de Bruin Dental Center

05/17/2024

Thank you everyone and much appreciated for the bday love!

03/26/2022

Do you have a scalloped tongue? If so, call us to learn more!

02/04/2022

Thank you Sophie for helping us celebrate our 20 year anniversary!Sophie had me wait to do her dental exam until her watch read 2:22 2/2/22.
You made our day!

02/03/2022

Today marks an important milestone for de Bruin Dental Center.
My office manager, Donna Lake has officially retired after twenty years with me.
Before I opened my practice, Donna worked in my office while it was still being built out setting up my entire front office and scheduling my first patients to be seen. Twenty years later of hard work and wonderful memories I have you Donna, to thank for helping me build my practice.
You are a dedicated, caring, loving and wonderful person. Thank you for everything you have done and for helping me care for all my wonderful patients. Enjoy your retirement, your family, your friends and life!
Thank you Donna Lake!

Sincerely,

Dr. de Bruin and everyone along the way at de Bruin Dental Center

01/04/2022

Low tongue posture may have many impacts on your health.

The role in both widening the upper jaw and positioning the lower jaw in line with the nose are two ways that it may improve facial structure.

Other issues may include
1 speech disorders (certain sounds)
2 sleep apnea (tongue falls back into throat associated with throat snoring)
3 breathing problems (low tongue posture increases risk of mouthbreathing)
4 swallowing problems (a tongue thrust swallow may distort the shape of the jaw and affect posture
5 sinus inflammation (lack of nasal breathing can associate with an immune response in the nose)

If you suffer from any of the issues above, it may be prudent to start to work on tongue posture.

Here's a start:

1) keep your mouth closed and your teeth gently apart.
2) move your tongue to the roof of your mouth and lightly press upwards
3) you should feel a little pressure throughout your jaw
4) Position so as not block your airway as you breathe
5) Maintain this whenever you can.

The goal is this to become habit for you and the tongue becoming stronger.

Another consideration is your swallowing

During swallowing the tongue should press up to the palate but also a second movement to the side (into the back teeth).

So when you swallow you should first feel connection with the palate, and then a send wave of pressure up and a third wave outwards

Do you struggle with forward head and open mouth posture?

01/02/2022

We see this cycle more often then not. 😔

If you are not sleeping, breathing and chewing well, it’s physically impossible to be optimally healthy!

Unfortunately, some children miss out on correct facial and jaw development, which often results in underdeveloped faces, crowded teeth, and sleeping/breathing disorders .

Learn more www.thebreatheinstitute.com

12/16/2021

Interesting topic we came across!

Teeth will never disappoint you. They show us the purest truths of ourselves. While it's not always pretty, it's always things that we need to know, understand, and become better attached.
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​Through teeth we're taken to the oldest reaches of humanity, buried within ancient remains of our most distant ancestors, are their jaws and teeth, the last traceable piece of evidence of our origins.
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​Today scientists are following this story with jaw dropping techniques.
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​Balls of brain tissue generated from stem cells are enabling us to understand the underlying differences between people who struggle to be sociable and those who have difficulty reining themselves in.
Eventually, they can develop as many as six layers of cerebral cortex – the outer surface of the brain. This region is much more sophisticated in humans than in other animals, and houses important circuitry governing our most complex thoughts and behaviours, including socialising with others.
Each mini-brain is approximately 5 millimetres across. “Though they’re not as well defined as they are in a real brain, they resemble what you find in an embryonic fetus.”
To understand how brain development affects sociability, the team used donated cells from children with autism and Rett syndrome, both of which are associated with impaired communication skills.
They also used cells from children with Williams syndrome, a condition characterised by a hyper-sociable nature. People with Williams syndrome can be unable to restrain themselves from talking to complete strangers.
Mini-brains grown using stem cells from children with autism form fewer neural connections, while those from Williams syndrome children have an abnormally high number.
Researchers report: The differences are striking, and go in opposite directions. In Williams syndrome, one of the cortical layers makes large projections linking into many other layers, and these are important for sociality,”
By comparison, autism-linked brains are more immature, with fewer synapses.
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Tiny balls of brain tissue made from donated stem cells from children with autism or a condition that makes them hyper-sociable show intriguing differences

12/12/2021

Merry Christmas from the deBruin team!

10/14/2021

What does the shape of your palate mean?

A high arched, narrow palate can affect sleep, breathing, speech and oral health.

How we use our tongue and the foods we eat can affect the development of the palate as we grow up.

Our tongue fills and maintains the shape of our palate!

09/17/2021

Enjoy the last weekend of summer, from our work family to yours!

08/18/2021

Dental Assistant position available in cutting edge private practice in South Reno with opportunity to grow with our progressive dental team. Must have experience in dentistry , good communication and people skills and be a team player. Ortho experience a plus! Health insurance and benefits available with monthly bonus incentives.