your abdomen.

Steve sat up so he was kneeling between your legs. "What did you say you wanted?" Steve scooped some of the cum onto two of his fingers," My cum inside you?" Steve trailed his fingers down and slowly pushed into your weeping hole.

You moan at the feeling of his big fingers filling you up. It also felt slightly dirty, Steve fingering his cum into you. It was taboo, but so hot, you could feel yourself get wetter. Steve thrusts his fingers in and out, slowly at first before speeding up. He crooks his finger to hit that spot in you. You gasp as you buck your hips to meet his thrusts.

You grab his wrist haltering his movements, "Can you-? Are you?" You look down at his half hard cock," Need you." Steve swallows and nods, removing his fingers making you frown at the loss. Steve's fingers are coated in both of your releases, glistening in the light. He strokes his cock a few times, it hardening with each stroke.

"You look so good like this," Steve murmurs, leaning back over you. The tip of his dick catches against your hole, causing you both to inhale sharply.

You can feel every vein, every ridge, as he slowly slides into you. Steve's brow furrows as his mouth falls open," Oh shit- can't believe you're- fuck." Steve moans slightly as he bottoms out.

He pauses only for a second before setting a brutal pace, fast and hard. Each thrust has you gasping. "Gonna fuck you so good. Gonna fill you up." Steve moans into your ear as he nips at your neck.

Each thrusts hits just right. Your breath catches, your heart beating wildly. The love and adoration in the room overflows, so sickly sweet. "I love you," you gasp into Steve's mouth as you kiss him. Steve groans into the kiss, licking deep into your mouth.

Your body shakes as you come undone. Your vision fades to black and the only thought you can think is Steve. Euphoria from every angle, pleasure alighting every nerve in your body.

Steve moans as he feels you clench around him. He picks up his pace slightly before he comes. You can feel the thick ropes of his release paint your insides. You half whine half moan at the feeling.

Steve's chest rubs against you with his labored breaths. He rests his weight on his forearms so he isnt pressed against you- not that you would have minded. "Did i say it back?" Steve asks causing you to blink up st him. His hair has flopped onto his forehead, stuck there from the sweat, "I love you too."

Steve slowly pulls out, eyes widening as he watches your combined releases slowly leak out of your hole. He licks his lips and lightly pats your thigh before getting up to grab a washcloth from the attached bath. He returns and cleans you up before laying down next to you.

"I love you so much," Steve wraps his arms around you," Definitely need to go look for a ring." You chuckle slightly and look up at him," Not if I find one first."

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i have a fresh teastain on one of my front teeth and i'm trying something new called "focusing the full brunt of a sonic toothbrush on it for 20 seconds at a time" and wowee zowee it's getting smaller every day. fuck a whitestrip, you should just blast the fuck out of your teeth every night.*

*this activity may lead to unrecoverable enamel loss. the blogger does not condone this activity nor do they recommend it. please speak with your dental professional before performing any dental task outside of standard brushing and flossing. this disclaimer applicable to all statements made regarding dental activities.

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Fun facts

Tagged by @a-freemaniac to share a fun fact about myself...

I am in the approx. 8% of US-American adults who have never had a cavity. (Counting myself as USA because it's where I grew up.)

Have a fun fact about yourself? Feel free to share and tag me!

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Friendly neighborhood RDA here to tell you that it doesn't even need to be a GOOD brush! I will take a half assed 30 second brush over no brush at all, and if you can only work up the spoons to brush once a day PLEASE make it a nighttime brush! That's the most important one!! Your saliva production goes way down when you sleep and that's when you're most susceptible to getting cavities! And PLEASE, if you can, go to the dentist regularly for cleanings and X-rays and preventative care! Dental insurance is WAY cheaper than health insurance and paying for a couple cleanings a year and an exam with X-rays is way cheaper than paying for a root canal or extractions

Listen, I know dentists are scary and a lot of you had terrible experiences as a kid but I promise you, good dental professionals aren't judging you, and you are more than welcome to change offices if you don't feel like you're getting the proper care at your current one

to all the depressed teens out there not brushing your teeth FUCKING BRUSH THEM i promise you i promise you i promise you i promise you look at me i promise you my heart my liver my lungs that you’re gonna thank yourself later. Just once a day even. Please

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Learn how to protect your baby s teeth from decay with these essential tricks From bottle hygiene to feeding practices, discover everything you need to know to ensure a healthy and happy smile for your little one.

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A bright smile is a great way to boost your confidence. However, professional natural teeth whitening treatments can be costly, and many store-bought products contain chemicals that may be harsh on your teeth. Fortunately, there’s a natural and budget-friendly alternative: baking soda. Also known as sodium bicarbonate, baking soda is a common household item that can help with teeth whitening. It’s mildly abrasive, which allows it to remove surface stains from your teeth.

How to Use Baking Soda for Natural Teeth Whitening

Step 1: Gather Your Supplies You’ll need:

Food-grade baking soda

Water

A small bowl

A soft-bristled toothbrush

Step 2: Make the Paste Mix one tablespoon of baking soda with a small amount of water until it forms a paste.

Step 3: Apply and Brush Dip your toothbrush into the paste and brush your teeth in gentle, circular motions.

Step 4: Wait and Rinse Let the paste sit on your teeth for around two minutes, then rinse thoroughly with water.

Brushing Tips with Baking Soda

Be gentle: Baking soda is more abrasive than regular toothpaste, so apply minimal pressure while brushing.

Target stains: Focus on areas where discoloration is more noticeable.

Limit use: Avoid using baking soda more than two times a week to prevent enamel damage.

Follow up with regular toothpaste: After rinsing, brush with fluoride toothpaste for fresh breath and added protection.

Using baking soda to whiten your teeth is a safe, natural method to brighten your smile without the harsh effects of chemical treatments. Its mild abrasive properties help remove surface stains while protecting your enamel. For best results, maintain good oral hygiene and consult your dentist to ensure this method fits your dental needs, helping you achieve a healthy, radiant smile naturally.