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Oral health: A window to your overall health
Gum disease can let bacteria enter your bloodstream and wreak havoc elsewhere in your body. Or sometimes, signs of a disease may first show up in your mouth.
By Mayo Clinic staff

Although the eyes may be the window to the soul, your mouth is a window to your body's health. The state of your oral health can offer lots of clues about your overall health. Oral health and overall health are more connected than you might realize.

Your oral health is connected to many other health conditions beyond your mouth. Sometimes the first sign of a disease shows up in your mouth. In other cases, infections in your mouth, such as gum disease, can cause problems in other areas of your body. Learn more about this intimate connection between oral health and overall health.
The connection between oral health and overall health

Your mouth is normally teeming with bacteria. Usually you can keep these bacteria under control with good oral health care, such as daily brushing and flossing. Saliva also is a key defense against bacteria and viruses. It contains enzymes that destroy bacteria in different ways. But harmful bacteria can sometimes grow out of control and lead to periodontitis, a serious gum infection.

When your gums are healthy, bacteria in your mouth usually don't enter your bloodstream. However, gum disease may provide bacteria a port of entry into your bloodstream. Sometimes invasive dental treatments also can allow bacteria to enter your bloodstream. And medications or treatments that reduce saliva flow or disrupt the normal balance of bacteria in your mouth also may lead to oral changes, making it easier for bacteria to enter your bloodstream. Some researchers believe that these bacteria and inflammation from your mouth are linked to other health problems in the rest of your body.

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Telephone 518.324.CARE
Airport Plaza 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

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Flossing for oral health

You can't reach the tight spaces between your teeth or under your gumline with a toothbrush. That's why daily flossing is important. When you floss:

* Don't skimp. Break off about 18 inches of dental floss. Wind most of the floss around the middle finger on one hand, and the rest around the middle finger on the other hand — leaving about 1 inch to floss your first tooth.
* Take it one tooth at a time. Use your thumbs and forefingers to gently pull the floss from the gumline to the top of the tooth to scrape off plaque. Rub the floss against all sides of the tooth. Unwind to fresh floss as you progress to the next tooth.
* Keep it up. If you have trouble getting floss through your teeth, try the waxed variety. If it's hard to manipulate the floss, use a floss holder or an interdental cleaner — such as a dental pick or stick designed to clean between the teeth.

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Telephone 518.324.CARE
Airport Plaza 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

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Brushing for oral health

Oral health begins with clean teeth. Consider these brushing basics from the American Dental Association:

* Brush your teeth at least twice a day. When you brush, don't rush. Take enough time to do a thorough job.
* Use the proper equipment. Use a fluoride toothpaste and a soft-bristled toothbrush. Consider using an electric or battery-operated toothbrush, especially if you have arthritis or other problems that make it difficult to brush effectively.
* Practice good technique. Hold your toothbrush at a slight angle against your teeth and brush with short back-and-forth motions. Remember to brush the inside and chewing surfaces of your teeth, as well as your tongue. Avoid vigorous or harsh scrubbing, which can irritate your gums.
* Know when to replace your toothbrush. Invest in a new toothbrush or a replacement head for your electric toothbrush every three to four months — or sooner if the bristles become frayed.

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Champlain Smiles Dental Office
Telephone 518.324.CARE
Airport Plaza 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

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Nutritious Foods for Healthy Teeth

Eat nutritious foods. What your child eats, and how often they eat, has a dramatic impact on their oral and overall health. Consuming foods high in sugar or starch feed the bacteria that cause tooth decay. Promote healthy eating habits in childhood and teen years to promote optimal health, growth and intellectual development into adulthood.

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Champlain Smiles Dental Office
Telephone 518.324.CARE
Airport Plaza 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

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Champlain Smiles of Plattsburgh NY provides cosmetic dental treatment services and our cosmetic services include dental lumineers and dental veneers. To learn more about our cosmetic dental treatment services, visit our main web site today!

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Airport Plaza • 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
518.324.CARE

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Dentist, Athena Graves, DDS of Champlain Smiles in Plattsburgh NY provides dental sleep apnea treatment. Often snoring is dismissed as an annoyance, but it can be a sign of a very serious condition known as obstructive sleep apnea. Snoring is caused by a blocked airway. The tongue falls backward during sleep and can fully or partially block the airway. The body then struggles to obtain air, and this causes the vibration we call snoring. Much of the time the body will continue to get just enough air so there will be very little harm. However, this condition is one of the signs that sleep apnea could be right around the corner.

