4 Risks You Face When Not Taking Care Of Your Smile

Taking care of your smile is important to ensuring, not only your dental health but, your physical health as well. Brushing and flossing is only the start to making sure that your smile will last a lifetime. It is also critically important that you visit the dentist on a regular basis. Visiting your dentist can provide an opportunity for your cosmetic dental team to fix any problems right away. Here are 4 risks you run when not taking care of your smile: 

1. Losing your teeth. Once a tooth has to be pulled you are more likely to lose other teeth. Further damage once a tooth is lost includes your arch caving in and your cheeks will sink in. Your teeth will also move together to cover up the spot of the missing tooth. 

2. Decreased overall health. It may be difficult to consume food you love or that is healthy due to dental pain, problems or missing teeth. 

3. Depression. You may find that you do not enjoy smiling if you do not love your smile. As you smile less, it is more likely that you will develop symptoms of sadness or depression. 

4. Recent studies have also found a link between Pneumonia and dental bacteria. 

We want to make sure you always have a healthy smile you love to show off to friends and family and that keeps you moving forward in your life. For more information on how to keep your smile healthy, contact Dr. Judy Strutz and her team.

Is Your Life Passing You By?

Do you spend countless hours at night tossing and turning? Trying to get comfortable only to be woken up by your sleep apnea? Or do you wake up feeling tired, even though you slept 8 or 9 hours? Sleep apnea is not something that is just in your head, it is a real thing that can be impacting your life negatively. You may feel that everyone is passing you by and you are sitting on the train still confused. Sleep apnea can cause you to feel that you cannot keep up, cause you to be depressed or unable to complete tasks you used to do easily.

No more! Today is the day you can take your life back and re-join the world. A simple visit to Dr. Strutz and her team can have you fitted for a dental appliance contoured and fit for your mouth specifically. No bulky machine that requires you to plug it in at night. One simple dental appliance that can open up your jaw and prevent you from being impacted by the negatives of sleep apnea.

For more information on dental appliances for sleep apnea contact Dr. Strutz and her team today, and live a better life tomorrow.

Sleep Apnea Can Take Your Life

While sleep apnea can feel like a slowing down, it is in fact slowly taking your life way - a little each day. You can get help now. You may not feel, at first, the negative effect of sleep apnea but left untreated sleep apnea can cause multiple negative effects and, ultimately, it can cause death.

Doctors, including Dr. Judy Strutz may have already told you how important sleep is. Sleep is necessary. Do you lie there night after night, falling asleep only to wake up in the morning and still feel exhausted? You may be waking up several times each night in order to catch your breath – many times people are unaware of the significance of this and the damage it may be doing to your heart. Lack of sleep can cause day time drowsiness, falling asleep at work, depression, and problems with relationships.

Sleep apnea can also cause high blood pressure. If you are already susceptible to high blood pressure as you wake up throughout the night, it can cause extreme stress which can raise your blood pressure even higher.  The oxygen in your blood also decreases as you continue to wake up through the night, causing an even greater risk.

Sleep apnea, left untreated can also cause weight gain that is difficult to lose. Over time your body, as it becomes stressed, may hold onto the extra pounds.

For more information on sleep apnea and for treatment options contact, Dr. Strutz and her team today.

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

It can be incredibly difficult to determine if you are getting enough sleep or if you are one of the millions impacted by sleep apnea. While there are several app’s that can be utilized in order to analyze your sleep, you can also take this short quiz if you think that you may have sleep apnea. If you answer yes to four out of five questions, you might want to consider scheduling an appointment with Dr. Judy Strutz for sleep apnea help today.

1.     Do you feel tired after you wake up? Often people report that they feel overly tired when they wake up. They may yawn or feel the need to drink more coffee and caffeinated beverages to stay awake throughout the day.

2.     Do you wake up suddenly feeling like you can’t catch your breath? Sleep apnea can cause you to stop breathing in the middle of the night and you may wake up several times throughout the night believing you can’t breath.

3.     Have you begun to fall asleep in odd places such as driving to work or in the office?

4.     Do you snore? While snoring is not the only symptom and some people snore when they do not have sleep apnea, other individuals did not snore prior to symptoms of sleep apnea, but do now.

5.     Do you feel depressed or have feelings of sadness that are unusual? “Once your body can not get the sleep it needs, you may be impacted by feelings of sadness or depression,” says Dr. Judy Strutz.

Dr. Strutz and her team can help find the right treatment today to get you back on track.

Restoring Your Smile Can Help You Avoid The Need For Other Facial Cosmetic Procedures

When you are impacted with cracked, broken or missing teeth it can cause your smile to sink in. Left unattended over time, it can not only cause you to look older but can also cause you to feel older. Individuals who have a smile they are not proud of report more cases of depression and other health problems. You may be unable to eat a proper and nutritious diet due to dental pain. Dr. Strutz says, "Gum disease can impact the jaw bone which will eventually dissolve due to underuse."

If you are considering plastic surgery, botox or other facial procedures to help you look younger, you may want to first contact a restorative dentist who can help to fix broken or chipped teeth. There are several options available to replace missing teeth and some of these procedures can be covered by insurance.

Your teeth give your lips their shape. If your teeth are not there to provide this shape you may show signs of premature aging. Once you have fixed your smile it can help to decrease your lips and cheeks from sagging. Remember though, once you have these procedures completed you’ll want to continue with regular dental and oral care in order to keep your new smile in tip-top shape.

Don’t waste time with a smile you don’t love, get help today. For more information, contact Dr. JudyStrutz and her team today.