for your health checkup discoveries into the body's overall health oral hygiene protects your teeth and gums and can help with your overall health by michele wojciechowski he eyes may be the windows to the smiles ahead here's a look at some steps you can take to keep your teeth clean and your health right forms on teeth and can cause cavities romo advises brushing your teeth twice mend using a power toothbrush daily to clean out the food from between plain string floss gets stuck that can do everything that regular floss problems reaching into the back of your or braces that make some spots inacces- sible to floss devices that squirt a stream of water into areas between teeth to remove food par- reduce bacteria even below the gumline can also eliminate bad breath and stop mouthwashes contain both-for a double whammy of protection been scientifically evaluated by indepen- dent experts to be safe and effective dentists can find lots of just talking tooth decay "dentists' areas of care include not only their patients' teeth and muscles of the head as the nervous system other areas," explains dentist genaro romo jr "during a comprehensive the teeth and gums and they also look ations-any abnormality "when appropriate they perform biopsies diagnostic tests for chronic or infectious function and screening tests for oral cancer dentists can spot early warning signs in the mouth that may indicate disease elsewhere in the body and recognize situations that warrant referring patients for care by dental specialists or physicians."-mw declares dentist genaro romo jr "oral health touches every aspect of our practices and the spokesperson for the "your mouth can show signs of nutritional deficiencies or general infection.” in fact systemic diseases that affect your whole body can first show themselves because of mouth lesions or other oral problems according to the centers for disease have had tooth decay in their lifetime and gum disease has been found in 40% it's so important to keep your teeth and mouth clean costco connection michele wojciechowski is a national award-winning writer based in baltimore costco members will find manual and power tooth- dental picks and more in costco warehouses and at costco.com
