Ward Off Tooth Decay And Cavities By Doing These 8 Things
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Your teeth are incredibly important - but it's easy to take them for granted, and that's bad news for your oral health. If you don't take good care of your teeth, you'll end up facing problems like decay, cavities, and toothaches down the road, and you'll probably incur a lot of dental bills as well.
Luckily, it's easy to take good care of your teeth. Just do these eight simple things, and you'll have healthy teeth for years to come.
1. Eat a tooth-friendly diet.
The food you eat has a big impact on the health of your teeth. If you eat sugary foods all the time, you'll probably end up with cavities. A calcium-deficient diet can also weaken and damage your teeth over the years.
Rules to live by: eat plenty of calcium-rich foods, skip the candy and soda, and rinse your mouth out with water every time you eat something.
2. Opt for gum without sugar.
3. The longer sugar stays in your mouth, the more damage it does to your teeth - which means that gum containing sugar is a bad choice if you're concerned about your oral health. Choose the sugar-free variety instead.
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5. 3. Replace your toothbrush frequently.
6. An old toothbrush can damage your teeth and gums. You should replace your toothbrush every three months.
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8. 4. Clean your teeth thoroughly every day.
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11. If you don't have a good oral hygiene routine, now's the time to establish one. Brush your teeth at least twice a day, and floss your teeth every night.
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13. 5. Visit the dentist regularly.
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16. No matter how thoroughly you clean your teeth at home, it's still important to get professional cleanings twice a year. Your dentist will be able to spot any signs of decay or other problems with your teeth that you might not have noticed.
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18. 6. Support your teeth with dietary supplements.
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21. A healthy diet can help you maintain good oral health. Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. Ask your doctor or dentist which dietary supplements are appropriate for you.
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23. 7. Swish coconut oil in your mouth.
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26. Oil pulling is an effective way to rid your teeth of cavity-causing bacteria. Just put a spoonful of coconut oil in your mouth and swish it around for ten minutes, then spit it out.
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28. 8. Mix up your own toothpaste.
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31. You can make tooth-healing mineralized toothpaste by mixing coconut oil, baking soda, calcium powder, stevia, and sea salt.
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Small Business Optimism Shatters Record Previously Set 35 Years Ago
Expectations translating to growth, profits, and jobs according to NFIB’s leading indicator survey
Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2018) — The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index soared to 108.8 in August, a new record in the survey’s 45-year history, topping the July 1983 highwater mark of 108. The record-breaking figure is driven by small business owners executing on the plans they’ve put in place due to dramatic changes in the nation’s economic policy.
The August survey showed:
“Today’s groundbreaking numbers are demonstrative of what I’m hearing everyday from small business owners – that business is booming. As the tax and regulatory landscape changed, so did small business expectations and plans,” said NFIB President and CEO Juanita D. Duggan. “We’re now seeing the tangible results of those plans as small businesses report historically high, some record breaking, levels of increased sales, investment, earnings, and hiring.”
A net 10 percent of all owners (seasonally adjusted) reported higher nominal sales in the past three months compared to the prior three months, up two points. August is the ninth consecutive strong month of reported sales gains after years of low or negative numbers. The net percent of owners planning to build inventories rose six points to a record net 10 percent, the 14th positive reading in the past 22 months. The frequency of reports of positive profit trends rose two points to a net one percent reporting quarter on quarter profit improvements, the second highest reading in the survey’s 45-year history.
“At the beginning of this historic run, Index gains were dominated by expectations: good time to expand, expected real sales, inventory satisfaction, expected credit conditions, and expected business conditions,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “Now the Index is dominated by real business activity that makes GDP grow: job creation plans, job openings, strong capital spending plans, record inventory investment plans, and earnings. Small business is clearly helping to drive that four percent growth in the domestic economy.”
As reported in last week’s NFIB’s monthly jobs report, a seasonally adjusted net 26 percent of owners plan to create new jobs and 38 percent of owners reported job openings they could not fill in the current period, both survey highs. Sixty-two percent of owners reported trying to hire, with 89 percent of those owners reporting few or no qualified applications for their open positions. A record 25 percent of owners cited the difficulty of finding qualified workers as their Single Most Important Business Problem, up two points from last month.
The report concludes, “As a leading indicator of economic activity, the Index turned up sharply late in November 2016 and headed to readings in the top 5 percent of the Index history in December, never looking back. Three months later, economic activity soared, rising from 1.5 percent GDP growth to over 3 percent. Profits are driving the stock indices for ‘small’ firms to record levels, mirroring the record levels of profit gains for NFIB firms.”
Click here to view the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey.
