Are These Bad Habits Damaging Your Oral Health?

Bad Habits and Dental HealthDo you want to spend 2017 enjoying great oral health? Who wouldn’t, actually? While preventive dental care isn’t complicated, it does require combining healthy habits at-home with routine checkups and cleanings, in order to protect the teeth from common problems like cavities and gum disease. So if you really want to ensure your smile continues to look and feel its best, make sure your hygiene routine and eating habits are serving to protect and even improve your oral health! (more…)

Can You Really Prevent Dental Cavities?

Can You Really Prevent Dental cAvities?Hoping to make 2017 your best year yet, when it comes to your oral health? Is your main priority to avoid dental cavities? Cavities can often be treated quickly, through minimally invasive dental fillings. However, it is certainly best to avoid dental decay in the first place. The good news is that there are plenty of simple steps you can take to help better protect your teeth from dental decay. They center around forming healthy habits in your daily life, and seeing your dentist regularly for checkups and cleanings. (more…)

Does My Baby Really Need Dental Care?

Do Babies Need Dental care?Is your little bundle of joy becoming a moody mess, because of teething? Perhaps you only recently noticed a tooth beginning to erupt, and are wondering what, if anything, you need to do to help keep your child comfortable during this process, and also to protect his or her smile moving forward. It’s important, as a parent, to realize that babies need dental care, just as children and adults do. How to best care for the smile, though, depends on the age of your child and how many teeth are visible. (more…)

Is It Time to Turn to Professional Teeth Whitening?

When was the last time you felt confident about showing off your pearly whites? Has it been months or even years since you actually felt proud of your smile? Feeling insecure because of dental stains or discoloration is common. That is because the teeth are strong, but porous. Over time, foods and beverages can create noticeable discoloration. Fortunately, professional teeth whitening provides a way to help address most causes of tooth staining, and with dramatic, safe and fast results. That way, you can head into this new year excited about showing off your smile! (more…)

Is Restorative Dentistry Really Necessary?

Is Restorative Dentistry Necessary?Do you ever find yourself wondering how important restorative dentistry actually is? More specifically, have you become curious whether restoration is actually necessary for dental issues like chips, cracks, or even cavities? It might be tempting to overlook dental problems, hoping they will simply go away on their own. Sadly, this is likely to leave you with worsening oral health, to the point that you could require extensive restorative treatment like root canal therapy or even an extraction. To avoid this, it is best to seek restorative dentistry as soon as you suspect you could have a dental problem. (more…)

Smile-safe Stocking Stuffers for Your Whole Family

Protect their Smiles with Safe Stocking StuffersChristmas is just around the corner, now, meaning that those little gifts you put off purchasing throughout the year, must now be bought and tucked into their stockings hung with care, quickly. Before you panic, though, and certainly before you resort to your usual stocking stuffers, candy, candy, and more candy, take a little advice from your children’s dentist, instead. Stockings don’t have to be filled with potentially teeth-rotting sugar. Why not choose more creative, and much healthier, options? (more…)

Protect Your Smile in 2017 with Simple Dental Treatment

Protect Your Smile with Dental CareAs you prepare to step into a new season, namely another calendar year, have you already made resolutions to take better care of yourself? For instance, are you going to eat better, visit the gym more frequently, or simply take more time to enjoy the little things that help to give your life meaning, like talking a walk with your dog, or traveling as often as possible? Whatever resolutions you plan to make, if you care about the beauty and health of your smile, it is important to commit to a daily hygiene routine and preventive checkups and cleanings, as well. Combined, these simple steps make up an effective preventive care routine that can help keep your teeth and gums in great shape through 2017 and beyond! (more…)

Does Your Child Need A Space Maintainer?

missing-teethBaby teeth save the space and also guide a child’s permanent teeth into place when it is time for them to erupt. If your child loses a baby tooth prematurely, the permanent tooth loses both its space saver and its guide. Therefore, it may erupt into the wrong position. If the adjacent baby teeth shift or lean into the space left open by the premature tooth loss, it can begin a mouthful of crooked teeth.  If your child is experiencing premature tooth loss, do they need a space maintainer?

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A Dentist Can Help Complete Your Smile

A Dentist Can Help Complete Your SmileHas it been months, or even years, since you last smiled confidently? Are you having a hard time enjoying meals, because of uncomfortable or ill-fitting dentures? Tooth loss, as an adult, can be an embarrassing and frustrating experience. It can also create a great deal of concern about how to go about eating and smiling confidently after the loss of one or several teeth. Fortunately, modern prostheses make it possible to complete the smile both functionally and esthetically. That means that you don’t have to worry about your incomplete smile. Instead, you can enjoy confidence that comes with a completely restored smile! (more…)

Can You Do More to Care for Your Smile?

Can You Care for Your Smile?Have you struggled with dental cavities in the past? If so, then you know how painful cavities can become, but also the insecurity that comes along with knowing your smile is in jeopardy. Untreated, what were simple cavities can lead to painful infections, and eventually cause the loss of a tooth. Fortunately, you don’t have to struggle with dental problems in the future, or even require restorative treatment. That is, if you properly care for your smile. To adequately prevent oral health issues, you will simply need to form healthy habits, at-home, and attend regular preventive checkups and cleanings. That way, you can enjoy a healthy, beautiful and cavity-free smile for years to come! (more…)