Kingston Dental Hygiene
656 Progress Ave K7M 4W9 Kingston, ON, Canada

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Do you grind your teeth? Strengthen your tongue...

When a child is growing in the mother’s womb its teeth are developing. Problems with a young child’s teeth is stressful for the whole family. The tiny newborn u...ses minerals and nutrients from the mother to create enamel and root structure of their teeth. Health issues in the child and mother can disrupt this process. Antibiotic use during pregnancy are known to be one of these factors. But today many children are showing enamel defects. Enamel hypoplasia is a defect of the enamel that only occurs while teeth are still developing. Still, it can affect both baby teeth and permanent teeth. The condition results in thin enamel, which makes your teeth vulnerable to dental decay. Previous studies into causes of enamel defects in young children have failed to show a connection between gestational diabetes and childhood tooth development. Today diagnosed Gestational diabetes affects up to 10% of pregnancies every year. While blood sugar levels will usually return to normal after your baby is born, there is now more data on what this raised blood sugar can do to a developing child. Several studies suggest that maternal health conditions, particularly hyperglycemia during pregnancy, can alter fetal development to affect organ formation and increase the risk of diseases however, the effects of maternal diabetes on tooth development and the associated underlying mechanisms have not been thoroughly investigated. In a 2019 study: Prenatal exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus increases developmental defects in the enamel of offspring the connection was explored. Mothers with gestational diabetes were independently associated with adverse effects of enamel defects on offspring. The most common types of defects were demarcated opacities (white markings on teeth). The authors concluded that their study paves the way to further study the effect of maternal blood sugar on childhood development. Considering what we know about sugar how it affects nutrients, minerals, and the insulin hormone we can’t discount the simple carbohydrate intake can affect the growth of an unborn child. Did you experience blood sugar issues in pregnancy? Did you crave sweets?

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Keep Smiling All....Together we will make it!

Another curbside pickupNice to see people are trying their best to take care of their oral hygiene needs until they can have an appointment

Have a Happy Mother’s’ Day everyone

Curbside pickup today

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Apparently the Easter Bunny ate too many sweets!

Happy Easter to all our clients and friends.....hope to see you all soon!!!

Ok clients and future clients, you’ve got nothing better to do now but step up your oral hygiene care. It could be awhile before I get to see you for your professional dental hygiene care. #floss #oilpull #brush2xperdayminimum

The Christmas Cactus has been at the office for almost 12 years as well. I thought I would share it’s 2nd bloom . It does this each year

Kingston Dental Hygiene thanks all their clients & friends for the past dozen years. Your confidence in us is very much appreciated. We look forward to celebrating this milestone with you all in the near future.

Our office has been closed since Monday March 16/20 due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the need to self-isolate. If everyone co-operates and the curve planks, with any luck we could be back in business by April 6th; if not, it could be much longer. I will be calling clients that have scheduled appointments during these weeks. Stay Safe Everyone

Did you know that each tooth is connected to an organ in the body?

Have your say as to whether fluorosilicic acid should be added to your drinking water

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