Why January is the Best Time to Schedule Your Next Dental Appointment

From Halloween through the New Year, many Americans live a life of abundance, sugar abundance that is.

The average American consumes over 150 pounds of sugar each year with more than half of that being consumed between Halloween and the New Year.

When broken down into daily intake, the average American eats 47 teaspoons of sugar per day.

With all of the Halloween cookies and candies, Thanksgiving feasts and days of leftovers and numerous Christmas gatherings, we are bombarding our teeth with sugar during a small three month window.

Happy New Year! Here Are 5 Dental Care Resolutions You Should Make

The New Year is a time when many people decide to make positive healthy changes in their lives. While many people focus on losing weight, making advances in their careers, or becoming kinder people, many of us neglect to make a change in an area of our life most in need of improvement.

Creating new habits regarding your dental health can positively impact your health, pocketbook and self concept.

The impact can be great, but the changes require very little effort.

Here are 5 simple resolutions you can make to improve the health of your teeth: