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Explore expert advice, dental insights, and practical tips to help you achieve a healthier, brighter smile. From preventive care and treatment guides to cosmetic options and patient-friendly explanations, our blog is here to keep you informed and confident about your oral health. Stay tuned for regular updates from our experienced team.
A Surprising Superfood for Your Smile
Delicious and decadent, dark chocolate is not only considered to be an antioxidant-rich superfood, but it also may have some cavity-fighting properties. While most sweet treats can be tough on the teeth, particularly hard candies, dark chocolate may be helpful
Spruce up Your Smile With Veneers
Dissatisfied with your smile due to chips, stains or other imperfections? Consider enhancing your smile with veneers. These thin new tooth surfaces are custom-made to fit your teeth and address your particular condition(s). They are bonded directly to the tooth
Protecting Your Teeth When You Can’t Brush
Brushing your teeth between meals is one of the best ways to help ensure that you maintain optimal oral health; however, there may be times when you can’t brush. Here are some ways to keep your mouth healthy until you
How to Make Flossing Fun for Kids
While cool cartoon character toothbrushes and sparkly toothpastes can help get kids to brush their teeth, flossing can sometimes be a battle. Here are some ways to encourage your children to floss each day: Floss as a family. When your kids
Healthy New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually Keep
Making a resolution for the New Year doesn’t have to be a big change-in fact, sometimes smaller resolutions can have the biggest impact on your overall (and oral) health, and may even be easier to stick to than popular fad
3 Ways to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution
It’s been a full month, and 2022 is in full swing. So, how is your New Year’s resolution going? If you’re finding your resolution hard to stick to, don’t give up just yet. Here are a few ideas to help
Crime Scene Investigation: Dentistry
If a crime has been committed, a dentist may be consulted in a form of forensic dentistry. It’s never about brushing and flossing! Instead, dental records can provide physical evidence. Like fingerprints, everyone’s teeth has a unique pattern. Even identical twins have a different dental structure. Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in our body.
Crowning Touch
A crown, also known as a “cap,” may be recommended to save a weakened, cracked or damaged tooth. Other times it is used as an anchor for a bridge. After the tooth is shaped to receive the crown, dental cement is used to hold the crown in place. There are four basic types of crown
The Bite of Your Teeth
With all the attention paid to smiles and fresh breath, it’s easy to overlook the functional role of our teeth. That starts with your bite. We notice small nuances in how your bottom teeth line up with your upper teeth. Problems here can make chewing painful, erode teeth surfaces and even cause speech difficulty. Some
Chomping, Chewing and Munching
Our teeth are actually part of the digestion process. Chewing our food is known as “mastication.” How you chew and for how long, can affect our digestion and overall health. Here are some key benefits of slowing down and fully chewing our food: 1. Better nutrient absorption – Chewing breaks down the foods we eat into smaller
Foods That Can Whiten Your Teeth
Red wine, tea and black coffee are known to stain teeth. But here are some foods that can actually help whiten teeth. Apples – Bite into an apple and you’re helping to strengthen your gums. Plus, the high water content in apples helps increase the production of saliva. This in turn can help wash away bacteria
Whole Body Effects of Inflammation
The public and scientific communities have been flooded with articles about the relationship between oral health and our whole body health. These often cite the process of inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s response to cellular injury. It’s a protective response. It helps us recover from trauma and deal with infection from bacteria and viruses. That