Q: Many home remedies rely on anecdotal evidence, meaning someone's personal experience, and not scientific evidence. Be aware that many home remedies have no scientific backing that they are effective in treating gingivitis. This is why it is important to still visit your dentist and only combine home remedies with dentist-recommended advice. Do not use home remedies solely as a substitute for dental treatment. Oral probiotics contain "good" bacteria that assist in restoring the natural balance of bacteria in the mouth after use of oral antiseptics found in mouthwashes and toothpastes. Some oral probiotics (such as ProDentis) contain a bacteria called Lactobacillus reuteri, which is naturally found in breast milk and saliva. This bacteria is recommended especially during non-surgical therapy while maintaining other gingivitis treatments. Ask your doctor for a brand recommendation. Ubiquinone, also known as Coenzyme Q10, may help convert fats and sugars into energy. In addition to being used to treat diabetes and congestive heart failure, ubiquinone may be used to treat gum disease. The FDA, however, has not cleared ubiquinone as medically-appropriate to treat any disease, so ubiquinone should not be used solely to treat gum disease. An oral rinse that contains hydrogen peroxide, such as Colgate Peroxyl, is an antiseptic and antibacterial that may help treat infection and relieve inflammation when it comes in contact with an enzyme in the mouth. Use this rinse no more than twice a week for three weeks in a row as it can cause tooth sensitivity. Corsodyl spray is a powerful spray that contains chlorhexidine gluconate, which has antibacterial and antiplaque properties. Corsodyl spray may be used to treat any pain or discomfort associated with mouth ulcers, inflammation and infections of the mouth. Corsodyl spray can be used when brushing the teeth becomes difficult and/or painful, such as after surgery. Be sure to keep spray out of ears and eyes. This gel contains hyaluronic acid, which is naturally found in the body and may be used to heal certain wounds and stimulate the production of new tissue. For best results, apply at night before going to sleep.
A: Know the limitations of home remedies. Try oral probiotics. Try ubiquinone. Try a peroxide oral rinse. Use corsodyl spray. Try Gengigel gel.

Q: Remain calm and maintain a poker face by relaxing your face muscles. Avoid tightening your eyes, raising your eyebrows, or smiling. Even if you perform minute facial changes, these changes can tighten your facial muscles and give your opponents an idea of your hand. If you're worried about giving away too much with your eyes, consider wearing dark sunglasses to help maintain your poker face. However, even with sunglasses, try to keep your eyes as still as possible. Movement in your eyes can give away your emotions by triggering muscles on the side of your face. Sometimes, smiling and acting confident, having conversations with your opponents, and putting on the show of being relaxed and easygoing can be just as deceptive as the best poker face. If you act positive, you might also be able to trick your opponents into folding prematurely! Nervous tics like knuckle cracking, nail biting, and fidgeting can reveal your emotions and therefore your hand to your opponents. Remain still and silent in order to throw them off. If that doesn't work for you, fold your hands together or bring a stress ball and squeeze it constantly. Make sure the game you're playing is real when you record; without stakes, you might not exhibit any problematic tics. Put the camera somewhere that's easy to forget about, to help you relax and display your tics. Play back the video and look for any emotional tells, or ask a friend to guess what cards you had at any point in the video, and take note of what made them think the way they did. No matter what kind of poker face you choose, the most important thing is that you remain consistent. Whether you're dealt the worst hand possible or the best hand you've ever seen, remaining cool and maintaining your poker face will throw off your opponents!
A: Relax your face and jaw. Use sunglasses to conceal your eye movements. Throw your opponents off by smiling. Master body language. Record yourself playing poker for practice. Remain consistent.

Q: It is important to ensure that you understand what the speaker is trying to express. One way to ensure that you are on the same page as someone else is to ask questions. This may help you to avoid conflicts due to misunderstandings. You can use questions to help you understand something that a coworker has just said to you. For example, if your coworker has just explained a task to you, then you could say, "So, I think you're saying _____. Is that right?" If you are not on the same page, then your coworker can clarify his or her meaning for you. You can also practice empathetic listening to maintain good work relationships with your coworkers, such as by echoing what the speaker says. For example, if a coworker says, "I'm having a terrible day," then you might say, "You're having a terrible day? What's going on?" By asking a question, you are demonstrating to the speaker that you have heard him or her and that you would like to know more. Good communication is essential to working well in a team environment. You need to be able to talk about what you need from your coworkers, as well as discuss the progress of community projects regularly to figure out what you've accomplished already and what you still need to accomplish. You can't be passive-aggressive when working with others in a team environment. Passive-aggressiveness just leads to people being upset. Confront problems head-on as they arise in a professional manner. For example, if you don't like the way something was done, the passive-aggressive response would be to make a slightly condescending comment or to go back and do it the way you wanted it in the first place. The professional approach would be to discuss why you think another way is better, and then defer to your peers if your idea is rejected. Reliability is one of the main components of being a good team member. If you don't follow through with your work, you're dragging the rest of the team down. Plus, you're team members won't trust you with any work in the future, and your performance could get back to your boss.. Everyone has something to contribute to a team. You know what you excel at, and you can use that to make the team better. For instance, if you are good at organizing, offer to help oversee the paperwork for the project to help keep it on the right track. While you should play to your strengths, you're not always going to be given the prize jobs in group work. No matter what task you're working on together, everyone is going to need to do some of the grunt work. Be willing to dig in and do what needs to be done to finish the project. That is, if someone does something a way you wouldn't do it, analyze the situation before you jump in to "fix" it. You may realize that the method they are using is just as effective, even if it's not what you would do in the same situation.
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Ask questions and seek to understand. Provide updates regularly. Do what you say you're going to do. Find your niche. Be willing to do the dirty work. Don't criticize a method just to criticize it.