Are you oral-cancer literate? If not, then you should be. Oral cancer strikes 30, 000 people annually. One person dies every hour from oral cancer in the U.S. You should be aware of oral cancer, its signs and symptoms, and you should get an oral cancer screening annually from your dentist. In fact, along with… Read more »
Category: Patient Education
The Benefits Of Dental Technology
Investing in dental technology is a benefit to both the patient and the dentist. Dentists are always looking for ways to make their patients more comfortable, their time in the chair shorter, and treatments faster, more efficient, and more effective. Dental technology helps with all of this. It also makes performing dental procedures easier for… Read more »
Protect Your Teeth Against Bruxing
Have you looked at your teeth lately? I mean really looked? How do they appear to you: white, healthy, straight, the proper size and shape? If you’re teeth no longer look as if they are the proper size and shape you may have a habit that you don’t know about. That habit is called bruxing…. Read more »
Discussing Dental Sedation
Your dental care involves more than visits to the dentist’s office, and maintaining a beautiful, healthy smile requires consistent effort on your part at home. Still, regular dental care, and sometimes, cosmetic or restorative services, is necessary to the long-term integrity of your teeth, gums, and oral tissues. To help make receiving dental treatment easier… Read more »
Your Dentist Explores How Animals Care for Their Teeth
Countless hours of research over thousands of years have brought us a profound understanding of our teeth and oral health. Fruits of this labor include innovative dental treatments for some of the most destructive oral health issues, like tooth decay and gum disease. We’ve also been able to develop a specified dental hygiene guideline: brush… Read more »
The Benefits of Root Canal Treatment
When tooth decay takes hold in your teeth, it will not stop until a dentist performs a treatment. Your enamel has no living cells, so it cannot regenerate on its own, leaving your tooth defenseless once a hole has been created. However, if the infection is caught in time, we can provide a filling that… Read more »
Quiz: Cosmetic Veneers
There are many forms of cosmetic dentistry that can improve your smile by whitening, contouring, or reshaping your teeth and gums. Many of these treatments may appear to do the same things, but each treatment has its own pros and cons, including cosmetic veneers. These are coverings that are placed over your teeth to hide… Read more »
