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How to take care of your teeth after your braces are removed

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Article written by Elite Dental Group

Getting fitted with braces can be a life-changing experience for some as it provides patients with a beautiful smile that boosts their confidence which enhances social interactions. However, after removing dental braces patients must follow proper post orthodontic hygiene habits to maintain a healthy smile and to keep their teeth in place.

The following recommendations will help patients to maintain a healthy smile after removing their braces: 

Book a professional cleaning exam – When a person wears braces especially those with brackets, it can be difficult to brush and floss properly. Patients who have had their braces for a long time will notice that their teeth are whiter where the brackets were positioned in comparison to the rest of their teeth. To even out stains and to remove plaque build-up, it is important to book a professional dental cleaning after removing your braces.

Try a teeth whitening treatment – To brighten a smile, dentists may recommend a professional whitening treatment. Often professional whitening treatments will offer 3-5 shades of whitening with just one procedure.

Wear a retainer as advised – After removing their braces a patient’s teeth have the natural tendency to move back into their original position. For this reason, dentists will recommend wearing a retainer for a few months after braces have been removed.

Take good care of your retainer – Clean retainers at least twice daily or as advised by your dentist. Putting an unclean retainer into a freshly cleaned mouth will only put back bacteria which can cause decay and bad breath.

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CBD as a treatment for epilepsy

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Article by Express CBD Store.

One of the most discussed benefits of CBD is its ability to treat epilepsy or seizures. Multiple studies and experiments have explored this topic and have found support for CBD’s capacity to prevent seizures. But is there more to the story? Is CBD reliable enough to be a primary treatment option for patients suffering from epilepsy?

As far back as 2014, researchers have run studies in which CBD was shown to prevent seizures in the test subjects. In the succeeding years, researchers have found even more evidence that CBD helped epilepsy, along with other benefits such as improved mental and emotional functioning.

These benefits are so well documented that the FDA has approved Epidiolex, a CBD oil product, as a legal treatment for two serious types of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. One of the most well-known cases of Dravet Syndrome is that of Charlotte Figi, a young girl who went from having 300 seizures a week to having none after being treated with CBD.

However, there appears to be one caveat to these compelling discoveries. A recent medical study on epilepsy patients found that one-third of test subjects developed a tolerance to CBD after around seven months. As a result, doctors had to increase the CBD dosage, or these patients would begin to have seizures again. This is unfortunate, as a clinical trial found that lower doses of CBD were preferable, because higher doses made patients feel more of CBD’s negative side effects, such as fatigue and digestive issues.

CBD can do wonders for epilepsy, but it is not a miracle drug that will automatically work for everyone. That’s why it’s best to do your research and observe its effects carefully, even if you find that it works for you.

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