Set This Important New Year’s Resolution with Your Dentist

January 1, 2019

Filed under: Uncategorized — drmitchell @ 4:09 pm
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Now that it’s officially 2019, have you made any resolutions? This time of year tends to promote positive health changes like exercise and diet. However, there’s part of your wellbeing you may be forgetting about: your oral health. Keep reading to learn why visiting your dentist regularly is one of the easiest resolutions you can make to keep your teeth healthy and your pocketbook full in 2019.

Your Oral and Overall Health

During this time of year, the main focus may be on your overall health, but did you know that your wellbeing has a link with your oral health? It’s true, dental issues like decay and gum disease are linked to higher risks of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and other disorders.

Additionally, studies show that those with a healthy smile are automatically perceived as younger, healthier, more successful, confident, and loyal. Keeping your smile looking and feeling good can have a big affect on your confidence and self-esteem.

The Importance of Regular Dental Visits for Your Health

Maintaining a good oral health routine by brushing and flossing is important, but seeing your dentist twice a year is vital to your health. These visits give your dentist an opportunity to prevent and detect any early signs of decay, cavities, gum disease, oral cancer, and more. Problems like cancer are often invisible to the untrained eye, which makes routine dental visits potentially life-saving.

Besides the checkup portion of these twice-a-year visits, you’ll also receive an expert cleaning. That way, you’ll leave the dentist’s office with a clean set of healthy pearly whites. Your dental hygienist can also provide helpful tips and tricks for maintaining good oral health while at home.

Dental Appointments and Your Pocketbook

Besides saving your health, appointments with your dentist can actually save you money. If you have insurance, preventive visits like checkups and cleanings are typically 100% covered so you won’t have to pay any money out-of-pocket. Because your dentist prevents more serious issues from occurring, they actually save you from more extensive and expensive procedures down the road. For example, untreated tooth decay can go from a simple filling to a costlier and more involved root canal.

Now that you know the importance of routine dental appointments, are you ready to make a healthy and beneficial resolution for the new year? Contact your dentist in Oklahoma City to get started on a great looking and feeling smile for 2019.

Meet the Dentist

A graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Dr. Bradley Mitchell is a highly-trained dentist who has a passion for providing quality care. He believes in patient education, which is why he wants you to know why routine dental appointments are important. He currently runs his own practice, and he can be contacted through is website or by phone at (405) 755-2670 for any questions.

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