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When you visit Champlain Smiles in Plattsburgh NY, our first goal is to establish a feeling of trust. Our job is to listen to you, respect you, educate you, and not judge your decisions. The doctor understands you might be anxious about the process of receiving dental care. Therefore, she makes it a point to carefully explain your proposed treatment plan and unhurriedly answer all your questions. Only then will she take you gently through your treatment. Modern dentistry has many techniques, local anesthetics, and relaxation methods to increase your comfort. The more involved you are in making your dental health decisions, the less room there is for fear and uncertainty.

Caring, Personalized Treatment
Our top priority is to treat each patient as an individual, to get to know them personally, and not merely treat them as a chart number or “the next patient.” We promise all our patients the same things: a caring and attentive staff, an enthusiastic manner, and state-of-the-art dental care delivered with exceptional comfort in a friendly atmosphere.

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Airport Plaza • 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
518.324.CARE

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Airport Plaza • 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
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Snoring and Sleep Disorders what you need to know

Often snoring is dismissed as an annoyance, but it can be a sign of a very serious condition known as obstructive sleep apnea. Snoring is caused by a blocked airway. The tongue falls backward during sleep and can fully or partially block the airway. The body then struggles to obtain air, and this causes the vibration we call snoring. Much of the time the body will continue to get just enough air so there will be very little harm. However, this condition is one of the signs that sleep apnea could be right around the corner.

Apnea episodes can occur from 30 to 60 times per night. This oxygen deprivation causes people to feel exhausted when they wake up, as though they haven’t really been sleeping. They’ve spent most of the night fighting for air, so it’s no wonder they feel tired, headachy, and irritable. The lower oxygen levels also put a strain on the heart.

Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea are medical problems, so we make sure your individual situation is fully addressed by starting with an objective medical assessment. After referral from a physician, you’ll receive a thorough dental examination by Dr. Graves, who will discuss all options, advantages, limitations, and consequences.

After you are fit with the oral appliance that should work best for you, we’ll take any needed time to adjust the appliance to a comfortable and effective position. Then we recommend a follow-up evaluation by the referring physician to objectively document the effectiveness of the therapy. We like to see all our sleep patients twice per year long term during active treatment to ensure the integrity of the oral structures and continued effectiveness of the treatment.

These appliances reduce the health risks associated with apnea without surgery or medication. There is a 96% success rate for people treated with these appliances.

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Champlain Smiles Dental Office
Airport Plaza • 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
518.324.CARE
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An Investment in Your Health and Self-Esteem

We all know how important a great smile can be for adults as well as growing children. An unattractive smile can make you or your child self-conscious and hurt your self-esteem. Misaligned teeth and jaws can also cause pain and adversely affect your ability to chew, talk, and keep your teeth clean and healthy.

Using the newest techniques and highest quality materials available in modern orthodontics, we have helped patients ages 5 to 75 achieve their best-looking smiles and optimal dental health. You, too, can have the beautiful, straight smile you’ve always wanted!


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Champlain Smiles Dental Office
Airport Plaza • 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
518.324.CARE
www.ChamplainSmiles.com

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How to keep your teeth - Treating gum disease
Dr. Graves uses the laser assisted new attachment procedure (LANAP™), a minimally invasive method of treating gum disease. LANAP is a laser-assisted procedure certified by the FDA for treatment of periodontitis or gum disease. You may have heard about or experienced the remarkable results from laser treatments for vision correction and other medical procedures. Now, that same technology is revolutionizing dentistry!

With LANAP, gum disease can be treated successfully without scalpels or sutures, so healing and recovery is generally faster and less painful than traditional gum surgery. If you’ve been told you need gum surgery, but have been putting it off, let us show you how easy your treatment really can be. But if you DO need gum surgery, Dr. Graves has extensive training in Periodontics (the diagnosis and treatment of gum disease) with years of experience in nonsurgical and micro-surgical treatment methods.

Champlain Smiles Dental Office located in Plattsburgh NY provides laser assisted gum disease treatment. Contact us today for an examination.

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White Dental Fillings

For years, the silver-mercury amalgam was the standard filling material used in dental practices, and many practices still use it. While they are a reasonable restoration, amalgams have certain shortcomings. Metal does not bond well to teeth, so decay can and does eventually leak into the tooth. But the biggest reason many of our patients are choosing the white bonded fillings has to do with the way they look. Many people just don’t want an ugly black plug in their teeth. We offer modern, state-of-the-art restorations that are a natural-looking white, contain no metals, and can actually strengthen your teeth. They also bond very tightly with the healthy part of the tooth so there is much less chance of decay in the future.

Champlain Smiles provides a full range of cosmetic dental care services in Plattsburgh NY.

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Beautiful Dentures for Confident Smiles

If you select dentures as a replacement for missing teeth, we can design and fit natural-looking dentures that won’t slip. Recent technology allows us to anchor a denture plate so securely that you no longer have to worry about the foods you eat and your slipping and shifting dentures. If you are already a denture wearer, we invite you to ask us about this procedure. It will make your life so much easier.

