Unlock Your Smile with Chewing Gum

In order to ensure your oral health care remains at its best, always seek out new and interesting ways to improve it. This includes adding alternative forms of cleaning to your daily dental routines, including chewing sugarless gum after meals. Ironically, chewing sugarless gum can prevent various forms of damage from occurring, and can even help your oral health care in numerous ways.

If you’re not aware of the benefits that chewing gum can provide, it is well known for producing additional saliva. This is due to an excessive chewing motion, which is typically most effective after meals. Saliva is a natural substance in your mouth what can help decrease the presence of food debris and plaque buildup. In addition, it can neutralize acids and provide disease-fighting ingredients for your oral health care. Furthermore, chewing gum is even an effective form of treatment of heartburn as it can help neutralize the acids that travel up your throat and into your mouth. As an added benefit, chewing gum is non-abrasive on your teeth, and will not cause dental abrasion when your teeth are extremely sensitive due to acidic exposure.

If you would like to have a comprehensive exam for dental health treatments from our team at Designing Smiles PSC, simply schedule an appointment with Dr. Dennis Jenkins and the rest of our team by calling 812-246-3386. Our dentist office is conveniently located in Sellersburg, Indiana.