We’ve carefully selected these blogs because they are actively working to educate, inspire, and empower their readers with frequent updates and high-quality information. If you would like to tell us about a blog, nominate them by emailing us at bestblogs@healthline.com!
Proper oral care is essential to our overall health. Not only does good oral health help us avoid cavities and periodontal disease, but it can play a role in preventing other diseases and conditions. Gum disease has been linked to heart disease and several other illnesses. And certain diseases can lower our body’s infection resistance, which makes problems in our mouths more severe.
Going to the dentist regularly is a good start to maintaining healthy teeth, but we’re missing the mark there, too. It turns out that just 62 percent of adults in the United States go to the dentist every year.
Want to ensure that your family is in good oral health? In addition to those regular visits to your dentist, it helps to stay educated on issues that affect our teeth and mouths. These blogs are chock-full of useful information.
Campaign for Dental Health
Dental care has such an effect on overall health that it’s a leading health concern. The Campaign for Dental Health works to ensure that all people have access to water fluoridation, which can help boost the health of our teeth. This blog updates readers on efforts to ensure that there is fluoride-enriched water throughout the world.
Tweet them @ILikeMyTeeth
Delta Dental of Arizona Blog
Run by Delta Dental of Arizona, this blog is full of tips for staying on top of your oral health and learning how to use dental insurance, with advice for everyone from babysitters trying to get kids to wash their teeth before bed, to employers who want their employees to make use of their insurance.
Tweet them @DeltaDentalAZ
Healthy Teeth. Healthy You!
Laurence H. Stone, DDS is a Pennsylvania-based dentist eager to help promote healthy, beautiful smiles. His blog offers tips for better oral health and information on dental procedures, with snippets of his own experiences integrated into each topic.
Kids Healthy Teeth
This blog, run by dentists Elizabeth Chen, DDS, MS, and Sheryl Hunter Griffith, DDS, is all about educating parents on how to take care of children’s teeth and encouraging healthy habits. Topics include nutrition for healthy teeth, preventing cavities, and developing a tooth brushing routine for kids.
Tweet them @TXHealthyTeeth
Oral Health Foundation’s Blog
The Oral Health Foundation is a British charity that aims to improve oral health in the U.K. and across the world. Their blog features tips for maintaining good oral health as well as insights into getting and affording dental insurance, and even oral health care for your pets.
Tweet them @dentalhealthorg
OraWellness
OraWellness has a blog that covers oral health care issues such as receding gums, root canals, canker sores, halitosis, cavities, and dental care on the whole. Will and Susan Revak run the website and share a wealth of knowledge about good oral health and restoring your smile.
Tweet them @OraWellness
Teeth Matter
This blog is run by the Children’s Dental Health Project. They post news from the American Academy of Pediatrics, offer tips for maintaining healthy teeth, and share insights and advice about pediatric dental coverage in the United States.
Tooth Wisdom
While older adults are more prone to gum disease and tooth decay, most do not have dental insurance and many do not visit the dentist regularly. Operated by Oral Health America, this blog is specifically targeted at older Americans. It covers topics like dental insurance, Medicare, as well as other health conditions that typically affect older generations, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Tweet them @smile4health
ToothFairyBlog
Give children and their parents the tools for better oral health, and it can happen. That’s the idea behind the ToothFairyBlog, which is run by Claire, a U.K.-based pediatric dentistry consultant. She shares tips for better children’s dental care, including cavities, prenatal dental health, and how to use pacifiers.
Tweet them @toothfairyblog
