Dr. Arnaldo Lopez, General Dentist and Owner with SOMI Dental Group, explains with a model how implants work. He describes implants have three different parts: the implant, the crown and abutment, the screw onto the screw. He explains the crown is needed when the cavity is too big and it takes over more than a…...

Dr. Arnaldo Lopez, CEO & General Dentist with SOMI Dental Group, explains different types of bites: healthy bite, overbite, under bite and open bite. He says any of these bites can occur in patients. Some of them are genetics. Most of them can be corrected with either Invisalign or braces. Sucking the thumb in early…...

Dental implants protect the facial bone and they feel and look like natural teeth. Dr. Teresa Lozano, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains what other advantages dental implants have and how you can maintain them. And there's a lot of advantages to dental implants let's show our viewers some of…...

The recommendation of Dr. Teresa Lozano, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, is to keep good oral hygiene: brushing the teeth at least twice a day after meals, flossing once a day, avoiding sugary foods and visiting the dentist at least once a year. She also advises brushing the tongue, because it…...

Angie Placeres, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, explains sugar-laden cereal is not about bad food, you only have to look at how many you are having of the sugar-laden sweets. She also says chips are high in fat and many times we do not eat one serving. She recommends making your own at…...

Lucette Talamas, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, affirms juice is actually not necessary as way to get fruits intake. She explains it is better to take the whole real fruits instead of juice or pulp. The whole fruit has the fiber that juice doesn’t have. Registered Dietitian adds the serving size recommended for…...

Natalie Castro, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, explains sugar stimulates our pleasure responses and our reward responses in our brain. "We have done PET scans and looked at brain activity when we are having sugar, and it responds just the same way as alcohol and cocaine or drugs." About sweets, she says the…...

Natalie Castro, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, says the only way to know if you have made a good choice buying food is by reading the label. With the label you will be able to tell whether it is just sugar or added sugar. She says, for example, a cereal box that has…...