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Dental Care: Don’t Try This At Home

When you get your oral health in wonderful condition and you find that you have streamlined your dental hygiene, you may begin to feel on top of your dental care game! This is a wonderful sensation because you know you are doing your absolute best to protect your smile. However, if you let any of […]

Ignoring Your Cavity: 4 Things That Can Happen

The phrase “out of sight, out of mind” is often something that applies to oral health problems as our patients experience them. You’re not looking at your cavity on a daily basis, so it often feels easier to just pretend it’s not there. Unfortunately, the longer you allow the tooth decay to progress, the worse […]

3 Things That Are True About Restorative Care

When learning about restorative care, the details can become somewhat confusing. For instance, you may wonder why an extraction qualifies within restorative treatment if we are removing the tooth, not fixing it. Well, this is because we’re getting rid of the source of the problem and prepping your mouth for a tooth replacement (at which […]

Customized Care: What Does This Mean?

You might hear quite consistently that we provide customized care. However, you might not really know what this means. Surely, a dental cleaning doesn’t require significant customization, right? How about cosmetic care? Does that require custom treatments or should everyone expect the same thing? Allow us to explain when this becomes extremely important and why […]

Q&A Gum Disease Dangers: Do You Know Them?

Patients often think about gum disease and assume it’s either something that won’t affect them or that it’s something that’s a bit of a nuisance but little else. Unfortunately, this oral health concern has the capacity to become quite destructive if it’s ignored. We suggest you become familiar with associated dangers (and how to avoid […]

General Dental Care: What’s Included?

When you hear that we offer general dentistry to keep your smile healthy, does your mind pull up a list of services? Or, do you draw a bit of a blank, assuming that this means cleanings, checkups, and little else? Fortunately, we are happy to report that our practice extends a comprehensive selection of general […]

Local Anesthesia: Your Questions

Most patients are happy to receive local anesthesia because it means receiving dental care procedures (like fillings or root canal treatments) without experiencing any discomfort. However, the aftermath of receiving an anesthetic often means an extended period of not only a numb tooth but numb lips as well. The problem here is that it can […]

Dentures: Who Are They For, What Are They, Etc.?

Making heads or tails of dentures can become somewhat confusing because you’ve got a lot of options. However, you may feel like you’re not a great candidate as a result of some ideas you already have regarding this type of tooth replacement option. We suggest you do your best to erase your current collection of […]

Dental Implants: Know Your Words Quiz

Do you think that you know all there is to have learned about dental implants? Maybe you have a surprisingly solid grasp on what happens throughout the process of receiving this tooth replacement treatment. However, maybe you don’t know much about the common vocabulary terms that apply (and that can become confusing). Let’s set the […]

Prosthetic Dentistry: Your Options For A Complete Smile

When you experience tooth loss, the immediate goal is always to find a way to replace the teeth you’re missing. Rest assured, you have nothing to worry about! You have option after option when it comes to narrowing down the best prosthetic dentistry choice for your needs. Note: Prosthetic care includes the placement of artificial devices […]