Healthy Smiles Blog
We believe that education is the foundation of a healthy, radiant smile. Explore our blog for expert tips and insights on dental health topics, including proper brushing and flossing techniques, preventing tooth decay, and much more.
Our mission is clear: to empower you with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions and enhance your oral health for a lifetime of confident smiles.
How Much Calcium Do We Need?
Calcium is an essential mineral for oral health. It helps your teeth fend off tooth decay and helps generate healthy bones. It does this by strengthening the jawbone, which holds the teeth in place...
When you have diabetes, your life changes, literally. High blood sugar levels affect how the rest of your body's cells work. For instance, problems with your white blood cells impair wound healing, making it slower...
Why do my teeth hurt when it's cold outside? Very cold weather can be damaging to the body, making our lips chapped, drying and cracking our skin, and even causing us to suffer from tooth pain or sensitivity. Many...
Whether due to coffee, smoking habits, or simply genetics, many folks have yellow teeth. However, a majority of these folks are not proud of it. While in-office treatments can provide beautiful results for whiter, brighter...
School’s been out for some time, but the back-to-school enthusiasm still remains. It’s a critical time, after all. In the month following the start of classes, your kids may be busy settling down and getting...
As parents, you want your kids to develop into healthy, strong adults. The same goes when it comes to their oral health. So you want to ensure that they develop good oral hygiene practices while...
Hawaii Family Dental Launches Careers Website
Hawaii’s Largest Dental Group Is Looking For New Talents To Join Its Family Of Dental Professionals Hawaii Family Dental continues to better itself and offer the most excellent services to its patients. Thus, it is...
Combined efforts can help solve Hawaii’s oral health problems, says HFD’s John Bower Watch the Henry Schein interview on Facebook. John Bower, the president of Hawaii Family Dental, called government institutions, dental providers, and stakeholders...
Hawaii needs to continue emphasizing proper and diligent oral hygiene, fluoride treatment, and dental visits to reduce the prevalence of cavities plaguing Hawaii's keiki. According to the State Health Department's oral health report in 2016,...
6 Ways to Get Ready for Metal Braces
Metal braces may pose challenges for some people. For example, you won't be able to chew gum anymore or floss. Here's a couple of ways you to get ready for wearing metal braces: #1 Getting...
Visiting a dentist is deemed as one of the most common jitters in today's contemporary world. The scent of the dental clinic, the frightening tools and appliances, and even the sounds at the dental clinic...
Gingivitis and Dental Implants
While a nice smile is something many people admire, tooth replacement options such like implants, bridges, and dentures are so much more than trying to get a beautiful set of teeth. They also pose other important purposes...
What Is Fluoride? This planet has a lot of fluorides, a mineral that is a component of sodium fluoride. However, the importance of its discovery wasn't until the 1930s. Since then, the American Medical Association...
People are aware that our teeth are quite essential for having a good smile, being able to speak well, and for chewing and eating. But we tend to overlook how truly special and valuable our...
“There is always that one summer that will change you.” And for sci-fi 80s fans, that summer might have been in 2016 when American entertainment company Netflix aired the first season of Stranger Things. It...
"You are what you eat" is true when it comes to your gums and teeth. Don't worry though! Here's your guide to healthy foods to eat. How Food affects Your Gums and Teeth Whenever...
Dental health isn’t built just by brushing your teeth every day. It also depends on the food you eat. This fact is especially true for children. Young kids tend to keep the diets they’ve had...
All tongues are unique in their own way. They vary in different ways, depending on who owns them. But while this is a fact of life, some tongues might look a little more diverse than...
How Long Do You Have To Wear Braces?
The length of time one will need to wear braces greatly relies on his or her circumstances. Generally, braces have to be worn roughly 18 months to two full years. There are some cases when...
Did you know that too much bacteria in your mouth can increase your chance of getting pancreatic cancer? Add a couple more statistics, and it becomes frightening: 40,000 people die from pancreatic cancer in the...
Dysgeusia, a condition affecting your sense of taste, is a common occurrence among pregnant women and those undergoing chemotherapy. In the first trimester of pregnancy, hormonal changes result in a metallic or sour taste even...
We’ve all heard it before, “drink more water”. But what are the benefits of drinking enough water? Is it really that important? Yes, it is! Here we will discuss why water is so essential to...
A dental X-Ray is crucial in helping to diagnose dental problems before they turn into serious, costly situations. Dental X-Rays allow the dentist to see conditions that are not visible by mere visual examination....
The field of dentistry has improved over the years. However, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that America's dental health is becoming worse despite advances in dentistry. More than 40 percent of adults feel...