You’re relaxing on the couch and watching a movie one night. By the time the film is over, it’s so late that you just plop down on your bed. You’re about to drift off into dreamland when you realize that you forgot to soak your dentures. While it might be tempting to just fall asleep with them still in your mouth, soaking dentures overnight is much more beneficial. Here are four reasons why.

After suffering from an annoying toothache for several days, you finally saw your dentist. They examined your mouth and said that in order to save your tooth, you’ll need to get a root canal. Curious to learn more about this procedure, you search for it online, only to find horror story after horror story. By far the most pervasive idea about root canal therapy is that it hurts. Searching for “are root canals painful?” brings up mixed results. To set the record straight, we’ve decided to answer that question in this blog post.

As far as social habits go, smoking is by one of the most dangerous. It damages virtually every single one of your organs, and in the United States, it’s the most common preventable cause of early disease and death. Quitting smoking may be difficult, but as any dentist will tell you, the benefits are well worth the effort. For example, you won’t suffer from dry mouth nearly as often. Dry mouth might seem like a mild annoyance, but it can harm your mouth to the point that you lose your teeth! Keep reading below to learn how.