Clenching Your Teeth?

Ever find yourself reaching for the pain meds such as Advil or Tylenol due to clenching your teeth? Clenching your teeth can have a variety of effects on your dental health. It can lead to the flattening of the surfaces of your teeth, TMJ disorder, cracked or fractured teeth, ear aches, shoulder pain, jaw pain, headaches or in severe cases, migraines.  While you might grind and clench your teeth while sleeping, it is possible to do so while awake, too. In some cases, you might grind your teeth subconsciously. Luckily, in most instances, it can be pretty easy to take
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2-2-2 for Cleaner Healthier Teeth for Kids

It’s 9 PM, its past bedtime and the kiddos are still not in their jammies… do you take the time to have them brush their teeth or just throw them in bed? Look we get it, as parents, it is not easy. With everything you have to juggle every day sometimes the little stuff gets passed up. You know that oral health is important, but when you are already beat from another long day of parenting its hard to survive, let alone remember to brush your kids’ teeth. Here is a simple tip to help: The Healthy Twoth plan, 2-2-2. There are only three “twos” you
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