Brush Your Teeth to Save Your Heart

Heart Health, Gum DiseaseDid you know that untreated bacteria in your mouth can escape into your bloodstream and cause issues in your heart? Big issues too, like increasing your risk of heart attack!

This February, our Quirt Family dentists are working with doctors and dentists around the country to celebrate American Heart Month, hoping raise awareness about cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. Our office wants everyone in Wisconsin to have both a healthy heart and a healthy mouth. [Read more...]

Dry Mouth and Prescriptions

Dry Mouth and Prescriptions

If you have started taking a new medication recently, chances are your doctor told you that a side-effect would be dry mouth. This side-effect is common with many prescriptions, and it now affects nearly half of everyone over the age of 65. This week, Quirt Family Dentistry wants to  educate patients and their loved ones about this condition and the importance it has on a healthy life.

What is dry mouth?

The technical term for dry mouth is xerostomia, [Read more...]