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Getting Your Teeth Professionally Cleaned

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Your teeth are an important part of your body and taking care of your teeth is an important part of your health. There are several aspects to caring for your teeth including brushing regularly, flossing, going to the dentist regularly, and avoiding situations where your teeth may become damaged. There are several ways for teeth to become damaged. It can be as simple as staining or as complex as a chipped tooth or even losing an entire tooth. There are many ways for this damage to happen. It can be the foods and beverages that are regularly consumed to a fight where you get hit in the mouth. All children become used to losing teeth as the baby teeth fall out in order for adult teeth to develop. However, it is a completely different experience when a tooth is lost as an adult. There is no chance of an adult tooth growing back, therefore, it is even more important to care for your teeth the older you get. As a person ages, the natural defenses of the teeth begin to break down. This makes them more vulnerable. The more vulnerable your teeth become, the more important it is to take care of them. While there are several ways to take care of your teeth, it best to begin simply. The best place to start is with regular professional cleanings. Here, you will find information about finding the best dentist as well as how often to have your teeth cleaned and what to expect when you do.

First, you need to find a dentist if you do not already have one. Many people find every reason possible to avoid going to the dentist for any reason. Even when it is absolutely necessary, my less just for basic cleaning. This can be for any number of reasons including a lack of time and a deep-seated fear of dentists. Whatever the reason, finding the right dentist for you can make all of the difference. Even if you already have a dentist, you may want to consider looking for a new one if you are still having trouble getting to appointments. The first step to finding the best dentist for your specific situation is knowing what your options are. The easiest way to get this information is to search the internet. All you need is the right keywords and an internet connection. When choosing your keywords, there are a few things that you need to keep in mind. First of all, you must include something to dictate what location you are searching within. This can be something nondescript such as “near me” or even “local”, but it is generally best to use the name of the city where you want the dental office to be located. If you need to look beyond your city, you can use the name of your county instead. It is also a good idea to use the word “near” in conjunction with the city or county name. This way, anything close to your parameters will show up in the results. Depending on your needs, you can other descriptors to your search so that your results are filtered. Keep in mind that this can work exactly as intended, but it can also backfire and cause the results to become almost non-existent. An example of a well-balanced search is “Las Vegas dentist”.

Once you have a list of dentists within your area, you will have to decide what will make the dentist ideal for you and your situation. This often includes extended office hours, accepting your insurance, working with patients that have a fear of dentists, and many other factors. Make a list of everything you are looking for in a dentist and then compare each choice to that list. Then you will be able to choose the dentist that best meets your needs.

Now that you have found a dentist to suit you and your needs, it is time to start scheduling those cleanings. Whether or not your insurance will pay for the cleanings depends on your exact plan and insurance company. Some will, some will not. Even if it is not covered by your insurance, cleanings are not expensive and most dental offices will be able to help you work out what you can afford and possibly even offer a payment plan if absolutely necessary. Take a few moments to talk to the office and see what your options are. They will be more than willing to go over everything with you. Again, it is not particularly expensive to start with, therefore, this should not be a major concern.

When you do go for a cleaning, you do not have to be concerned about discomfort or pain. There is nothing to cause you any pain during this process. In fact, the process is not that different than cleaning your teeth yourself. It is simply more in-depth with stronger cleaners. There will also be scrapings and even bleachings if necessary. This will help you get your teeth white and keep them that way.

If you do not understand how professional cleanings work, it is best to sit down with your dentist and discuss it. You can read about the process as much as possible, but there is no substitution for an in-person discussion with a professional. If you are particularly skeptical or fearful for any reason, make an appointment for the sole purpose of having a discussion with your dentist. He or she will be more than happy to detail what is done during a cleaning, and what products are used. They may even perform a cursory examination and determine how often you should come in for a cleaning. Once you feel comfortable with the process, make your first appointment. After your first cleaning, you will see that it is really quite simple and nothing to fear. Once you have had your first cleaning, you can set up a schedule to have it done regularly. It is that simple.

How A Jacksonville Dentist Can Keep Your Teeth Clean

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If you have ever wondered how to keep your teeth clean, you don’t need to look any further. In fact, you may be confused if you even need to be going to the dentist every 6 months even if you have healthy teeth. Keep reading as Farnham Dentistry explains to you exactly how to keep your teeth clean. You may be surprised at some of the answers!

Go to the dentist every six months
Some people wonder why it’s important to go to the dentist every six months. The first reasons are because the dentist can clean your teeth. The dentist does a much better job of every little area of your teeth clean that you can. When you leave the dentist you probably run your tongue along your teeth and notice how clean they feel. This means they have got a really great cleaning in. The next reason to go to the dentist every six months is they notice things you may not have noticed yet. For example, if you are having signs of the very beginning of a cavity, you may not even notice. The dentist can then clean your teeth properly and help to ensure a cavity does not actually form. Going to the dentist at that time saved you from having to fix a cavity in the future. The third reason is for any larger issues that are going on that you may not even realize. The dentist is able to get a close up look of your teeth and gums. They are able to see things you will never be able to see. That is why it’s a good idea to continue going to the dentist every six months. Even if you feel your teeth are clean, your dentist will keep your mouth clean and prevent you from having any issues in the future.

Brush and floss your teeth daily
This one may seem obvious, but in order to keep your teeth and gums healthy, it’s important that you floss and truth your teeth every single day. Make sure you use a soft toothbrush so you are not too aggressive with your teeth. It’s also a good idea to brush for two minutes every single day and floss once per day. It doesn’t necessarily matter what time of the day you brush, you can even brush after each meal instead, you just want to brush them at least two times every single day.

Stay away from sugar
Sugar is poison with your teeth. That means it’s important to try and stay away from it as much as possible. Of course, you still may like the occasional soda, but try and minimize it as much as you can. This will also help your overall health. That can seem a little overwhelming at first and that is why it’s a good idea to set small goals for yourself. For example, if you drink a can of soda every day with dinner, try and reduce it to every other day. Your health and your teeth will notice right away and will thank you for it.

Stay away from hard candies
Hard candies are bad for your teeth because they not only get stuck in between your teeth but they also can end up chipping your teeth. Some people love hard candies and if this is you, make sure you at least brush your teeth and rinse your mouth out after you eat the candy. With that said, try and stay away from hard candy as much as you can.

Don’t chew ice
One bad habit that many people have is to chew ice. We get it, ice can help you to lose weight, it can mimic eating and it is zero calories. The thing is, ice is actually very hard on your teeth. It can cause you to lose a tooth or to chip a tooth. Put down the ice and don’t have it a part of your habit.

Monitor your teeth regularly
If you monitor your teeth daily you will notice if you are having any issues with them. The smallest thing can be solved and not turn into a larger issue if you catch it right when it is becoming a problem. That means, if it monitors your teeth you will be able to catch something early on and can call your dentist for having them check it out. Make sure you monitor your teeth on a regular basis.

Drink enough water
Drinking water can actually help your teeth a lot. Your mouth has a hard time producing enough saliva if it is not getting enough water. That means it’s important to drink at least 8 glasses of water per day.

Use the correct toothpaste
If you are having any specific problems, it can be solved by using a specific toothpaste. Make sure to communicate with your dentist any issues you may be experiencing. They can make sure to recommend specific brands or specific things you can look for in order to help your teeth.

Brush your teeth correctly
Did you know there is a correct way to brush your teeth? Make sure you are brushing at a 45-degree angle and brush for two minutes. It’s also important to get every part of your mouth. That means your tongue and your gums. Floss your teeth right to the back of your teeth so there is never a part of your mouth that is not getting attention and the attention that it needs.

As you can see, there is a lot to keeping your teeth clean. If you follow these tips, your teeth and gums will end up being a lot happier. It will also allow you to have more time and money because you won’t have issues when you get to the dentist. Your oral health is such an important part of your overall health, make sure you put it as a priority daily. For more tips on keeping your teeth clean, contact us today.

Abelardo Rodriguez Urdaneta

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ABELARDO RODRÍGUEZ URDANETA

EN EL ARTE DOMINICANO

 

ABELARDO RODRÍGUEZ URDANETA

Santo Domingo, 1870-1933

Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta fue pintor, escultor, fotógrafo y maestro. Según Jeannette Miller, “La obra de Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta fue la más significativa a fines del siglo VIX y principios del XX. De temperamento romántico y hechura clásica, Abelardo llena las tres primeras décadas del siglo XX con su fuerte personalidad creativa. Mantuvo una Academia de Dibujo, Pintura y Escultura desde 1908 hasta 1933, año en que murió. Fue además dibujante y músico. Se le considera el precursor de la fotografía artística dominicana.

Fue discípulo de Juan Fernández Corredor, no obstante haber recibido sus principales orientaciones del pintor Luis Desangles. Abelardo es considerado el padre de la escultura dominicana. “Uno de Tantos” fue su obra escultórica más importante y de sus obras pictóricas se destaca “Cabeza de Mujer”. En su pintura se aprecia la presencia del clasicismo y el romanticismo. Obras: Esculturas: Uno de Tantos (1903), Caonabo, Invocación (alto relieve). Fotografía: Retrato de Novia, que le valió el primer premio certamen artístico en el año 1907; Oleos de Duarte, Hostos, Billini, Luperón, entre otros.

En 1908 abrió las puertas de su academia de dibujo, pintura y escultura que dirigió hasta su muerte. En 1885 fue premiado por su obra “Perelló” en la exposición organizada por Corredor y Cruz. Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta es el artista que ofrece más facetas en el curso de la plástica del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX. Al morir dejó una obra nutrida y variada. Su profusa actividad artística, alcanza una especial distinción. Como fotógrafo, escultor y maestro, permite al espectador desentrañar la eficacia y el ambiente de su labor pictórica.

 Está considerado como uno de los más completos precursores de las artes plásticas. Su concepción romántica y su factura clásica, permiten conocer sus sobrias pinceladas, su refinado dibujo y sus variadísimos aspectos del paisaje, matizado de construcciones armónicas y un colorido rico y abundante. Fue maestro de Celeste Woss y Gil.Murió en 1933.

  FUENTES: JEANNETTE MILLER, ARTE DOMINICANO, CÁNDIDO GERÓN, ENCICLOPEDIA DEL ARTE DOMINICANO

Marianela Jimenez

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LIBERTAD EXPRESIVA EN LAS PINTURAS DE

MARIANELA JIMENEZ

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Marianela Jiménez es una pintora de tremenda vivacidad cromática. Ningún color le es ajeno, podría decirse (emulando la frase clásica) de esta pintora dominicana cuyo trabajo sorprende de inmediato al espectador. 

 

Uno ve estas pinturas y se imagina detrás de ellas a una persona plena de juventud y de arrojo, que no teme al color y que lo maneja con envidiable libertad. Y sin embargo, Marianela Jiménez no es ya aquella niña que frecuentaba la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes de los años 50. 

 

Su madurez vital ha corrido paralela a su madurez pictórica. Gruesos y fluidos empastes van conformando la imagen, moldeándola como si se tratara de otra realidad palpable.  

 

Los recursos plásticos y los temas que aborda esta pintora, educada bajo la guía de pintores como Josep Gausachs y de escultores como Manolo Pascual, son de una gran variedad y sin embargo, toda su obra es contentiva de esa unicidad propia del artista ya cultivado y maduro, cuyo hilo es posible seguir a través de las distintas épocas y series que le ocuparon. 

 

Además de excelente pintora, Marianela Jiménez es un pilar de las artes plásticas dominicanas. Muy activa en la pedagogía artística, Marianela Jimenez, participa en numerosos encuentros culturales y ha estado ligada desde siempre al CODAP, el gremio que agrupa a los artistas dominicanos y a la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes.  

 

Su influencia, en las nuevas generaciones, se ha dejado sentir.  Los años en nada han opacado la tremenda vitalidad, la fuerza expresiva y la libertad que revelan sus lienzos.

 

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Silvano Lora

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VANGUARDIA ARTÍSTICA DE

SILVANO LORA

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Los Setenta Años de Silvano Lora

Siendo aún muy joven, Silvano Lora cumple en estos días sus 70 años. Su nombre detona petardos en ciertos círculos, altercados, vehemencias. Quienes mejor le conocen sostienen que Silvano Lora tiene las maneras y el perfil inconfundible de un Quijote, un exquisito don de gentes, y una cultura amplia y cimentada. La falange disidente le enristra, como a Neruda, su relación de amor y odio con la burguesía. O más bien, con los “discretos encantos de la burguesía”. Pero hay mucho más en él.

Silvano Lora es en realidad un príncipe. Él, en su modestia, no lo admitiría. Pero basta mirarlo para saber que estamos frente a un hombre de estatura superior, en más de un sentido: Noble por derecho propio, íntegro, de indomable arrojo, de inquebrantable solidaridad humana. Noble, sí. Sin otro escudo o adarga que no fuese su obra plástica; y en ella, el mensaje de lucha sempiterna en favor de las clases hambrientas y oprimidas.

Setenta años y sigue siendo un joven radiante de utopías y de sueños. Para celebrarlo sus amigos nos reuniremos con él en el sótano del Museo de Arte Moderno que parece, en el buen sentido, una caverna. La misma platónica caverna de Saramago. Allí, sin los grandes reflectores de la publicidad, se presenta su última producción. El estilo (ese don particular y único que proviene directamente de las manos) es auténtico. Silvano Lora descubre un nuevo cauce para aquella masa difusa que la crítica contemporánea llama “Objetualidad”. Sobre los muros una obra objetual de peso, madura y sin embargo tierna, y poderosa, sobria, hermosa. ¿Por qué renunciar a la belleza? Esta es otra belleza. Es la suya.

Silvano no cesa de sorprendernos. Al frente de la vanguardia su lucha es la misma. Él cambia de estrategias, de trincheras, de escaramuzas. Su voz no se apaga. Pocos saben como él transformar la materia, moldearla, bruñirla. Objeto que él toca, lleva su sello. Puede que se trate de cartones, de bronces, de cobres, aluminios u hojalata; que sea tierra (como en aquellas Pinturas Negras). Estas obras se destacan sobre la mediocridad circundante, elevándose en la llanura como las aspas de un molino que golpeara el viento con su señal de alerta. Es la lúcida poesía de sus sueños. El viejo anhelo de que se repartan equitativamente los panes y los peces multiplicados. No espera ya un milagro. Alza un tenedor ferroso y lúgubre, un índice acusador. El aguerrido artista denuncia a todo pulmón la dolorosa historia del hambre.

En las altas esferas su grito apenas se escucha ahogado por el ruido de opulentos comensales que devoran sobre la mesa manjares y exquisiteces. “Los ricos ni dan ni dicen dónde hay. A la larga, el dinero guardado nos empobrece a todos.” Silvano Lora no rehuye su compromiso histórico. La obra de arte, silente, es un golpe sobre la mesa. No se trata de panfletos, ni pasquines. La imagen misma cuestiona e induce a la reflexión. El espectador advierte el quejido, pero también la esperanza. Las experimentadas manos que construyen el mensaje son las de un hombre tenaz que ha recorrido el mundo. No son pocos los países, ni las anécdotas, ni los personajes, ni las tertulias. Ni menos las angustias, ni los días de rejas, ni los años de exilio. La pátina de ese dolor recubre las obras ensambladas con pasión, pero sin amargura. Sobre su Rocinante Silvano Lora, grave ycircunspecto, cabalga a buen trote todavía.

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“No perdono a la muerte enamorada,/ no perdono a la vida desatenta, /no perdono a la tierra ni a la nada”. Estos versos de Miguel Hernández dedicados a su amigo Ramón Sijé (‘‘Elegía’’) nos vienen a la mente al hablar del libro “La inmensa humanidad de Silvano Lora”.
De la vida de este notable artista se puede hablar por siempre. Una primera y destacada voz es la de Alberto Lara quien recopiló los principales discursos en su memoria luego de su desaparición física.
El libro, titulado “La inmensa humanidad de Silvano” recoge los panegíricos pronunciados por sus amigos y familiares cuando, de manera paradójica, la tierra esperaba por el cuerpo del artista mientras su alma trascendía todo lo terrenal.

Apoyado en fotografías que lo muestran en diversos momentos de su vida artística y humanitaria, Lara consigue subordinar el texto a unas imágenes fotográficas que parecen gritar: “Silvano el filántropo; Silvano el artista; Silvano el idealista; Silvano el amigo”. Sí. Las gráficas hablan por sí mismas. La historia de ese creador no necesita ser contada, pero tras su “muerte”, los amigos -todos de acuerdo en lo relativo de la partida- decidieron continuar hablándole con unos discursos que, lejos de ser elegías, más bien constituyeron odas a un amigo que partió de manera física.
Entre las reflexiones se encuentra la de su hija Quisqueya y los de sus amigos Narciso Isa Conde y Tony Raful. En su oda, la hija de Silvano dijo: “Hay hombres que luchan toda la vida, esos son los imprescindibles” . Ella acudió a la frase de Bertold Brech para describir lo que significó su padre, pues entendió que, en ese momento, ninguna frase lograría definir mejor a su progenitor.

“Que la muerte se avergüence, que la recrimine el amor, que la canjee el espíritu encantado de las islas…”, así empezó Raful su reclamo a la muerte. Sin embargo, continuaba hablando de su amigo en tiempo presente: “Silvano es un ser excepcional”.