Harvest Dental Care in Cochrane
#3, 45 Bow Street T4C 0T4 Cochrane, AB, Canada

Since were all into recipes during COVID-19. Heres one for your gums! + = Make Your Own Salt Water (Saline) Mouth Rinse. Its better than an on the shelf mouthwash. Many shelf mouthwashes contain alcohol that can irritate swollen gums. A saline solution can reduce pain and swelling of gum tissues. It also has the potential to relieve a toothache because saline works to remove bacteria from infected areas. INGREDIENTS... 8 ounces of warm water (about a coffee mug amount) 1 teaspoon salt (any type) 2 teaspoons baking soda (optional) RECIPE 1. Bring 8 ounces of warm water to a boil. 2. Place the salt in the water while gently stirring until the salt has been completely dissolved. 3. As an option, dissolve the 2 teaspoons baking soda in the water along with the salt. 4. Let water stand until it's cool enough to rinse (prevent scalding your mouth). HOW TO USE Swish the solution around in your mouth for 30 seconds, then spit the solution out. Avoid swallowing it. Nothing will happen to you if you do swallow it, but it's not good to do. BENEFITS - Soothes bleeding gums or mouth sores - Helps a sore throat - Freshens breath - Loosens and removes food debris This is being provided for informational purposes only as individual results may vary depending on the patient. Some patients may not be candidates for certain treatments. Our views are for educational and information purposes only. We have NOT received any sponsorship or commercial interest in the endorsement or use of any dental products mentioned. We provide dental services as a general dentists. #salt #water #saline #rinse #saltwaterrinse #salinerinse #recipe #health #healthy #gums #gingiva #freshbreath #guminfection #soregums

Hand washing and avoiding contact with the face is still the most important thing you can do to prevent getting the virus. https://www.canada.ca//announcements/covid19-notice-home-m

Check with your doctor, dentist or pharmacist if you are able to safely take Ibuprofen, Naproxen and other NSAIDs (also known as Advil, Motrin and Aleve) for dental pain. While there have been circulating information about this, at the time of this post, there is no scientific evidence that it can worsen COVID-19 symptoms. If you are a patient at our office, please call our office during our COVID-19 hours and we can review your updated medical history and advise you accordingly if it is suitable dental pain that you are having now - we will also book you in the future to assess and address the cause of your discomfort. https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-aler//72633a-eng.php

True Toothy Trivia: A new craze of tattooing your teeth is upon us. To get these tattoos onto your teeth, a cap is made with the image printed on it. No ink and needle involved!

True Toothy Trivia: People used to believe that toothaches were caused by tooth-worms! Thankfully, these terrifying-sounding creatures are not real.

True Toothy Trivia: Alike icebergs in water, majority of a tooth is below the surface of the gums, having of the tooth not visible.

True Toothy Trivia: 96% of adults have had a history of cavities in their life. In addition to that, 59% of children between the ages of 12-19 have or have had a cavity in their life.

True Toothy Trivia: Did you know more than one in every five Canadians that are over the age of 60, rely on dentures?

True Toothy Trivia: Wisdom teeth used to be for the prehistoric people, who had to tear and cut up their food with their mouths. Now that humans have evolved, our mouths have become smaller and we have developed eating utensils, causing our wisdom teeth to now be only a pain in the mouth!

True Toothy Trivia: Snails have teeth! The average garden snail has up to 14,000 teeth, all rowed up around their tongue.

True Toothy Trivia: Did you know that not brushing your teeth twice daily increases the chance of tooth decay by 33%?

True Toothy Trivia: Food digestion starts in your mouth with the help of your teeth, which mechanically breakdown food, and salivary amylase, which is an enzyme that breaks down starch.

Were open after a short renovation and looking forward to looking after our wonderful Cochrane smiles once again! We thank our patients for their understanding and compassion. Please stop by to say hello since its been about a month and a half. We still follow The Alberta Dental Fee Guide, Direct Bill your Insurance Provider and accept Government Issued Benefits (such as Alberta Works & AISH). Please stop by and discuss the treatment you need with any of our dental administrators or find out more about us. We look forward to serving you and your family.

True Toothy Trivia: A certain type of tumour, a teratoma tumour, can grow all sorts of tissues including muscle, bone, hair, and even teeth!

True Toothy Trivia: That plaque on your teeth has been found to contain over 300 different species of bacteria, and unfortunately, it isnt the healthy kind.

True Toothy Trivia: George Washington, had multiple sets of dentures made from ivory, metal alloys, and sometimes real teeth!

True Toothy Trivia: Shark teeth are actually scales with an enamel coating! This is why they can continually regrow them.

True Toothy Trivia: During the American Civil War soldiers had to have their four front teeth in order to open gun powder pouches. Some draftees took out their teeth so they didnt have to serve!

True Toothy Trivia: The tyrannosaurus-rex had about 70 teeth!

True Toothy Trivia: Around the Roman Era people used urine as mouthwash. Ew!

True Toothy Trivia: Mosquitoes have 47 teeth! Thats almost twice as many as an adult, who have 32.

True Toothy Trivia: Teeth start to develop as early as in the womb!

True Toothy Trivia: When baby teeth fall out, the root loosens and then allows the tooth to come out. This is why little blood and pain is associated with it.

True Toothy Trivia: Seahorses have no teeth or digestive system! Their food passes right through them and they need to constantly eat to stay alive!

True Toothy Trivia: By looking at the jaws and teeth of our ancestors we can then further understand the evolution of homosapiens!

True Toothy Trivia: Not keeping yourself hydrated can cause tooth decay as your saliva has important minerals to help strengthen your teeth!

True Toothy Trivia: A tooth infection can kill you! Make sure youre brushing and flossing!

Please do not eat bricks.

True Toothy Trivia: Your enamel cannot be repaired if broken or damaged, despite what toothpaste and mouthwash companies say. However, they can help calcium to bond to the enamel to patch up weak spots. Take care of that enamel!

True Toothy Trivia: Brad Pitt voluntarily went to a dentist to get his teeth chipped for his role of Tyler Durden in Fight Club. He got them fixed up afterwards.

True Toothy Trivia: Did you know that frogs have teeth but toads do not?

True Toothy Trivia: Teeth arent actually considered bones, unlike bones, teeth do not regenerate or fix themselves! Wow!

True Toothy Trivia: The average person spends about 38.5 days in their life brushing their teeth!

Losing baby teeth can be scary sometimes...