When you’re in severe dental pain, have a broken tooth, a tooth is knocked out of its socket or falls out due to disease, or you have severe cuts to the insides of the cheeks, the gums, or the tongue, you have a dental emergency. None of these are...
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Everyone wants a beautiful, white smile. You may be unhappy with your smile for any number of reasons. Teeth can chip or crack. The gaps between your teeth may be wider than you’d like. Gums that are too long or have receded may take away from your smile’s impact....
Missing teeth are a social embarrassment and make it difficult to chew. They’re also a problem waiting to happen. The contact surfaces between teeth help hold each of them in position in your bite. When a tooth is lost, the neighboring teeth are no longer held in place and...
In the off chance that you don’t own a television or a radio, you don’t have any connection to the Internet, and you never look at a newspaper, this is an election year. We aren’t going to pick sides in this blog, but we do know we can count...
We’ve heard similar complaints more than once from patients who are sick and tired of their dentures. We’ve heard countless stories about dentures slipping out of place when someone was trying to speak (including in front of large groups). We’ve heard of multiple instances when taking a bite ended...
You don’t understand why this keeps happening. You go to bed feeling fine, but you wake up in pain. Your jaw hurts, and your face feels sore. Some mornings you even wake up with a headache. Many of those mornings, you skip breakfast because you’ve learned that chewing on...
Gum disease affects hundreds of millions of Americans, according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control. That study estimates that nearly half of adults 30 and over had some form of periodontitis, and around two-thirds of adults 65 and older have this condition. Our wish is...
If you develop good oral health habits early, then you are less likely to have oral health problems. You know this. We know this. And we want to work with you so your children know this, too. As parents, you want a dentist who can care for every member...
When you think about teeth whitening, safety probably isn’t your first concern. In fact, it may not be something you worry about at all. You just want to remove the stains from your teeth so they look whiter and cleaner, right? You may be aware that increased tooth sensitivity...
Dental implants are a fantastic way to rebuild a smile that has fallen into ruin. They’re a great way to restore lost function and beauty to a smile that has lost one or more teeth, whether due to neglect, injury, or disease. Heck, even old age can be a...