Food Choices

Your food choices impact your smile, your health and your overall body. “It is critical to make important food choices,” says Dr. Anna Lee.

Foods benefit Oral Health

·      Calcium-Rich Foods: cheese, milk, plain yogurt, tofu, leafy greens, almonds

·      Protein-Rich Foods: meat, poultry, fish, milk, eggs, beans, peas and other legumes

·      High in Water & Fiber:

Fruits-oranges, apples, pears, pears, strawberries

Vegetables-broccoli, celery, carrots, spinach

Foods harm Oral Health

·      Dried fruits: raisins

·      Sticky candies: taffy, caramel

·      Desserts: cakes, cookies, muffins

·      Sugar-containing drinks: soda, lemonade, juice, sweetened coffee or tea, sports drinks

For more help on which foods are best with your smile, contact Dr. Anna Lee & her team today.

Step by Step to show proper flossing techniques:

·      Break off about 18 inches of floss, and wind most of it around one of your middle fingers.

·      Wind the remaining floss around the same finger of the other hand. 

·      Hold the floss tightly between your two hands, with about an inch of floss between them.  Guide the floss between your teeth using a gentle sawing motion.

·      When the floss reaches the gum line, curve it into a C-shape against the tooth.  Gently slide it into the space between the gum and the tooth until you feel resistance.

·      Hold the floss against the tooth.  Gently scrape the side of the tooth, moving the floss away from the gum.

Repeat this technique on all of your teeth, including the teeth in back.