The Importance of Dental Care

Dental care is the combination of activities with the aim of maintaining the health of your teeth, gums, and mouth. This involves regular brushing and flossing of your teeth, scheduled visits to your dentists for check-ups and a more intensive cleaning and eating a mouth-healthy diet.

Why is dental care important?

Apart from bestowing you with a dazzling smile and cast-iron confidence, good dental care is important for the following reasons:

• Stop the onset of Dental Issues: Basic oral hygiene like brushing at least two times a day and flossing daily is very effective in preventing tooth decay.

  Ignoring this simple routine maintenance can cause plaques to build up. Plaque left untreated after some time turns to tartar which can only be removed by extensive dental procedures.

  Routine dental check-ups are crucial to detecting nascent dental problems before they escalate to more serious diseases. Early detection of gum disease in its early stage, for example, enables it to be treated before it turns to gingivitis and tooth loss.

• Avoid Costly Dental Treatments: By observing basic dental care, you avoid tooth decay and gum diseases thereby reducing the need for fillings, implants and other expensive procedures.

  Since preventative dental care helps you to avoid serious dental issues, it goes without saying that you save hundreds of dollars by the simple task of brushing and/or regular dental visit for check-ups.

  Just compare the cost of a dental implant which requires two or more visits to the dentist for a routine dental check-up.

  The more complex and extensive a dental problem becomes; the more money and time will be needed to remedy it.

• Oral Health improves Overall Health: Although there has not been enough proof to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between gum disease and heart disease, stroke and pancreatic disease, research has shown that the presence of periodontal disease can increase the risk of heart disease and other systemic diseases.

  Good oral hygiene combined with regular check-ups can reduce your risk of developing heart disease and other dangerous complications.

Taking proper care of your teeth will not take up much time and it’s inexpensive. However, neglecting basic dental care could lead to a lifetime of expensive dental interventions and even more deadly; systemic health challenges.