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Home oral care is a great start to keeping your smile strong and healthy, but brushing and flossing alone isn’t enough to maintain optimal oral health. If you want your smile to thrive, you must make time for professional dental cleanings. Professional cleanings augment your home oral care routine, ensuring your teeth are plaque-and tartar-free […]

Dear Patients, Lately, I’ve been losing sleep over our patients who have delayed their six-month check-up. I worry because, when patients do come in late, after months away from the dentist, they are experiencing problems like dental pain, jaw muscle pain, observing their teeth shifting position, cracked teeth, discomfort with their old dentures, and gum […]

“During coronavirus, some of our families had to delay visits to the dentist, and now we are seeing more dental decay,” says Dr. Jamie J. Alexander of Boynton Beach, Florida. “Regular checkups and dental cleanings are essential to prevent and stop tooth decay.” Just about everyone is at risk of tooth decay. Eating sugar or other […]

Are you experiencing periods of dry mouth? Have you or others noticed a change in your breath odor? These might be outward signs that the current COVID19 outbreak is raising your stress levels. Anxiety and stress hormones easily kick up when we are overworked, have financial worries or health concerns, are experiencing negative emotions, or […]

We are all about health at Dr. Jamie J. Alexander’s dental practice in Boynton Beach, Florida. We know that COVID-19 has made everyone scrutinize the ways they may be exposed to the microscopic virus. Dental patients who may have assumed safety measures were in place prior to COVID19, now are highly interested in what their […]

“It’s more important than ever right now to boost your body’s immunity to viruses,” says Boynton Beach dentist Dr. Jamie Alexander. “We’ve been posting immune system boosting tips, like staying on top of oral hygiene and healthy foods you can eat, this last month, and those of you who trust me know I am genuinely concerned […]

Maintaining a healthy mouth is essential for maintaining the health of the rest of your body. And, for establishing immunity to illness. Why? “The food we take in, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and anything we put in our mouth, including our toothbrush, has potential for introducing harmful bacteria, viruses, and toxins […]

Dr. Jamie J. Alexander, a local Boynton Beach, Florida dentist, reminds everyone, who wants to stay healthy and live a long life, to have their teeth cleaned and their oral health evaluated at least every six months. “For the last two decades, the negative effect of certain oral bacteria on systemic health has been documented […]

Your local Boynton Beach and Delray Beach dentist, Dr. Jamie J. Alexander, wants you to floss daily. Almost all patients not only need this reminder, they also need to resolve to floss every day. Why? Flossing removes trapped food particles and disrupts plaque, a sticky bacterial film that clings to teeth. When carbohydrates are left on your teeth, […]

You may have heard your dental hygienist refer to your teeth cleaning appointment as a “Prophy” because it is a prophylactic treatment to remove plaque buildup and the bacteria that create an acidic environment that erodes enamel and inflames gum tissue. Even in healthy mouths, this clinical cleaning is needed at least every six months to keep […]

Having a local dentist whom you trust will make it easier for you to maintain a regular schedule of twice-yearly checkups. If you live in the Boynttwice-yearly area, Jamie J. Alexander, D.D.S. is a local dentist near you. In addition to being nearby, he knows that “Trust Is a Must!” The entire care team spends […]

Florida ranked 44th in a recently published statistical study of dental wellness in the United States. Published by t, researchers compared 25 key indicators of dental wellness in the 50 states and District of Columbia. The dataset included adolescents and adults. One of the states with the lowest percentage of adolescents seeing the dentist in […]