Bow Island Dental Blog

The biggest contributor to your oral health is your daily dental care. However, understanding how your genetics affects your mouth allows you to build good healthcare habits so you can avoid problems in the future.

At Bow Island Dental, we want to shed light on the connection between oral health and sleep, specifically focusing on how sleep apnea can impact your dental well-being.

Like the rest of our body, taking care of our oral health becomes increasingly important as we get older.

Insurance can be confusing. In this post we’ll help you sort through your benefits so you can get the most out of them.

Saliva contains many important components that aid in digestion and protect against harmful bacteria. In this blog post, we will explore the importance of saliva in oral health and discuss ways to promote healthy saliva production.

The food you eat can either help your teeth and gums or help tooth decay and gum disease. That’s why nutrition is important to dental health.

The government overhauled its alcohol consumption guidance earlier this year, drastically changing the recommended doses for both men and women. But very few have mentioned the effect that drinking has on our teeth.

Considering that alcohol is consumed orally, we think it’s important to remind people that everything you eat and drink affects your teeth.

Dear Valued Patients, As the world continues to monitor the constantly changing COVID-19 situation, we have returned to work. We are open to our patients and welcome all new patients. We are working under strict guidelines from the Alberta Dental Association and College. We will maintain the highest standards of infection prevention control to keep…

When you’re pregnant, oral health isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Ensuring your health and the health of the baby is, of course, vital. However, the huge changes a woman’s body goes through during pregnancy even affect their teeth.

That can have negative effects on the fetus.

Good veneers don’t just randomly fall off. Typically, if a veneer does fall off, it’s due to one (or more) of three reasons.