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Dr Pascal Nguyen PJN Dental offers considerate care on your health journey. We pay attention to what matters - YOU!

10/22/2026

Ever notice your child sleeping with their mouth open? 👃

When we breathe through the nose, the tongue rests up on the palate, and that gentle pressure helps the upper jaw grow wide. Chronic mouth breathing drops the tongue, and it's linked to a narrower jaw, crowded teeth and a smaller airway.

Lips closed. Tongue up. Nose breathing.

Catching it early matters. 📅 Ask about our airway screening, link in bio.

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10/22/2026

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Ever wonder why cold makes your tooth ZING? 🧊⚡

Under your enamel are thousands of microscopic tubes that lead straight to the nerve. Here's what we often find behind sensitivity:

1️⃣ A bite that's off: teeth that don't meet evenly overload and flex at the gumline.
2️⃣ That flexing can notch the tooth (abfraction) and pull the gum back, exposing those tubes.
3️⃣ An overloaded tooth gets inflamed, so the nerve reacts even harder to cold.

Toothpaste alone treats the symptom. Balance the bite AND seal the tubes (minerals like nano-hydroxyapatite).

Sensitivity is a signal. 📅 Ask about a bite evaluation, link in bio.

10/21/2026

Bleeding when you brush is not "normal." It's a sign of infection. 🩸🧠

P. gingivalis, one of the key bacteria behind gum disease, can enter the bloodstream. In 2019 researchers found it, and its toxins (gingipains), in the brains of people with Alzheimer's (Dominy et al., Science Advances). Gum disease is linked to higher dementia risk. That's a link, not proof of cause, but it's a strong reason to take your gums seriously.

Your mouth is connected to everything.

📅 Book your Mouth-Body Baseline, link in bio.

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10/21/2026

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How a little plaque turns into bone loss 🦴

1️⃣ Plaque: a soft, sticky film of bacteria.
2️⃣ Tartar: within days, leftover plaque hardens into a crust you can't brush off.
3️⃣ Below the gumline it drives inflammation. Gums pull away, pockets form, and the bone holding your teeth starts to disappear.

Gingivitis is reversible. Lost bone usually isn't. Timing matters.

📅 Book your Mouth-Body Baseline, link in bio.

10/20/2026

Why so many of our patients choose zirconia implants 🦷✨

• Metal-free: a tooth-colored ceramic, ideal if you want a metal-free mouth or have metal sensitivities
• Fuses solidly with your bone, just like titanium
• No grey shadow through thin gums
• Gum tissue responds beautifully, and plaque tends to stick to it less
• Ceramic doesn't corrode or release metal ions

Titanium still has the longest track record, and not every case is right for zirconia. We'll look at your bone, your bite and your biology to help you choose.

📅 Ask about zirconia implants, link in bio.

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10/20/2026

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Your mouth isn't supposed to be sterile. 🦠

How your good bacteria protect you:
• Streptococcus salivarius & S. sanguinis crowd out harmful species, release natural antimicrobials and help buffer acid
• Rothia, Neisseria & Veillonella turn nitrates from leafy greens and beets into nitric oxide, which helps relax blood vessels and support healthy blood pressure
• You swallow about a liter of saliva a day: your oral biome helps seed your gut biome

The troublemakers: Streptococcus mutans (cavities) and P. gingivalis, T. denticola & T. forsythia (gum disease).

⚠️ Antiseptic mouthwash doesn't pick sides. In a 2013 study, one week of chlorhexidine rinse lowered oral nitrite and raised blood pressure (Kapil et al., Free Radical Biology & Medicine). In a 2020 study, using mouthwash twice a day or more was linked to a higher risk of developing hypertension (Joshipura et al., Blood Pressure).

Other biome disruptors:
• Frequent sugar & constant snacking
• Alcohol/antiseptic rinses
• Antibiotics
• Mouth breathing & dry mouth (including from medications)
• Smoking & va**ng
• Stress & poor sleep

Bacteria light the match; your terrain decides if it becomes a candle or a wildfire.

📅 Ask about oral microbiome testing, link in bio.

10/19/2026

This tooth doesn't hurt. That's exactly the problem. 🦷

A dead nerve can quietly form an infection at the root tip, eating into your jawbone with zero pain. Bacteria from that pocket can slip into your bloodstream, and oral infections are linked to heart disease, including infections of the heart valves.

No pain doesn't mean no problem.

At PJN Dental we look below the surface with a 3D CBCT scan, so silent infections get found before they spread.

📅 Book your Mouth-Body Baseline, link in bio.

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10/19/2026

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Your enamel repairs itself every day, if you give it the right conditions. ✨

🧪 The pH story: every sugary or acidic bite drops your mouth's pH. Below about 5.5, enamel starts to dissolve. Saliva brings the pH back up and puts minerals back, but that takes 30–60 minutes. Constant snacking and sipping means your teeth never get to recover.

My remineralization picks:
• Nano-hydroxyapatite toothpaste (Boka or RiseWell), twice a day: the same mineral your enamel is made of
• Xylitol (Spry or Xlear), 4–5 times a day: keeps pH up and starves acid-making bacteria. It's the frequency that counts.

Early white spots can often heal. 📅 Ask for our remineralization kit, link in bio.

10/18/2026

Waking up with a sore jaw, headaches or worn-down teeth? 😬

You may be clenching or grinding in your sleep, and very often the source is a bite that's off. When your teeth don't meet evenly, your jaw muscles work overtime: wearing enamel, cracking teeth and straining the jaw joint (TMJ).

Think of it like your feet. A drugstore insole is one-size-fits-all. A custom orthotic is made for YOUR foot. Same with your bite: a custom oral orthotic is built to balance your bite so your muscles can finally relax.

📅 Ask about a bite evaluation, link in bio.

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10/18/2026

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The tooth is gone. The gum healed. But what's happening in the bone underneath? 🦴

After an extraction, the socket should fill with new bone. Sometimes it doesn't, leaving a hollow pocket of poorly healed bone with poor blood flow, and sometimes chronic inflammation or infection (osteomyelitis). In biological dentistry we call these cavitations.

They can hide on a standard 2D x-ray. A 3D CBCT scan gives us a much better look, and then we confirm with a clinical exam.

Healed on top isn't always healed inside.

📅 Ask about a 3D CBCT evaluation, link in bio.

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3895 SW 185th Avenue, Ste 110
Aloha, OR
97078

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 1pm

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