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An Investment in Your Health and Self-Esteem

We all know how important a great smile can be for adults as well as growing children. An unattractive smile can make you or your child self-conscious and hurt your self-esteem. Misaligned teeth and jaws can also cause pain and adversely affect your ability to chew, talk, and keep your teeth clean and healthy.

Using the newest techniques and highest quality materials available in modern orthodontics, we have helped patients ages 5 to 75 achieve their best-looking smiles and optimal dental health. You, too, can have the beautiful, straight smile you’ve always wanted!

Visit our main web site for more information about dental braces in Plattsburgh NY.

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Dental Lumineers & Veneers
If you have misshapen teeth, unsightly gaps, or deep discoloration, our modern veneers may be the answer. Lumineers are contact-lens thin and super translucent. Since Lumineers are so thin, little to no tooth reduction is necessary. Often times you won’t even need a shot!

We also feature traditional veneers. These are thin porcelain coverings that fit over and are bonded to your teeth, look natural, and are made from the most advanced dental ceramic available.

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No Mercury! No Metals! No Kidding!
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Plattsburgh NY

For years, the silver-mercury amalgam was the standard filling material used in dental practices, and many practices still use it. While they are a reasonable restoration, amalgams have certain shortcomings. Metal does not bond well to teeth, so decay can and does eventually leak into the tooth. But the biggest reason many of our patients are choosing the white bonded fillings has to do with the way they look. Many people just don’t want an ugly black plug in their teeth. We offer modern, state-of-the-art restorations that are a natural-looking white, contain no metals, and can actually strengthen your teeth. They also bond very tightly with the healthy part of the tooth so there is much less chance of decay in the future.

Visit Champlain Smiles Dental Office in Plattsburgh NY

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Smile Makeovers
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Dr. Graves emphasizes the aesthetic aspect in ALL of her work because she knows that when your smile looks good, you feel good! She uses the best combination of preventive care, tooth-colored fillings, and restorative techniques for optimum dental health. Modern smile makeovers are so easy (and affordable!) that there’s simply no reason why you can’t have the perfectly beautiful, natural-looking smile you’ve always wanted. Ask us what modern veneers, crowns, bonding, and whitening can do for YOUR smile!

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* Teeth Whitening
* Porcelain Veneers
* Dental Veneers
* Dental Crowns
* Dental Bridges
* White Dental Fillings
* Dental Lumineers
* Dental Braces Orthodontics
* Dental Bonding
* Inlays & Onlays
* Smile Makeovers

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An Investment in Your Health and Self-Esteem
We all know how important a great smile can be for adults as well as growing children. An unattractive smile can make you or your child self-conscious and hurt your self-esteem. Misaligned teeth and jaws can also cause pain and adversely affect your ability to chew, talk, and keep your teeth clean and healthy.

Using the newest techniques and highest quality materials available in modern orthodontics, we have helped patients ages 5 to 75 achieve their best-looking smiles and optimal dental health. You, too, can have the beautiful, straight smile you’ve always wanted!


Champlain Smiles dental office in Plattsburgh NY provides a full range of orthdontic dental treatment services.

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Dr. Athena Graves has committed herself to excellence in dentistry as a practitioner, and as a well-regarded lecturer, instructor, and spokesperson on dental topics. She graduated from the School of Dental Medicine at SUNY-Buffalo. She has served as an instructor at the Broome County Community College Hygiene School, and has also lectured Master’s nursing students on geriatric dental care. You may also have seen Dr. Graves interviewed on television in connection with “Doctors with a Heart Day,” where free care is provided for those who cannot afford it. Dr. Graves has participated in this program for five years.

Dr. Graves is committed to lifelong education and professional development through continuing education. She has advanced training in orthodontics, endodontics, and TMJ disorders, and is certified in Lumineers™. Dr. Graves has also received training for Periolase™, an FDA approved laser procedure. Her latest training has focused on some of the latest advances in the treatment of tooth sensitivity and dental antibiotics. This advanced training allows her to offer you faster and more comfortable root canals than ever before.

Dr. Graves participates in the welfare of the community, often volunteering at a community free clinic. She and her husband, Jeffrey, have two beautiful children, Michael and Vaia. In her spare time, you might find Dr. Graves hiking, quilting, or engaged in family activities.

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Athena Graves, DDS
Airport Plaza • 762 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
518.324.CARE



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We would love the opportunity to show you what truly exceptional dental care is all about. Our goal is to provide our patients with care that lasts a lifetime, and we are always very happy to have new patients become part of our family. Our entire team has received special training in providing comfortable, quality dental care, and we love what we do! We welcome the opportunity to offer second opinions, and we strive to treat emergencies that day.

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