Brush Up on Dental Health!

Because we focus on dental only, Delta Dental of Rhode Island is the dental benefit expert. You can also rely on us to be your resource for useful information to help you have healthy teeth and gums.

Visit our national website for information on a range of dental health topics, dental terms and description of dental specialties.

Dental Health Tips

Test Your Dental IQ
Try your hand at these questions on what’s good for your teeth.

Snack Smart
Did you know that the average American eats about 147 pounds of sugars a year? That's a big pile of sugar! No wonder the average 17-year-old in this country has more than three decayed teeth!
Diabetes: The Oral Health Link
Links between health conditions and gum disease have been studied in great depth. Under particular scrutiny is how periodontal disease may relate to diabetes.
Oral Health And Your Overall Health
Regular dentist visits can tell dentists a lot about your overall health, including whether or not you may be developing a disease like...
Eating Right for Your Dental Health
What we eat is significant to our overall health. General guidelines should include balance and moderation and should involve choices from the five major...
To Floss or Not to Floss...That is the Question!
The primary cause of tooth decay, periodontal (gum) disease and halitosis (bad breath) is failure to remove plaque from the tooth...
Smoking and Your Mouth
The use of the word "smoking" and the phrase "good oral health" in the same sentence just doesn’t go together. There are 9,000 deaths a year in....

Assess Your Risk
Find out if you are at risk for dental disease by completing our dental risk assessment survey. We courage you to review the results with your dentist.

Learn more about Early Childhood Tooth Decay and our new "Listen to your mouth" campaign.