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Considering your oral health when you’re making your New Year’s resolutions will benefit you in more ways than one, but you want to ensure your goals are achievable. Here are some steps to help you achieve and even surpass your oral health goals in 2023. Create New Year’s Resolutions FOR YOUR ORAL HEALTH!
5 REASONS TO SEE A PLAY THIS SEASON THE THEATER IS CALLING YOUR NAME To get in the holiday spirit this season, consider making a family trip to your local theater. A surprising number of benefits can come from seeing a play in person. 1. YOU’LL SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ECONOMY. Theater companies are almost always local organizations, and many of them are nonprofits. That means the money you spend on your tickets will go into the pockets of the actors and/or right back into the company to bring more productions to the community. 2. YOUR KIDS COULD DISCOVER AN INTEREST IN THE ARTS. Your children might have a passion for acting or stage design. They’ll never know unless they see both firsthand. 3. YOU’LL PROVOKE FAMILY DISCUSSIONS. Chatting about the play with your family during intermission and the drive home will help you learn more about each other and forge stronger bonds. What did your kids enjoy about the plot? Which character did your spouse identify with most? Are there any plot holes or unanswered questions bothering them? 4. YOU’LL BOOST YOUR FAMILY’S LITERARY KNOWLEDGE. A study from the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform found that students remembered more about stories like “A Christmas Carol” after watching them as plays than they did after watching movies or even reading the original books. Exposing your kids to the work of Shakespeare and Dickens at the theater is a great way to help them get ahead in their studies. 5. YOUR KIDS WILL DEVELOP THEIR TOLERANCE AND EMPATHY. The same study out of Arkansas found that students who attended the theater scored higher on tolerance and empathy tests. Watching live helped them identify and relate to the emotional turmoil of the characters. This winter, check your local theaters for holiday-themed productions like “A Christmas Carol,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” and “Miracle on 34th Street.” You’ll bring your family closer and embrace the holiday spirit one curtain call at a time.
1. IDENTIFY WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR ORAL HEALTH. Are you brushing twice a day? What about flossing and using a mouth rinse? What are you eating and drinking? Do you brush after eating sticky or acidic foods and beverages? Are you drinking enough water? Once you analyze where you are with your oral health, you can then start making your goals.
2. TAKE BABY STEPS. When creating your goals, keep in mind that you
won’t see results overnight. Make smaller objectives that will help you reach your
desired outcome. For example, if you haven’t been flossing your
teeth or using mouth rinse, you can’t expect to start using it every day after making it your objective. Instead of trying to incorporate these into your routine
immediately, start small and attempt to floss at least once a day or every other day. Once you can easily floss every day without forgetting, then you can begin adding mouth rinse to your daily routine. 3. CELEBRATE YOUR VICTORIES — NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL. To motivate you to continue to pursue your New Year’s resolutions, take a moment each week or month to see how far you’ve come. Any improvement is a huge leap in the right direction. While small victories may not seem like much, they quickly add up when you’re pursuing your yearly goals. When you divide your resolution into bite-size pieces and take steps to achieve them, you will feel more confident in your abilities and more motivated to continue your journey to achieve your yearly goals. If you want to create New Year’s resolutions for your oral health but have no idea where to begin, allow us to help you! We can assist you in evaluating where you can improve and what steps to take to meet your oral health goals.
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