About the Small Business Economic Trends
The NFIB Research Center has collected Small Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since the 4th quarter of 1973 and monthly surveys since 1986. Survey respondents are drawn from a random sample of NFIB’s membership. The report is released on the second Tuesday of each month. This survey was conducted in July 2018. For more information about NFIB, please visit nfib.com.
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For more than 75 years, NFIB has been advocating on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. NFIB is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven. Since our founding in 1943, NFIB has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses, and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com.
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With television ads hitting the airwaves, the 2018 General Election in Utah is now in full swing. Y2 Analytics completed a poll of 405 likely voters in Utah’s 4th Congressional District from September 6-8, 2018. Incumbent Representative Mia Love leads with 51% of the vote while challenger and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams trails with 42%. Another 7% of voters are still undecided or refused to disclose their intentions.
THE BLUE WAVE EFFECT VS. THE MITT ROMNEY EFFECT IN UT-4
Most of the Special Election contests nationwide this year have shown a pattern of higher turnout among Democratic voters, referred to by some observers as a coming “blue wave”. Y2 Analytics has sought to quantify this blue-wave effect by analyzing the special Congressional elections that have happened to date. Our firm has obtained the voting records in each special election across the country and built a predictive profile of the voters that were activated by the national context this cycle. Unsurprisingly, uniquely activated voters this cycle have tended to be younger and much more Democratic-leaning than the district average. However, the size of the wave depends on the characteristics of the district.
The below table shows the typical profile of the electorate in UT-4, including years with a Presidential election, years without a Presidential election (off-years), a projection for 2018 (which includes adjustments for the availability of universal vote-by-mail), and a projected scenario with an unmitigated Democratic wave based on the special election results outside of Utah.
Table 1: UT-4 Electorate Historical & Projected
The Democratic wave electorate projection has a historically high percentage of registered Democrats participating in the UT-4 election, which fits national trends. However, there is not a lot of “blue water” to create a “blue wave” in UT-4. Unlike the 2018 PA-18 special election, for instance, there does not exist a substantial bloc of low-turnout Democratic voters to activate in a non-Presidential election.
As a result, the effect on the race is measurable but modest. Under the Democratic wave scenario, Love still leads with 48% of the vote, and McAdams maintains his current standing at 42%, with 9% of likely voters undecided.
The Utah Senate race may also affect the size of the wave in UT-4. Former Republican Presidential Nominee and Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is at the top of the ticket across the state. During this year’s U.S. Senate Primary Election, Romney’s presence on the ticket drove turnout up to record-breaking levels. Higher turnout likely benefits Love because lower turnout voters in this district tend to lean Republican, unlike in many other parts of the country where low turnout voters skew Democratic. Thus, it is possible that the Romney turnout effect could interact with or blunt any potential Democratic wave.
Furthermore, one major exception to the blue wave effect in special elections this cycle has been Utah’s 3rd Congressional District. Congressman Curtis won in 2017 with a special election turnout profile that was conventional for the 3rd District in an off-year Congressional election and showed little evidence of a Democratic surge. Utah’s 3rd District voters have already bucked the “blue wave” trend this cycle, and the 4th District is right next door.
RECENT PUBLIC POLLING
Love has been ahead in every publicly-released poll so far this cycle. There have been eight surveys released in UT- 4 this year, each showing Love with a lead ranging from +2 points in McAdams’ internals to +10 points in thepolling done by the Utah Debate Commission. This is one of the many reasons that as of today, independent handicapper Nate Silver gives Rep. Love an 83% chance of winning this race.
Table 2: UT-4 Public Polls Released in 2018
Some reporters in the state have characterized this race as too close to call because the ballot results on some individual polls have fallen within the margin of error. However, when all the polls point to the same outcome (including polling claims made by her opponent), it is inaccurate to characterize the race as a “virtual tie.”
ASSESSING VARIATION ACROSS POLLS
To help the public assess the results, this release includes every question, every demographic, and every assumption that Y2 has made about the electorate this year. It also includes a methodology statement that explains how to determine who is likely to vote. When polling is released publicly it can have an effect on persuadable voters who are looking for cues for which candidate is likely to win. Pollsters should be fully-transparent about their methods and the contents of their polls so public discussion of the results can include an evaluation of polling quality. None of the public polling releases thus far have included full questionnaires, sampling procedures, or demographics for review. It is normal to expect some pollsters to obfuscate on method. However, even many media pollsters this cycle have lacked transparency about their sampling methods, the questions asked during the survey interviews, and their post-fielding procedures. Full transparency is the ethical position for polls that are released to the public so that voters can make a determination about the reliability of the results. See attached topline report for complete survey details, including sampling methodology, full question wording, results of other statewide races within this geography, and demographics.
See the Full Poll and Methodogy
