Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Pregnancy & Your Oral Health: What You Need to Know Pregnancy brings many changes to your life – one area you might not expect to be affected... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Pregnancy & Your Oral Health: What You Need to Know Pregnancy brings many changes to your life – one area you might not expect to be affected... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Irresistible Stories: MDA Dentists Address Infant Oral Health Misinformation Good oral health is vital to a child’s overall health and well-being, impacting everything from nutrition to... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Dental Voices: Mental Health MDA dentists sink their teeth into an issue that matters – we’re talking about mental health. From... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Neurodiversity & Oral Health: What You Need to Know Just as every smile is different, every brain is too. Neurodivergent individuals, including people with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Cancer Treatment & Your Oral Health: What You Need to Know Cancer is a difficult diagnosis. It affects every person differently. Beyond the prognosis, there's information to process,... Read more
Dental Plans & Insurance, Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Find the Best Dentists for Seniors Near You As Michigan’s oldest and largest professional dental organization, we often get asked, “How do I find the... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, & Oral Health: What You Need To Know Alzheimer's disease and dementia can significantly impact a person's oral health. In this article, MDA dentists explore... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Heart Disease & Your Oral Health: What You Need to Know The health of your heart and the health of your mouth are connected. Heart disease (or cardiovascular... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Fluoride Has Your Smile Covered Healthy smiles start with fluoride. It's essential for building strong teeth and preventing cavities in children. Adults... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Asthma & Oral Health: What You Need to Know More than 11% of children and adults in Michigan live with asthma1. This painful inflammatory condition causes... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Managing Diabetes—Your Daily At-Home Oral Care Routine The right daily at-home oral care routine goes a long way toward improving your oral health and... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Connecting Diabetes & Oral Health: What You Need to Know Whether you or someone you love have lived with diabetes for years or were recently diagnosed, you... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Care Goes Beyond Coverage Find an MDA Dentist Near You MDA Dentists—Dedicated to Our Patients For MDA member dentists, your health... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips The Sugary Truth When it comes to your teeth, sugar isn’t all that sweet. When you drink sugary drinks, the... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body The Healthy Smile Diet It’s common knowledge—sugary foods and drinks can wreak havoc on your teeth. But not everyone understands the... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body The Reality of Tooth Decay The term “tooth decay” sounds so dark, it could be fiction. Sadly, it’s far from it. Tooth... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips No, a Crown Isn’t a Tiara for Your Teeth (or is it?) Ever heard someone refer to a crown on their tooth and just smiled and nodded wondering what... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips “No Time” for a Dentist Visit? C’mon. If you are anything like the rest of us, you probably have more enjoyable things to do... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Is Sugar Really as Bad as Dentists Make it Out to be? In short, yes. Yesssssssss. Consuming too much or the wrong kind of sugars can be detrimental to... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Why Your Diet Is The Cornerstone of Good Oral Health It’s no secret that sugary foods are more likely to cause cavities. The plaque that develops on... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips 4 Strange Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Your Mouth Relative to the world’s existence, dental hygiene practices are a fairly new norm by all health and... Read more
Children & Oral Health, Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body The Dangers of DIY Braces In 2017, a quick Google search makes all of us feel like an expert on any given... Read more
Children & Oral Health, Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Summertime Smiles – Tips for Your Kids’ Teeth Did you know that children in the U.S. lose 51 million school hours each year due to... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Want a Healthy Body? Start with a Healthy Mouth! You know regular maintenance is important to keeping your car running well. Did you also know that... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips The Keys to Oral Cancer Prevention Nearly 50,000 Americans will be affected by oral cancer this year, and over 9,000 individuals die each... Read more
Children & Oral Health, Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Healthy Eating and Activity Lead to Improved Academics Parents and schools are always looking for ways to teach children good eating habits that will benefit... Read more
Children & Oral Health, Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Be a Good Sport about Mouthguards You may not realize that the most-injured area of the body during contact sports is the mouth.... Read more
Children & Oral Health, Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Pop Drinking, Poor Diet Lead to Decay When you’re thirsty, what do you reach for? If you’re like many Americans, it’s probably a can... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Protect Your Heart – Prevent Periodontal Disease Studies show that your lips, tongue, and gums can impact your overall health in a bad way.... Read more
Children & Oral Health, Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body The Benefits of Fluoride – Help Your Smile Be Its Best! Fluoride is important to your dental health because it makes your teeth strong. Fluoride comes from toothpaste,... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Dental X-Rays In most cases, you only get X-rays when something hurts, but dentists will also take X-rays because... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Oral Health Care for the 50-Plus Patient If you’re over age 50, you are part of the fastest-growing population in the United States! No... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Tips for Dental Emergencies Dental emergencies happen. We want to remind you that you can reduce the chances of damaging your... Read more
Children & Oral Health, Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body Tips for School Lunches February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and the Michigan Dental Association reminds you that it’s easy... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Diabetes and Your Oral Health Patients with diabetes have special risks related to their oral health care. Poor oral health has sometimes... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Fluoride and the Bottled Water Craze Today, more and more people are drinking bottled water. Bottled water contains no caffeine, no calories, and... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Pregnancy and Oral Health Expectant mothers may have special risks related to their oral health care and that of their unborn... Read more
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body, Oral Health Tips Oral Health and Your Heart Did you know that 85 percent of people who have had a heart attack also have had... Read more