Avoiding Poor Dental Habits Can Help Your Smile Last a Lifetime

A healthy and beautiful smile enhances your life in numerous ways, and the average dental patient is pretty handy at effective oral care. However, many patients have poor dental habits that they may not know pose a risk to their teeth. To help your natural smile last a lifetime, we discourage these three harmful dental… Read more »

Want to Give a Dental Gift This Christmas? Here Are Some Ideas

If you’re interested in giving the gift of a strong, healthy, and beautiful smile this Christmas, then our dentist, Dr. , has some fun and exciting gift ideas for you! In addition to using toothbrushes, toothpaste, and sugar-free gum as stocking stuffers, you can give the following gifts to your loved ones: -An electric toothbrush:… Read more »

Inlay or Onlay Substitution for Dental Fillings

If you have an extensive fracture or severely decayed tooth that a restoration would then compromise the structural integrity of the tooth, check out todays’ blog. See when the dentist may recommend an inlay or onlay to substitute dental fillings. What is an Inlay? A dental inlay is typically what is referred to as an… Read more »

Getting Dentures to Fit Right

Donning false teeth can be a huge adjustment for lots of people. If you’ve been fitted for dentures just recently, don’t worry; the team at in , , has amassed this post for you to assist you as you ease into this transition. If you are new to donning false teeth, your dentist may endorse… Read more »

This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful for Your Smile

With the holidays in full swing, we find ourselves being thankful for the good things in our lives. Family and friends, good food, and our health. Don’t forget to be thankful for your oral health along the way! Healthy teeth and gums give us so much, the ability to speak, to chew and eat our food,… Read more »

Protecting Your Child’s Smile While Using a Sippy Cup

More and more children today are finding themselves with cavities, including toddlers. Of course, the culprit is sugar, and more to the point, sippy cups seem to be the common denominator. Sippy cups are marvelous inventions; they allow your toddler to transition from a bottle to a cup without the mess involved until they can… Read more »

Chemotherapy and Your Oral Health

Well-known side effects of chemotherapy include nausea and hair loss. One that is not so well known is that over a third of cancer patients can also develop dental health issues such as a burning, peeling or swelling tongue, oral infections, a pain in the mouth and gums, dry mouth, and a transformation in taste…. Read more »

What Does It Take to Make Night Guards?

If you deal with morning headaches or jaw pain, you are perhaps suffering from bruxism, also called nightly teeth grinding. We can make you a special mouth guard (known as a night guard) that you wear while sleeping to foil any pearly whites from grinding or rubbing together; no one should have to agonize over… Read more »

The Things You Should Not Do After Oral Surgery

Oral surgery is a great way to restore your oral health and improve the health of your smile. However, that’s only the case if you take the recovery process seriously and heal properly. So, please remember to follow your dentist, Dr. ’s, instructions so you can have a top-notch mouth. To help you, our dental… Read more »

What Should I Do If a Disaster Strikes and I Can’t Contact My Dentist?

When you develop a disaster plan for your family, it’s important to keep your oral health in mind. If a natural disaster occurs, there is a good chance your dentist won’t be able to be reached. This can be quite troubling if you are having problems with your smile. So, at this point, it’s best… Read more »