Category: Health

Dental Implants
Nov 13

What You Need to Know About Implants

Anyone at any time can lose a tooth or teeth. Some people lose them through decay or disease, while others may suffer a loss through an injury or accident. Whatever the reason, it can be heartbreaking to feel and see that gap in your mouth daily.

In past years, many people preferred to leave the gap due to the lack of options. Often, the only option was the removal of more teeth to make way for dentures. Even today, not everyone knows they can choose dental implants, and over 120 million people in the United States alone are missing at least one tooth.

The truth is, dental implants are more common than they have ever been. Technology even exists now to have a robot perform much of the procedure. Without a dental implant, you can lose self-esteem and jaw structure and even have problems with speech and eating.

If you weren’t aware that dental implants exist or want to say goodbye to that gappy smile for good, read on. Here is everything you need to know about dental implants.

What Are Dental Implants?

Dental implants are small rods your dentist inserts into your jaw bone below the gum line to act as a replacement tooth root. Once they heal, a fake tooth adheres to the top of it to become a permanent fixture that operates naturally.

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Designer Dentist
Apr 25

The Designer Dentist: Best Ways to Improve Your Smile

You could buy the best toothpaste and toothbrush money can buy, but that doesn’t mean you will improve your smile. You could practice in front of a mirror to get the perfect angle, but that doesn’t mean you’ll see improvement either. Sometimes, the only way to get that brilliant designer smile is by seeing a dentist. Here’s what they can do for you.

A Full Cosmetic Check-Up

The job of a cosmetic dentist, or a design-a-smile expert, is to check out what you could do to improve your smile. Sometimes, it’s as easy as teeth whitening. Other times, it could be veneers, dental implants, or Invisalign braces.

Dentists advise that during that initial check-up, your dentist will check for decay, potential problems, and cavities. They can then point you in the right direction of procedures that could improve your smile.

Teeth Whitening

If years of enjoying an evening wine, your morning coffee, or cigarettes have taken their toll on your teeth, then that will show in their colour. Teeth can be all different shades, but the preferable one for most is white. Fortunately, having a set of pearly whites it not out of the question. Once you see your dentist, they can help you pick your preferred shade then make an appointment for teeth whitening.

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T-Zone Oil
Oct 2

Remove T-Zone Oil Secretion Naturally

The T-zone is a complicated part of your face that doesn’t tend to “go with the flow” of the rest of your face. While you may be battling dry skin on your cheek region, you may be looking for organic skin care and other remedies to treat an entirely different problem in your T-zone.

This area, which covers your nose, forehead, and even your chin, can be far oilier than any other part of your face. It can also mean you are more prone to acne and similar conditions as a result. Rather than buy chemical-laden treatments from the chemist or supermarket, why not try out some natural options instead? Below you will discover a few of the many possibilities.

Lime

To combat your T-zone oiliness sooner rather than later, load up your shopping basket with limes. Cut your lime into wedges then rub it over your face, focusing on your T-zone. After a quarter of an hour, you can wash it off. With regular treatment, your T-zone will be far less oily than ever before.

Tomato Juice

Tomato juice is an effective method for drying out your T-zone, but it’s something you have to use with caution – even if it is organic skin care. Tomato juice is also a natural bleach, which means that it can end up lightening your skin noticeably if you only use it in your T-zone. If you are going to use tomato juice, make sure you massage it into all of your skin, paying attention to the evenness of it. The last thing you want is to have an uneven skin tone at the end of it.

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retreat-in-bali
Feb 14

Save Some Time to Enjoy a Retreat

In life, one should never forget to take time out – and just relax. Even though many people travel to Bali for the nightlife or the surfing, this only touches the tip of what this lovely country has to offer. If you are feeling exhausted or just in need of some TLC, a retreat might be just the thing for you. And be sure to get one of the villas available so you have the room to spread out in a quiet house, rather than being crammed into one hotel room. That is also a great way to relax and enjoy your holiday.

There are many different kinds of retreats in Bali, from spa and massage treatment through to Yoga, acupuncture and Ayurvedic treatments. You can book in for a few hours, a few days or a week if you have the time and inclination. Some retreats offer plant based cuisine and other regimes to make you healthier. Here are just a few of the retreats that Bali offers.

