What is a Dental Hygienist, and What Do They Do?

Your friendly hygienist is a certified dental health professional who works as part of a team to care for dental patients. The primary focus of a dental hygienist is upon diagnostic, theraputic and preventative measures to protect the overall oral health of our patients, and to administer a thorough, professional teeth cleaning at each check-up. The knowledge and skills of... read more »

Five Simple Ways to Ruin a Smile

Neglecting Oral Hygiene While your teeth are the hardest substance of your body, they are not indestructible. Ignoring your teeth and gums by not attending to daily toothbrushing and flossing is a bad idea—and a quick path to bacteria build up! Before you know it, you'll soon get cavities or even lose a tooth! Acids and Stains Once pretty pearlies... read more »

How Eating Disorders Affect Dental Health

As you are probably aware, eating disorders are destructive to overall body health. What you may not be aware of are the serious complications for dental health. The problem is a sensitive one because the sufferer has a skewed idea of their body image, and cannot see the damage they are doing to themselves, while it is painfully obvious to... read more »

Welcome to Our New Blog!

Here at Louisiana Dental Center, we endeavor to use our new blog as a regular means for publishing valuable content for our community through monthly blog posts. Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, we’re able to further explore some of the most important topics pertaining to our industry and area of expertise here on our website through these articles.... read more »