Prevent Tooth Decay and Gum Disease - How To Save Your Teeth And Your Health - Couverture souple

Smith, Alicia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1479375004 ISBN 13 : 9781479375004

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

You brush. You floss. You see your dentist. So why do the cavities keep coming?

The answer isn't what most people think — and it isn't what most dental advice will tell you.

Gum disease and tooth decay affect roughly 8 out of 10 American adults. Worse, they've been linked in peer-reviewed research to heart disease, diabetes, dementia, stroke, and chronic infections that can shorten your life by years. Yet the standard advice — brush twice a day, floss, see your dentist every six months — leaves out the actual biology of how teeth defend themselves, and how that defense gets switched off.

This book explains what's missing.

Here's what conventional dental advice leaves out:

• The biological process inside healthy teeth that prevents decay — and the everyday habit that almost certainly shuts it down
• Why bacteria are a symptom of decay, not the cause — and what really drives cavities and gum disease
• The specific times when brushing your teeth does more harm than good
• How common foods and drinks dissolve your enamel in real time, and the simple post-meal step that protects it (hint: it's not brushing)
• A complete at-home cleaning, scaling, and irrigation routine using inexpensive supplies — designed to reach the bacterial colonies below your gum line that brushing alone can never touch
• How dental fillings, crowns, and root canals actually affect your long-term health — and how to make better decisions when you need them
• The full fluoride debate, both sides, with sources — so you can decide for yourself and your family
• How understanding the real causes of dental disease can save you thousands of dollars in future dental work

Your dental health and your overall health are connected far more closely than you've been told. The knowledge in this book can change both — for the better, and for decades.

Protect your teeth. Protect your health. Stop paying to fix what you could prevent.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1479375004
• ISBN 13: 9781479375004
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 118
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg