Your Dental Health Affects Your Skin

Did you know that oral health can have an impact on how your skin looks? Learn more about things that your dermatologist would want to share with you.

Key takeaways:

• Regular dental cleaning and checkups have a role to play in maintaining healthy skin. Poor dental health may lead to loss of bone density around the jaws.
• Good dental health and bone density are critical for the prevention of perioral wrinkles.
• Use of supplements such as collagen supplementation will help boost the proteins in the skin, collage and elastin.

Therefore, use a broad spectrum sunscreen daily with an SPF 30 or higher, and reapply every two hours when in the sun. You should also moisturize, moisturize, moisturize to maintain the skin barrier.

Read the full story here

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/beauty/dermatologist-skin-tips

Posted by adwords on 15th November 2016, under Oral Hygiene and Prevention

Dr. Kishanie Wijesinghe Little BDS

Dr. Kishanie Little is passionate about delivering excellent dentistry and dental restorations that are life-like and indistinguishable from natural teeth. She believes that restorations (fillings/crowns/veneers) should look beautiful – and that they should last. Dr. Little keeps abreast of new developments in restorative dentistry through post-graduate training.

Dr. Little is also an experienced Facial Aesthetistician, including Botulinum toxins (such as Botox) and Dermafillers. She appreciates how simple and subtle changes to smooth and relax muscles can “freshen” a face, to look younger.

In her personal time, she loves to cook, read, run, practice yoga and pilates, play a bad game of tennis and am now learning to play golf. She loves Art and Theatre and support the Tate Modern. She also enjoys writing and has a book in the works.