eNewsletter - Danforth Neighbourhood Dental Centre

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Here is the weather that many around our office have been waiting for!

While we encourage you to get outside and enjoy these gorgeous days, we also remind you to wear sunscreen and stretch before any activity. If your job finds you at a desk for the majority of the day take five minutes today and search for 'stretches you can do at your desk'. Stretching will improve your flexibility and circulation as well as alleviate some of your daily stress.

Drink plenty of water, especially during these summer months!

Chances are you are currently not getting enough water in your day. You should keep a glass of water at your desk and drink it throughout the day. Refilling your glass will give you a reason to take a break every hour or so. Drinking water helps to properly hydrate you, cleanse your body and rinse bacteria from your mouth as you drink!

Remember to share your summer travel photos with us. We may even use them in upcoming issues of our newsletter.

Taste of the Danforth brings thousands of people down to the Danforth. We will be handing out beachballs at the festival so we would like to invite our patients to come down and visit us! August 7th - 9th.

The office will be closed on Monday August 3rd for the Civic Holiday and we will resume regular office hours on Tuesday August 4th at 9:00am.

If you have any dental emergency on this day please call the Dental Emergency Clinic at 416-485-7121.

If you know of someone who would benefit from our dental services, please let us know. We truly appreciate your confidence and your referrals!

There you are, it's Saturday morning and you have the whole day ahead of you. You roll over and look at your better half and decide to give them a good morning kiss.

But wait!!! What's been brewing in your mouth over night?

Here's a question – if we floss and brush before we go to bed and settle down to sleep with a fresh mouth every night, why is it that just mere hours later, we wake up with dreaded "morning breath"?

It's in our water, our toothpaste and we are even treated with it when we visit the dentist, but what exactly is fluoride?

Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that is found in the earths crust and throughout nature. Fluoride is used widely in dentistry to combat tooth decay. It does this in three ways:

Fluoride aids in the remineralization of your teeth – this is the process that replenishes the calcium and phosphorous that keeps your teeth hard.
Fluoride makes the tooth more resistant to the formation of tooth decay.
Fluoride inhibits oral bacteria's ability to create acids.

Consuming the small amount that is often added in public drinking water has been shown to reduce your risk of tooth decay.

If you have any questions or concerns about fluoride ask us on your next visit, we'd be pleased to answer them.