If you’re a parent of a baby or young child and have been wondering when it’s time to start focusing on proper dental care, the answer is “right now”! It’s never too early to begin on the road to good oral hygiene and proper dental care to provide your child with the best opportunity for [...]
When dental patients hear the words “you need a bone graft”, they naturally start to panic. Just the words alone elicit images of complex surgical procedures that are invasive and can be painful. The fact is, however, that dental bone grafts are a relatively common procedure and do not need to be met with the [...]
Prosthodontics is a branch of dentistry that focuses on artificial replacements and enhancements that take the place of real teeth. Although when you hear the word prosthodontics, you may not know what the specialty entails, you have surely heard of many of the procedures and techniques that are part of the process – these include [...]
Lumineers are a type of dental veneer that is transforming the look of smiles across the nation. The term “Lumineers” is not a type of veneer in and of itself, but rather a name brand of a specific type of dental veneer. Lumineers are ultra-thin veneers, which resemble the look of natural teeth (only better!) but [...]
We all dream of having that perfect smile. A mouth full of straight, bright white teeth certainly ranks up there as one of the features that many people aspire to have. A person’s smile is often one of the first things that attract us to someone else, and the good news is that unlike other [...]
When people hear the term “smile makeover”, they tend to think that it is a specific type of procedure designed to completely transform the look of a smile. In fact, smile makeovers are composed of any variety of restorative and cosmetic dentistry procedures that a patient needs or desires. Making over the look of a smile [...]
As summer approaches, thoughts automatically shift to carefree days spent at the beach or enjoying a summer barbeque. Along with many of our summer activities comes food – most of it sweet, sticky and delicious. From ice cream cones licked sauntering down the boardwalk to s’mores enjoyed by a summer fire, and from sticky-sweet salt-water [...]
Halitosis, otherwise known as bad breath, is an embarrassing condition, and one that people generally want to avoid at all costs. The good news, however, is that there are a number of things you can do to avoid getting bad breath, and many of the things you should do to avoid the condition are things [...]
If you have orthodontia, whether metal braces or Invisalign, you probably already know the importance of good oral hygiene. This is especially important as the temperature heats up, because during spring and summer months, we tend to eat more sugary, sticky food, as well as the types of food that can potentially cause damage to [...]
If you have dental problems that necessitate that you have a single false tooth or set of teeth placed into your mouth, one option you may be considering is a dental implant. This dental technique has grown in popularity in recent years due to the fact that dental implants provide “the next best thing” to [...]
