You can pick up a lot of clues about a person's health and lifestyle just by looking at their smile. A healthy smile implies that the person probably lives a relatively healthy lifestyle and cares about their personal appearance and hygiene. This can potentially lead to better relationships, more career opportunities and the benefit of being healthy.

An unhealthy smile may signal that the person may be a little careless or that they have some sort of health issue going on.

Whatever the case may be, you are more likely to raise red flags if you show off a pirate smile rather than a friendly neighbour smile.

However, life is pretty busy these days for both kids and parents. Making the trip to the dentist's office once a year is the most common recommendation you'll hear from regular people. However, if it were up to dentists (the actual professionals) they would love to see you in their office every 4 months. Here are a couple of reasons why you should visit your dentist every 4 months.

1. Check for mouth cancer:

In order to ensure that people pay attention to the importance of visiting your dentist. let's start our list with a cancer checkup. Most people associate bad oral hygiene to the loss of teeth and the development of ugly gums. However, not many people like to think about the potential of developing mouth cancer which, needless to say, is an extremely dangerous and painful condition. You may be thinking about your teeth, but your dentist is looking for any indication of cancer symptoms in your mouth. As with most cancer conditions, the earlier you detect it, the better your prospects are of surviving it. When the dentist sees you, you can expect that they will do ahead and neck checkup and look for any tell-tale signs in your mouth.

2. Detect and clean infection:

The formation of plaque and tartar are consistent threats to your oral health. They don't take long to form but they can have devastating consequences to your teeth and can also lead to developing chronic bad breath. Although brushing and flossing on a regular basis is essential for maintaining good oral health, they do not do the job 100%. Visiting your dentist every 4 months will help ensure that they finish the job you can't do at home and keep the threat and level of potential infections to a minimum.

3. Whiten teeth:

Nothing says "I'm healthy" quite like a vibrant white-toothed smile. There is no question that white teeth convey the image of a healthy person and that attracts people to you. Dentists can provide tooth whitening treatments that will restore teeth to their natural white colour so that they look shiny and healthy.

4. Remove biofilm and calculus:

When colonies of bacteria form in your mouth and stick to the surface of your teeth, then they form what is known as plaque. Over time, these formations can harden to become tartar and you need special dental equipment to remove these unwanted and unsightly formations from damaging your teeth.

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