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Gum & Tooth Abscess Home Remedies: What Works & What Doesn’t

Ask The Dentist

Painkillers. Acupressure/acupuncture. Tea bags. Benzocaine. Essential oils. Cold compress. Wedge pillow. Saltwater rinse. Baking soda. Oil pulling. Remedies to avoid. Gum vs. tooth abscess. When to see a dentist. Prevention. A dental abscess can cause excruciating tooth pain. While your dentist is the only one who can fix an abscess, several home remedies can offer fast, short-term pain relief.

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Dental Marketing | The Social 7

Identity Dental

Post consistently, at least once per week. Include strategic hashtags & visually appealing graphics. Interact with our viewers by replying and liking comments. Publish multiple social media platforms. Encourage interaction by posting questions or polls. Avoid posting controversial content. Most importantly – be true to you!

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Are Your Recovery Fundamentals in Order?

Dental Peers

By this time, our practices have been re-opened at various levels for a while now. We may be used to some of the new procedures we have had to adopt and which may be with us for a while. Still, looking over an empty waiting room while wondering how this will all work when winter arrives may be puzzling to a number of us. The good news is many offices reported being busier than they expected when they re-opened.

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5 Orthodontic Marketing Ideas You Can Do This Month

My Social Practice

If your practice is not utilizing social media in your orthodontic marketing, you are missing out on significant growth opportunities. Traditional orthodontic marketing just isn’t cutting it in today’s digital world. Almost 80% percent of patients research a practice online before calling to make an appointment. So, what does that mean for your orthodontic practice?

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How 1 Dentist Converted 3x More New Patients Through Her Website

Firegang

Dentists spend thousands on their website design, often feeling the end product doesn't properly capture their dental practice or high-quality services. In most cases, these dentists are correct: there is more you can do to capture the value of your practice. But making changes to your website is risky, so read on to learn how to measure your website performance and take a look at one of the highest-converting dental websites in the industry.

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Contactless Patient Intake

We Speak Dental

Contact-Free Patient Intake. Boost Productivity with Online Forms through your Automated Patient Messaging. It’s easy to save your practice significant time and money by streamlining patient registrations and automating patient communications. This will reduce front desk administrative workload – seamlessly reminding patients to pre-register and providing them with critical procedural instructions prior to consults, minimizing failed appointments and no-shows.

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Benefits Of Going Paperless During A Pandemic

Logic Tech Corp

Many of us have started to find our new normal since the pandemic has started. Frequent hand-washing, sanitizing work areas and wearing masks and gloves are just part of a normal day. The only thing left is to figure out if the office has explored all options to minimize the risk of transmission so that patients and staff are kept safe. One of the options is to go paperless to reduce the paper usage.

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How to Survive Cold and Flu Season with Invisalign

Friendswood Dental Blog

If you have Invisalign, you know how important it is to take care of your aligners by cleaning and handling them properly. This is especially important during cold and flu season. Just because you’re on a path towards a straighter smile doesn’t mean that you need to risk your oral and physical health. Read on for some tips on how to handle your Invisalign treatment during the approaching season.

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Don't Eat 'Motorized' Corn on the Cob and Other Dental Safety Tips

Coshocton Dental

We're all tempted occasionally to use our teeth in ways that might risk damage. Hopefully, though, you've never considered anything close to what singer, songwriter and now social media persona Jason Derulo recently tried in a TikTok video—attempting to eat corn on the cob spinning on a power drill. The end result seemed to be a couple of broken front teeth, although many of his followers suspected an elaborate prank.

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Recessed Gums Could Endanger Your Teeth

Jeannie Chung DDS

A "toothy grin" might be endearing, but not necessarily healthy. More of the teeth showing may mean your gums have pulled back or receded from the teeth. If so, it's not just your smile that suffers—the parts of teeth protected by the gums could become more susceptible to disease. There are a number of causes for gum recession. Some people are more likely to experience it because of genetically thinner gum tissues.