Tips For Improving Your Smile In 2026

Now that we are in a new year, you should consider some resolutions to improve your oral health. With better homecare oral hygiene habits and visits to our team for a checkup, you can protect your smile. In today’s blog, your Columbia, TN, dentist talks about how to improve your smile in 2026!

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Better Home Care Habits

One major way to protect your smile throughout the year is with daily care. You should take time to brush and floss daily to help lower your risk of tooth decay and gum disease, and at the same time, reduce the chances of bad breath and stained teeth. We suggest brushing with a soft-bristled toothbrush to avoid inadvertent damage to your enamel or gums. Be sure you brush for two minutes when you wake up and then do so again before going to bed each evening. We recommend a toothpaste with fluoride, as this helps strengthen the outer enamel to lower the risk of future cavities.

You also need to floss! When you do so, you have the ability to reach and remove the particles trapped between the teeth that a toothbrush alone cannot reach. We urge patients to do this every evening before they brush the second time. You can use tape, string, or a floss pic, whichever is more convenient to you. You should move the floss up and down each side of every tooth, dipping beneath the gum line to extract tapped particles.

Improving Your Smile with an Exam and Cleaning

Make sure you also see our team for a checkup and cleaning every six months! You can schedule your first visit now. An exam is a chine to look closely at your smile for signs of trouble such as cavities, TMJ disorder, and bruxism (teeth grinding), or periodontal disease. We can then offer care to manage and treat these issues, protecting the health, function, and beauty of your smile. Our team can also clean your teeth, a process that removes all plaque and tartar from the teeth completely, protecting your smile from poor oral health.

Comprehensive Dental Care

Our team can take on an array of oral health issues. We can use cosmetic dentistry to mask and repair issues that impact your smile’s appearance. Our restorative treatments can provide lifelike solutions to cavities, infections, or even damaged teeth. If you have missing teeth, we can secure dental prosthetics that look natural, including dental implants! If you have any questions, then contact our team today and schedule your next visit!

Learn More About Improving Your Smile with Creekside Family Dentistry!

We want to help you enjoy good oral health at home and with regular visits to our office. Give us a call today at Creekside Family Dentistry in Columbia, TN at (931) 388-3384 to schedule your appointment.