  • Active Escapes for the person who would get bored with just sunning themselves on a chaise after their massage. Here you can go horse riding, shopping, swimming or take a cooking class, as well as the usual things such as spas and massage. The best thing? You control your participation level at all times.
  • The Chill House is similar, but includes Yoga, cycling and surfing as well as an amazingly healthy eating plan with organic meals. Body and soul treatments are offered as well.
  • Desa Seni in Canggu is strictly for Yoga fans. They hold 6 Yoga classes a day for all levels and types of Yoga. You can even train as a teacher. Vegetarian foods are offered by the cafe.

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Dental Implants
May 30

4 Different Types of Dental Implants

Dental implant experts like Joondalup City Dental have been doing dental implants to replace missing teeth for many years. Implants however, are initially very expensive, which is why people generally had not heard of them very much back in those days. They offer an alternative to dentures, which have certain drawbacks such as discomfort or a loose fit, for some people.

There are four different types of implants and what you get depends on your jaw bone structure and other things such as whether it is molars or other teeth that are being replaced.  It may also depend on your general health and whether the first implant was successfully integrated with the bone.

Here are the four different types:

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Orthodontist
Mar 30

How is an Orthodontist Different from a Dentist?

If you need dental treatment you may wonder what the difference is between a dentist and an orthodontist.  While you may know that it’s usually an orthodontist that fits braces, the difference is more far-reaching than that. An orthodontist works in the area of straightening teeth and aligning the jaw, but he has had three more years of training than a dentist.

While both have undergone the same 5 year full time university course in dentistry, the orthodontist has undergone a further three years of full time training to achieve the knowledge and expertise that makes him or her an orthodontist.  Generally speaking, anyone working as an orthodontist does not fix decays, extract teeth or do general dental work such as teeth whitening, even though they do know how, having had to work as a dentist for two years before taking on the further training needed for orthodontics.

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botox-can-help-men
Feb 23

How Botox Can Help Men

While Botox procedures is usually thought of in terms of reducing wrinkles – and it is mostly women who care about having them – the product can be of great use to men also, but not necessarily for wrinkles. There are several problems men suffer from that can be relieved or alleviated with the use of this drug – many would call it a wonder drug.

Excessive sweating

Men are usually the ones who sweat a lot, especially if they do hard physical work. That’s not so bad, but if they have an office job this can become a real problem. When sweating saturates clothing, sometimes several times a day, in spite of a good dose of antiperspirant and when they don’t have a physically hard job, men feel embarrassed and their clients or customers are put off by it. But Botox injections into the sweat glands can fix it quite simply. This is because it has the effect of freezing the gland so it doesn’t produce perspiration. It’s important to find a doctor who’s experienced in this treatment.

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exercise
Jun 27

Why You Should Forget That Exercise You Hate

Everyone knows about the health benefits of exercise, even if we don’t all do it. Those that do often force themselves to attend the gym or go running rain, hail or shine, but they don’t like it. The trouble with exercise is it is boring. As soon as you hop on that exercise bike you think of something that you could be doing that’s more fun, or else you suddenly remember that you haven’t watered the garden, lawn, pot plants, dog, cat or children.

So off you hop and by the time you’ve done all that it is far too late to start pushing pedals again. Oh darn, it’s time to put tea on, feed the toddler, oversee homework – such fun – and get the kids to bed. After all that’s done you have to stack the dishwasher, wash the floors and windows, pack lunches for tomorrow – and anything else you can think of that is not riding that bike, right?

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botox
May 28

How Botox Can Improve Your Life

Some women develop wrinkles at a relatively early age. In our culture, wrinkles are seen as ugly and a sign that we are aging. For women who are young this can really have an impact on both their social and work life. That is why many turn to Botox as the answer when wrinkle cream or chemical peels don’t help.

When wrinkling happens – even if it is only due to laughing a lot – people tend to think you are older than you actually are. This can cause you to be passed over for that promotion, or if you are applying for a job, a younger looking person may be given preference, even if you have better qualifications. This is because the company will be looking for long-term commitment with the fewest health issues. The older you are – or look – the more likely it is that you could suffer poor health.

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stress-free
Nov 10

Stress Relief Tips to Help You Get to the Root of Your Stress

The following stress relief tips are simple and practical. They will swiftly ease your stress!

Step 1. Become Aware

In a relaxed position, with your eyes closed, picture yourself being stressed. In your mind’s eye, go through every stress symptom that you have.
Feel yourself being stressed. It is imperative that the visualization is very real with powerful emotions attached to it.

Now picture yourself becoming aware that you are stressed. You are now the Observer of your behavior. You see your symptoms but your perception of them is of something separate from you.

It is like a miniature awakening!

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