You may hear an awful lot about the dangers of tooth decay and gum disease but feel a bit in the dark about how to keep your smile healthy. Understanding that dental cleanings, checkups, brushing, and flossing all guide you toward a healthy smile is extremely important. However, this information is often only useful if… Read more »
Category: Preventive Dentistry
What You Need to Know About Occlusal Disease
You may know that your teeth do not quite fit together appropriately but you may not be familiar with the potentially devastating effects of this problem. In fact, you may consider some jaw soreness or misalignment something that is just a fact of life – some patients even assume looking for a way to improve… Read more »
Diagnose Cavities Early with DIAGNOdent
Are you a fan of finding out you have a cavity and require a filling? No? Neither is anyone else. Perhaps you have wished in the past that there was a magical way to detect cavities right as they begin to form, so you can quickly receive treatment, quickly stopping the effects of tooth decay. While… Read more »
Your Gum Disease FAQs
You may hear us mention the importance of preventing gum disease quite often but do you really know why we feel so strongly about this subject? Perhaps you are well aware that daily brushing and flossing, as well as consistent preventive dentistry visits are extremely important – but you may not understand the reasoning behind… Read more »
Prevention: Powerful Care for Your Smile
We figure you probably already know that we encourage you to visit us once every six months for dental cleanings. However, we find that patients don’t always completely understand the frequency of appointments that we suggest or the great significance of home care between visits. By providing you with a better understanding of why twice annual cleanings are so… Read more »
The Top 3 Reasons to Schedule Preventive Visits
Hearing us remind you to schedule your next visit within six months is not something new. You are quite accustomed to being reminded in a variety of ways to plan to come in for a preventive cleaning and checkup twice a year. So what’s the big deal? You may wonder why we feel so strongly… Read more »
How Is Your Mouth Like a Motor?
You wouldn’t dream of driving your car for months without oil, would you? Of course not, because you know that the damage to your vehicle could be irreparable, costing you thousands of dollars. Likewise, you should never go longer than six months without seeing your dentist for a dental checkup in Downey, CA. Drs. Reyhani… Read more »
