Prescription Fluoride Toothpaste: When It's Worth Asking For After 50
Receding gums and dry mouth from common medicines raise the risk of decay on tooth roots. An ADA guideline favors a high-fluoride prescription toothpaste for those spots.
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Breath & Mouth
Bad breath, dry mouth and morning breath, and the quiet worry that someone can tell.
Breath & MouthWhat to expect
Salivary-Gland Injections for Drooling: The Referral and Review Plan
Clarify a referred adult treatment visit, symptom changes and the plan for follow-up.
Breath & MouthWhat to expect
Sialosis Assessment: Connect the Gland Finding to the Next Step
Ask what the examination establishes and why any further tests or care are proposed.
Sublingual Gland Removal: Questions About Tongue Feeling and Saliva Drainage
Separate two consent questions about an operation beneath the tongue and confirm your own aftercare plan.
Breath & MouthComparison
Water Flosser vs. String Floss: Which Is Worth Your Money?
A countertop water flosser costs far more than a spool of floss. A large review found weaker evidence for it than for floss or small interdental brushes.
Breath & MouthEvidence check
Actinic Cheilitis: Lip Protection and Clinical Assessment
What a diagnosed sun-related lip change means for examination, possible biopsy and care.
Breath & MouthExplainer
Crown Lengthening Before a Filling or Crown: Why the Plan Includes Healing
Understand the surgery’s purpose and ask how your dentist will plan the final restoration.
Breath & MouthConversation script
A Tooth Extraction and Bone-Related Medicine: Coordinate the Plan
Prepare the conversation between your dentist and prescribing team before an extraction.
Breath & MouthConversation script
SDF Dental Treatment: Ask About Staining Before You Decide
Example words for discussing the exact product, appearance, suitability and follow-up.
Breath & MouthComparison
Sialogram or Sialendoscopy: Understanding Two Salivary-Duct Appointments
Compare X-ray imaging with a camera examination that may also allow treatment.
Breath & MouthConversation script
Lip Biopsy for Suspected Sjögren’s: A Result-Discussion Script
Ask what the sample showed, whether it was adequate and how it fits with the rest of your assessment.
Breath & MouthMyth buster
Sound Amalgam Fillings Do Not Need Routine Preventive Removal
Separate a decision about an existing filling from the choice of material for a new one.
