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By Dr. Joanne Le18 Dr. Joanne Le18

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Basic Dental Care

Are you embarrassed to smile? Is your social life suffering because of bad breath and lack of confidence? Find out how you can restore your lost smile and regain your social dignity by following some basic measures for all your dental problems

Why Dental Care?

A bright and confident smile can work wonders to enhance your personal and social life. What can be better than a heartfelt smile to impress the person next to you? However, not all of us are blessed with a naturally healthy and beautiful set of teeth and gums. Some basic dental care practices can, therefore, help you in securing the health of your teeth and gums forever, and smile your way to success and glory.

No matter how busy or hectic our lifestyle may be, we still begin our day with the age-old practice of brushing our teeth. The importance of this practice is related not only to cleanliness and basic hygiene factors but also to prevent oral problems turning into serious diseases. Thus, this practice comes to us as naturally as the necessity of having food, drinking water or taking a bath.

Aspects of Basic Dental Care

To start with, the primary aspects of your basic dental care program must include regular brushing and flossing. A healthy diet and regular visits to your dentist can further improve your dental health.

Brushing

Make it a point to brush your teeth at least twice a day; once in the morning and once before you go to bed. Better if you can brush after each meal.

Change your tooth brush every three to four months.

Brush for at least two to three minutes and use fluoride toothpaste.

Brush your tongue to prevent spreading of bacteria and retain fresh breath.

Flossing

Flossing removes plaque and food particles stuck between your teeth.

Be gentle while flossing. Go up and down the inside of each tooth.

Visit your Dentist Regularly

Visit your dentist every six months for the best preventive dental care. This, in turn, will help you save a lot of money which might occur due to teeth and gum problems if you neglect them at the initial stages.

Conclusion

A little bit of care and consciousness can help you flaunt a graceful smile. Small and simple measures, taken at the right time can make a huge difference in your dental health.

Dr. Joanne Le is author of this article on Hawaii Best Family Dentist - Dr. Joanne Le.

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Colours and Cosmetics-What You Should Be Aware Of

By Constantine Lekendiros

 People are weary of artificial ingredients in their foods. The thing is that most people don’t worry about all the artificial ingredients in cosmetics. It is only in recent years that cosmetics have started to carry a full list of ingredients on their packaging.

Making sense of the ingredients can be difficult for the lay person. This is particularly true for colorings, which often go under the guise of numbers rather than names.

In many countries colors in cosmetics are listed as colour index numbers. C.I. numbers are allocated by the Society of Dyers and Colourists. The scheme covers colours used in food, personal care products, cosmetics, household products and fabric dyeing. So, for example you will not normally see tartrazine listed in your lipstick ingredients, but it may be there listed as C.I. 19140. Erythrosine will be listed as C.I. 45430, and so on.

The USA uses a different system: the FD & C colors have been categorized by the American Food & Drink Administration for use in foods, drugs and cosmetics. So in this system tartrazine is FD & C yellow 5, and amaranth is FD & C red 2.

The E Number system is used by the European Community (EC). This is a system of giving code numbers to food additives, some of which are also used in cosmetics and personal care products. This system is also used in some other countries but without the E prefix, so E102 becomes simply colour 102.

All this confusion for the average consumer would not be important, but for the fact that some of these colours are known to cause problems in susceptible individuals. For example, tartrazine (also known as FD & C Yellow 5, CI 1914 and EI02) can cause migraines, itching, rhinitis and agitation in susceptible individuals. Many individuals avoid its use in food, but do not realise how extensively it is used in cosmetics, such as lipstick, and personal care products.

The big worries in terms of colours in cosmetics and personal care products are lipstick, coloured lip balms, lip gloss and lip pencils, because anyone who uses these regularly eats a fair quantity over their life time, but these colours also appear in skin cream, foundation, mascara and so on too. (Remember also that these colours can also be in ‘natural’ cosmetics and skin care products.)

Another worry is that even the ‘experts’ cannot agree on an international ’safe’ list of colours, so that a colour may be allowed in one country, but banned elsewhere. For example, quinoline yellow is allowed within the European Community and in some other countries, but is banned in Japan, Norway and the United States.

As ever, the advice is: keep yourself informed and read the label. Stay informed and make sure you check the ingredients on anything and everything you put on your skin.

For great skin care products go online and get the Lancome Trans Hydrix, the lancome aroma tonic oil as well as the Lancome Impactive and other cosmetics.

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