Recently, we had the chance to connect with Dr. Travis Stork, co-host of CBS' popular morning show "The Doctors." I sent Dr. Stork a list of questions, and he sent us a video response in return, as part of his work with Crest. (Isn't technology helpful?) I was pleasantly surprised by how much he covered during the five-minute video. He told us about some of the worst foods for your teeth, how to improve your oral health--and more! Watch the video! How do you keep your mouth and smile in tip-top shape?
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The video doesn't work November 2017. Report
I am one of those people dentist's love to see (not!).
At 65, I've only had two cavities - both in wisdom teeth, and I solved that problem (and a crowded mouth of teeth) by having them pulled.
I've also never had gingivitis.
Both my Mom and Dad lost their teeth before they were forty, so inheriting good genes seems a bit unlikely. I grew up in an area that had naturally fluoridated water and milk was a beverage I would drink as a teen - probably 6-8 glasses a day.
My younger brother has teeth like mine but my sister inherited Mom and Dads genes and she was never a great lover of milk.
I brush my teeth once a day, most of the time, and floss once or twice a month. I know I'm extraordinarily lucky. I'm sure a great deal of it has to do with the consumption of milk as I was growing up, even today I drink at least two cups of skim milk every day.
I've also never had a single broken bone. Strains, sprains dislocations and torn muscles - I've had all that. When I asked my doctor, I was told that my bones are probably so hard my joints and muscles give first. Report
I make sure I to get a check up and cleaning twice per year, it's especially important to me because I am taking bone drugs for stage IV breast cancer, and one of the possible side effects is osteonecrosis of the jaw, and that risk goes up with any kind of invasive dental work. So I have to keep my teeth in tip top shape to avoid having to have any type of surgery done to my teeth. Report
I keep my mouth in tip top shape but wish plastic filling technology could make them held as long as old fillings did..
The vanity white doesn't hold and is more expensive than metal fillings.. I still have many of my childhood fillings in good condtion and my dentist only replaces them if they fall out or new decay turns up..
I think it is dawning on him, I am back once a year to have my front teeth technically replaced and the utter pain of injections..
Screw in teeth is looking better for every round of pain I suffer replacing plastic.. Are there any side effects of swallowing plastic fillings? The primer or what ever they use to coat the surface before the plastic is applied tastes fowl.. Report
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