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While we all enjoy junk food or things that aren’t good for us there are certain foods our dentists would like us to avoid more than others. These are 5 of those foods:

1. Foods High in Sugars: Sugary foods start a food frenzy of sorts in your mouth. Excessive amounts of sugar can cause tooth decay. However, that doesn’t stop the average Canadian, for example, from consuming more than 40kg of sugar per year for the average person. Almost every food we eat has some form of sugar in it but avoiding the foods highest in sugar on most occasions can help at least keep the amount of sugar we ingest a little more reasonable than it would be if we just ate anything freely. Be aware of what you are eating and try to avoid foods with added extra sugar when possible.
2. Stickiest Foods: Avoid foods that are stickier in nature when possible. These foods also coincidentally seem to be quite high in sugar in most cases. These foods also stick to your teeth longer and allow the sugars within them to decay your teeth more rapidly than when foods don’t stick to your teeth. Try to eat sticky foods before you are going to eat something else to allow the latter to wash the stickiness away so the food doesn’t stick to your teeth and cause further decay of your teeth.
3. Highly Acidic Foods: Any food or drink high in acid should be consumed in moderation. This includes foods like citrus fruits, pickles, fruit juices, red wine, or pop. Over time these foods and drinks chew away at your tooth enamel and can leave your actual tooth susceptible to decay and rot as well as cavities. After eating/drinking something acidic just drink some water or chew sugarless gum to help rinse your mouth out and not let het acid stay there too long.
4. Foods Low in Nutritional Values: Most foods low in nutritional values are high in sugars and other unhealthy things that are likely to not help your oral health. The occasional treat is fine and probably unlikely to harm your teeth, however oral health included like the rest of your body make most food choices you eat something nutritious when possible.
5. Supersized Foods: These foods can actually injure your jaws. Foods so unnaturally huge or large that you can hardly bite around them can cause strain to the muscles in the jaw just trying to get them in your mouth. This includes huge, thick sandwiches or the like. This is called temporomandibular joint dysfunction when the jaw is temporarily disabled due to being stretched too far. Enjoy such foods by dismantling before eating.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about us visit us here or call us 909-465-1016.

The Ramona Dentistry Team

“Where Family Comes First”

Have you ever been sitting there doing your work or talking to someone and ask yourself, “What is that horrendous smell?” only a moment later to realize that putrid odor is your breath! Worry not we have all done that, but that doesn’t make it any less embarrassing for sure. There is more you can do than suck on mints or chew sugarless gum. Some foods actually help you get rid of bad breath. Munching these 7 foods listed below can help:

1. Parsley: Parsley can provide a fresher odor to your breath similar to basil or rosemary. Especially when you are eating a dish heavy in spices like garlic consider adding some parsley to balance out the mix and save you from putrid breath. When you get parsley on the side of a dish at a restaurant, set it aside and eat it at the end of the meal to keep your breath from knocking out the next person you talk to!
2. Lemons: Sucking on a lemon wedge or chewing a bit of lemon rind can help freshen breath. Adding lemon to your water can have the same effect. The Vitamin C in lemons also helps banish bad breath.
3. Fresh Mint: It’s what mints are made of need we say more?
4. Yogurt: Eating yogurt as part of your daily diet helps reduce the levels of hydrogen sulfide which is a key compound in what helps cause bad breath. The key is making sure it’s unsweet plain yogurt.
5. Apples: An apple a day can help keep the bad breath away. It’s a crunchy fruit which helps the mouth produce more saliva to stave off the putrid odor and helps cleanse your mouth.
6. Cinnamon: Cinnamon can help freshen your breath and it can help provide you with better oral bacteria.
7. Berries: Beyond their antioxidant powder they can help clean the mouth and ward off bad breath.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about us visit us here or call us 909-465-1016.

The Ramona Dentistry Team

“Where Family Comes First”

7 Tips of Overcoming Fears of Dentists:

Many people fear dentists, and for many different reasons. Here at Ramona Dental of Chino we are here to try to make your stay comfortable as possible as not going to get the dental work you need don’t now can result in a lot of extra pain both physically and financially in the future. The following are 7 tips that can help you with overcoming dental fears:

1. Manage Your Own Pain: Acknowledge that you have a right to not feel any pain after the initial Novocain shot. If you metabolize the Novocain shots rapidly tell your dentist that you are feeling anything. They can reapply more Novocain. Remember tell your doctor if you are feeling uncomfortable. Any dentist who is worthy of being a dentist is not comfortable if the patient is uncomfortable.
2. Close Your Eyes: The dentist is doing the work it’s not like you need to see anything even coming or happening. Close your eyes and relax. Breath deep. If you don’t see it coming then it can’t allow you to build up the anticipation that makes it so bad that you don’t let it happen.
3. Pay Attention to Your Body: If your entire body is clenched and tense, focus on starting at the top or bottom and moving the tension throughout your body specifically. Start at the head and clench the muscles as you move down your body. Focusing on your body will take your attention off of the incoming, pending shot or injection you are fearing.
4. Wear Headphones: Listening to music can help provide a distraction of the upcoming dental work. It can also drown out sounds of the dentist preparing things that you fear like the injection. Listening to music also helps people stay calmer and you won’t even expect the upcoming injection. Ask your doctor to squeeze your hand if they need anything so you can drown out the room while all the excitement is happening.
5. Find an Escape: ask your dentist to bring a picture or poster of your most soothing place if there is not one hanging on the wall already. Bring a poster or wall decoration you want to stare at while your procedure is done. Sticky tack will suffice to keep the piece on the wall so you don’t have to put a hole in the wall permanently. Stare at that and drift off into a better place while the dentist does their job.
6. Care for Yourself: When you go home follow the dentists’ instructions to keep the pain minimal.  Apply ice frequently as recommended to keep swelling down. Take pain medicine to help keep the pain from becoming too much. Follow a soft food or liquid diet if the dentist recommends it till you are no longer in pain and can eat normal foods.
7. Let Yourself Relax: For major dental work don’t feel you have to return to work the same day. Feel free to go home, relax, watch a movie, read a magazine, and just let yourself recover. Also, don’t eat foods that will irritate the work that was done.

 This should help make your dental experiences a little more positive than they have been in the past.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about us visit us here or call us 909-465-1016.

The Ramona Dentistry Team

“Where Family Comes First”