Newport Beach Dentistry

STAYING HYDRATED is important for many reasons but one of them is so your body can produce saliva, which is important to help protect your teeth! #StayHydrated #saliva #FunFact

CALL US and book your next appointment with our awesome receptionist! Happy National Receptionist Day! #callus #nationalreceptionistday #receptionist

KIND OF like an iceberg, 2/3 of our tooth surfaces are hidden underneath our gums which only leaves 1/3 of each tooth visible! That is why it's so important to take care of your gum health too! #teeth #funfact #iceberg

WE WANT to know what makes you smile the most. Share below and make sure to put a smile on someone’s face today! #SmilePowerDay #smile #happiness

SHOW LOVE to your mom today if she ever took you to the dentist! Happy Mother’s Day! #mom #mothersday #thankyou

IT'S SUPERMAN DAY and we want to know what your super strength is! Ours is helping smiles! Share yours in the comments below. #SupermanDay #SuperStrength #smiles

IT’S CINCO DE MAYO! Let us know how you plan to celebrate in the comments below! #cincodemayo #celebrate

WE WANT our followers to know that Yoda best! We hope everyone’s having a great Star Wars Day may the floss be with you! #starwarsday #maythefourth #starwars

EVERYONE AT OUR practice feels so lucky to be part of this awesome dental community and working with such great patients! We really do love our jobs! #BestJob #LoveWhatYouDo #lucky

NOT MUCH WAS understood in Medieval England about cavities or gum disease, but they cared a LOT about keeping their breath fresh. They didn’t know about germs, and they believed that bad smells were infectious on their own, including bad breath. How did smell-based dental care work? Mostly by chewing spices. You can even find evidence of this practice in the Canterbury Tales. Chaucer’s characters keep their breath fresh by chewing cardamom and licorice. Women were sometimes... recommended a mixture of aniseed, cumin, and fennel. So which dental problems went unaddressed while all the focus was on breath? They didn’t have to worry about cavities too much because sugar wouldn’t enter their diets until the 1400s, but grinding flour between millstones tended to leave tiny bits of stone in their bread. You can imagine how much that could damage their teeth over time, and it was a big reason most adults would lose four to six teeth in their lifetimes. What if you got a toothache? Well, if you were rich, you could treat it with myrrh and opium. If not, you might be instructed to burn a mutton fat and sea holly seed candle very close to your tooth. This was supposed to make the worms inside the tooth fall out into a basin of water. (We’re very glad to live in the 21st century, where we know worms don’t cause toothaches.) #DentalHistory #MedievalEngland #FreshBreath

WE LOVE caring for your smile because we believe it's the most important thing you wear! #smile #quote #ConnieStevens

WE HAVE THE best patients and think they rule!! Thank you for always doing your best to keep your teeth healthy and being so awesome. #BestPatients #YouRule #OralHealth

WE'D LOVE to know what you look forward to most when coming to see us! Let us know in the comments below! #LetUsKnow #dentist #CommentBelow

WE ARE REMEMBERING those who served and sacrificed their lives while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces this Memorial Day. #MemorialDay #remember #USArmedForces

Russell Hitchcock

UP TO 20 PERCENT of habitually snoring children have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that results in brief but repeated interruptions to normal breathing during sleep. Not only is this a potentially life-threatening disorder, it also has a significant impact on oral health. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the result of a blockage in the airway, typically the tongue collapsing against the soft palate, which in turn collapses against the back of the throat, closi...ng off the airway. The interruption to breathing causes the person to wake up, which can happen many times in a night and severely harms the overall quality of sleep. So what’s the connection to teeth? In addition to leaving a child with all the usual symptoms of sleep deprivation, such as exhaustion, difficulty concentrating at school, irritability, and hyperactivity, sleep apnea has a number of effects on oral health. There is a significant association between OSA and moderate to severe periodontitis (gum disease), but the most common dental health complications are temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ or TMD). Studies have shown that the jaw reflexively clenches to prevent the airway from becoming blocked when the throat relaxes during a sleep apnea episode. TMD leads to other problems like worn, cracked, or broken teeth, pain when chewing, chronic headaches, and neck and shoulder pain. This is why the dentist is often the first one to spot the signs of sleep apnea! #SleepApnea #tmj #tmd #osa

IT’S SUMMER and we’re wondering which spot you’d rather be getting some fresh air: the mountains or the beach? Share your preference in the comments below! #summer #mountains #beach

TO CELEBRATE graduation season, tell us about an awesome teacher who changed your life. Tag your teacher below and share how they impacted your life in a positive way! #teachers #classof2021 #graduation

DID YOU KNOW that crowns are built to fit patients' smiles perfectly and work effectively with the rest of their teeth? #dentalcrowns #healthysmile #perfectfit

AN IMPORTANT QUESTION to ask yourself every day is have you brushed today? Comment with a thumbs up emoji if you have! #oralhealth #healthysmile #brushyourteeth

WHICH CANDY always sticks around at the bottom of your trick-or-treating bag or candy bowl? Comment below with your least favorite Halloween candy! #halloween #halloweencandy #halloween2020

OUR BOSS is a total boss! Happy Boss’s Day to all of the amazing bosses out there! #bossday #bestboss #thankyou

WE’RE REMINISCING ON the very first scary movie we ever watched! Do you remember yours? If so, comment below! #scarymovie #halloween #spookyseason

CULTURES FROM ANCIENT EGYPT to the Roman Empire and all the way up until the Age of Enlightenment blamed their cavities and toothaches on something really weird: tooth worms. Where did this incorrect theory come from? We still don’t entirely know. It could be that they saw diseased pulp (without much ability to magnify it) and thought it looked like a worm. It wasn’t until pioneering dentists like Frenchman Pierre Fauchard came along that the tooth worm theory was debunked ...and they got closer to the real causes of cavities. We can’t make fun of ancient physicians for their theory too much, though. While it’s not true that parasitic worms are boring holes through teeth, cavities are indeed caused by tiny organisms: bacteria! They probably would have figured that out much earlier if they’d had access to microscopes. Fortunately, tooth decay wasn’t very widespread in those days because sugar wasn’t widely available. Sugar is harmful oral bacteria’s favorite thing to eat. That’s why the modern dental health community recommends limiting sugar intake to mealtimes and cutting back as much as possible! #toothdecay #history #dentalhistory

IT’S BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH so we’re posting to say that our team supports all those who’ve been affected by breast cancer. We stand with you! #breastcancerawareness #breastcancerawarenessmonth #awareness

WE’RE KEEPIN’ IT CLEAN for National Dental Hygiene Month by practicing great dental hygiene this and every month so we can have a healthy smile year round! #nationaldentalhygienemonth #dentalhygiene #oralhealth

WE COULDN’T MISS a chance to thank teachers for all of their hard work and dedication. Thank you teachers for everything you do! #worldteachersday #thankyouteachers #teacherappreciation

YOUR SMILE is absolutely boo-tiful! #october #dentalhumor #spookyseason

IT’S INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY and since it’s no secret that we’re big fans of a good cup of joe, we want to hear what your favorite way to order a coffee is! #internationalcoffeeday #coffee #coffeefans

COMMENT BELOW with how you plan to spice up your life a little this fall! #pumpkinspice #fall #autumn

DO YOU HAVE a specific meal that you didn't like as a kid and still have yet to eat? If so, comment below and tell us what it is! #commentbelow #childhoodmemories #food