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, 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
Oral Health Tips Teeth Have Feelings Too Which Tooth Are You? Find out how your teeth really feel! Pick the tooth that's the most... 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
Oral Health Tips What to Consider When Considering Dental Implants Dental implants permanently replace a single missing tooth, several missing teeth, or an entire set of teeth—top,... Read more
Oral Health Tips Dentists Practice Infection Control — for Your Health! Your MDA dentist places your well-being above all else. As healthcare providers, your dentist and their team... Read more
Oral Health Tips Guide to Dental Emergencies & Urgent Dental Care Needs Here’s how to tell if you or someone you know is experiencing a dental emergency, or if... Read more
Children & Oral Health, Oral Health Tips Going to the Dentist Going to the dentist every 6 months may seem scary, expensive, or simply not worth your time.... Read more
Children & Oral Health, Oral Health Tips Big Stories from Little Mouths Cavities. Everyone’s heard of them. Everyone fears them. But does anyone really know the truth about them?... Read more
Oral Health Tips Whitening 101 Sure, we all want bright, shining smiles. But before you go off on a whitening adventure, there... 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
Children & Oral Health, Oral Health Tips Oral Health Can Be Fun, Too! Celebrate National Children’s Dental Health Month with Your Kids It’s finally National Children’s Dental Health Month, one... Read more
Oral Health Tips Embrace the “Brace Face” Let’s have an honest discussion about braces. If you’ve never had them, you’ve probably seen them on... 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
Oral Health Tips Don’t Worry, You Can Have a Smile Fit for a Celebrity, Too First things first, can we all just raise a glass to the progress that’s been made in... 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
Oral Health Tips DIY Teeth Whitening “Hacks” — Helpful or Harmful? Surveys show that when asked what people would change about their smile, most responded with “whiter teeth.”... 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
Dental Plans & Insurance, Oral Health Tips Michigan Mission of Mercy: a Breakdown Due to the pandemic, the 2020 Mission of Mercy has been postponed. Stay tuned for updates! Maybe... Read more
Oral Health Tips Why Wisdom Teeth Aren’t So Wise As kids, we are taught that losing baby teeth to make room for grown-up teeth is sort... Read more
Oral Health Tips Do You Really Know How Strong Your Teeth Are? Your teeth are with you through thick and thin. Both in terms of your hard times, as... Read more
Oral Health Tips What Happens In Your Mouth When You Go To Sleep? You brush your teeth, go to bed feeling clean and fresh, and then before you know it... Read more
Oral Health Tips What Do Your Gums Say About Your Oral Health? Here’s the thing about dentists: they don’t only know how to clean your teeth and gum-line, they... Read more
Oral Health Tips The One Thing You Need To Change About Your Dental Routine New year means a new you! Or, at the very least, new goals and routines. With the... 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
Oral Health Tips MDA Healthy Gums Your gums are the root of your oral health. Dr. Dawley, DDS, explains how to keep them... 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, Oral Health Tips What’s the Deal with Wisdom Teeth? What's the deal with wisdom teeth? Can they stay or should they go? What's the right age... 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, 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
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
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
Children & Oral Health, Oral Health Tips Concerns of Infants and Toddlers February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and we want to help your children develop a happy,... Read more
Oral Health Tips Winter Mouth Health Tips While the chilly weather may have your teeth chattering, there are a lot of easy ways you... 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