Dentist Sunnyvale Blog

Dentistry on the Net

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:50:44 +0000

We all know how helpful internet is in our lives as we continue to develop and increase technology. This is also helpful in the dental industry. There are just so many information you can gather regarding dentistry, and dental professionals from Dentist Sunnyvale and other dentists from different centers are happy that the internet continues to help inform patients with regards to what they need to know about dentistry in general.

Internet is also a venue for dental business to make known to potential patients of their services as one of the best in the area.

Stress and Your Teeth

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:44:14 +0000

Recent study show how even the dental industry is affected by the economic recession. More and more patients have dropped their regular visits to the dentist. Such is the case that dentists in Dentist Sunnyvale have observed.

However, there would also seem to be an increase on demand for teeth grinders. This is because a lot of people are anxious and stressed out due to their thought for the future especially when it comes to financial status. This in turn have more people with teeth grinding problems. Thankfully there are also other ways to prevent this aside from dental treatments, there are also available mouthguards to prevent this.

Pain Free Dentistry

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:45:20 +0000

Most people are afraid of going to the dentist. This is why is a good thing that with the development in dentistry, more dental professionals are making it possible for patients to visit the clinic without any anxiety.

Dentist Sunnyvale, is one of the many dental practitioners offering pain-free dental treatments. With technology today, drilling isn’t a problem and it is very safe. Sedation dentistry and other pain free dental procedures are available.

Black Hairy Tounge

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:10:36 +0000

Sounds disgusting? It is if you don’t take good care of your oral health. Dentist Sunnyvale explains that this type of dental condition is harmless; it is however caused by bacteria inside the mouth, making the tongue appear black and hairy.

We should not take any form of dental diseases for granted. Let us make sure that we have healthy oral care.

Cheers!

Eating Healthy

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:57:30 +0000

Dentist Sunnyvale is one of many dental professionals who gives importance to eating healthy for stronger and healthier teeth and gums.

Our dentists advice us to eat carbs during mealtimes. Drinking tea like black and green teas which contain polyphenols, are antioxidants preventing plaque from adhering to your teeth. It also help reduce developing cavities and gum disease. Sipping in a straw is also advisable because it help prevent direct contact of beverages that are not healthy for your teeth.

Lastly, taking vitamins like vitamin C and calcium can help preventing any form of dental diseases.

Dental Cavities

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:41:23 +0000

Children and adults are both prone to dental cavities. According to dental professionals or Dentist Sunnyvale, we are prone to tooth decay and cavities as we grow older.

Eating sweets are one of the causes of cavities. We should try eating healthy snacks instead that is good for our dental health.

DIAGONOdent

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:23:20 +0000

What we love here at Dentist Sunnyvale is how dental technology today has continuously provide dental patients with different ways to make their visit more satisfying.

Just like the news on detecting dental caries through DIAGONOdent. Most dentists use this state of the art dental technology to detect fluorescence of decay. This uses a 655-nm laser that is acurate and reliable in aiding for detecting caries. Our patients value having healthy and attractive teeth and gums. To maintain them, we advise patients to take good care of their oral health. DIAGNOdent aids in the detections of caries and it really is essential for prevention that helps enable you to protect and preserve tooth substance.

Combatting Spam In Wordpress – The Easy Way

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:48:14 +0000

Congratulations, your Wordpress installation has completed. For your convienence we have included the following tips and suggestions you may refer to in order to decrease the amount of spam you receive.

Enable Akismet

Akismet is a Wordpress plugin that comes default with every installation. Akismet is a real-time adaptive spam filter which scans all incoming comments and helps you automatically filter spam comments by stopping them at their source.

In order to use Akismet you must first get an API Key from Wordpress. The API Key is free, but it does require you visiting their site and creating an account. Please visit http://www.wordpress.com/signup. Enter your personal information and at the bottom choose “Just a username, please.”

Once you have created and verified your account, log in at http://www.wordpress.com/wp-login.php. Click on the “Profile” link and you will see at the very top, your WordPress.com API Key. We’re going to use this soon so keep it available to you by recording it somewhere.

Go back to your Netfirms Wordpress installation:

1. Log in to your Wordpress Dashboard and click on the Plugins link
2. Click “Activate” for the plug in Akismet
3. You will see a yellow box with a link asking you to enter your Wordpress.com API Key that you created earlier.
4. Once entered, click “Update options” to enable Akismet.

For the vast majority of blogs on the Internet, Akismet alone will eliminate 99% of the spam comments that are generated. There are some other features you may enable on your blog to increase your spam protection.

For more information on Akismet, as well for further assistance should you find Akismet reporting a large amount of false-positives, please visit http://www.akismet.com

Discussion Settings

Under the Settings menu in the “Disucssion” subsection you will see a section which lists 3 options that will apply before a comment appears on your blog. The bottom two options ‘Comment Author must fill out name and email’ as well as ‘Comment author must have a previously approved comment’ are by default checked. We recommend leaving this checked however you may, if you find spam getting past Akismet often enable the option that an Administrator must approve all new comments.

Comment Moderation is another option you may use. You may change the amount of allowed URLs or links from it’s default value of 2 by setting it to 1. This allows the comment to contain 1 link before it is placed in a moderation queue. Setting this to 0 will mean all comments will be placed in the moderation queue.

Be careful with the word lists offered in Comment Moderation and Comment Blacklist. If you were to type the word “ass” it would block the word assistance or assume. Wordpress offers a list of words you may use in the Comment Moderation box available at http://codex.wordpress.org/Spam_Words

Require users to register in order to comment

This is a setting available under Settings menu in the “General” subsection. Most spam bots are not designed to register on a Wordpress site so this will effectively put an end to any spammers, but it may also decrease the amount of comments people leave on your blog. This should only be a last resort.

Going Further Beyond Wordpress

Wordpress’ plugin archecture means you can increase your anti-spam protection even further by using plugins which are available for free at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/. Typical plugins that are used to increase the protection of your account would be to add a CAPTCHA image or security image test on each comment. You can browse thousands of freely available Wordpress plugins at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/.