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Quitting Smoking Decreases Your Risk of Implant Failure
updated: Apr. 16, 2020
If you’re considering a dental implant as a replacement for a lost tooth, you’re looking at a restoration method with an amazing 95% success rate after ten years. But Read moreCategory: Dental Procedures -
Healthy Smiles for Alfonso Ribeiro and Family
updated: Apr. 06, 2020
If there's anything that makes Alfonso Ribeiro happier than his long-running gig as host of America's Funniest Home Videos, it's the time he gets to spend with his family: Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Clean Your Implants Just Like you Clean Your Natural Teeth
updated: Mar. 27, 2020
Dental implants to replace teeth are a popular choice as much for their durability as their life-likeness. Most implants last for decades, which can result in lower long-term maintenance Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Lasers are Making an Impact in Treating Gum Disease
updated: Mar. 17, 2020
Periodontal (gum) disease is potentially devastating to your teeth, gums and bone. To fight it we have to remove the substance that causes and sustains the disease from all Read moreCategory: Dental Procedures -
Treating Gum Disease around Tooth Roots is Hard - but Not Impossible
updated: Mar. 07, 2020
Periodontal disease may start in the gums’ superficial layers, but it’s not likely to stay there. As the disease moves deeper it can wreak havoc on tooth roots and Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Find Out How These Famous Celebrities Protect Their Smiles From Teeth Grinding
updated: Feb. 26, 2020
The fast-paced world of sports and entertainment isn’t all glitz and glamour. These high-profile industries create a unique kind of emotional and mental stress on celebrities. For many of Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
This February, Show a Little Love to Both Your Heart and Your Gums
updated: Feb. 16, 2020
It’s February and time for a little heart love. And not just the Valentine’s Day kind: February is also American Heart Month, when healthcare providers promote cardiovascular health. That Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
You Don't Have to Live With Uncomfortable Cracked Mouth Corners
updated: Feb. 06, 2020
While a relatively minor health issue, cracked mouth corners (medically known as angular cheilitis) can certainly be irritating. Fortunately, you don't have to live with it—we can help reduce Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
What Happens in a Root Canal Treatment and How it Can Save Your Tooth
updated: Jan. 27, 2020
Along with periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay poses one of the two greatest threats to your teeth. Cavities are just the start: if decay invades the pulp, the tooth’s Read moreCategory: Dental Procedures -
NHL Iron Man Keith Yandle Suffers Dental Trauma on Ice
updated: Jan. 17, 2020
Professional Hockey player Keith Yandle is the current NHL “iron man”—that is, he has earned the distinction of playing in the most consecutive games. On November 23, Yandle was Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Seek Coordinated Treatment If You Have Both TMD and Fibromyalgia
updated: Jan. 07, 2020
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that produces widespread pain and stiffness in the muscles and joints. The pain, muscle spasms and tingling it causes can disrupt sleep, alter moods Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
Don't Let Gum Disease Cut Short Your Implant's Service Life
updated: Dec. 28, 2019
Among dental restorations, implants are the closest prosthetic we have to real teeth. They not only replace the visible crown, but the titanium post imbedded in the jawbone adequately Read moreCategory: Dental Procedures -
Preserving the Pulp is Priority One with a Newly Erupted Permanent Tooth
updated: Dec. 18, 2019
The change from primary teeth to permanent is an announcement to the world that a boy or girl is "growing up." "Growing up," though, is still not "grown"—the new Read moreCategory: Oral Health -
NBC Star Delivers a Message about the "Perfect" Smile
updated: Dec. 08, 2019
Sometimes it seems that appearances count for everything—especially in Hollywood. But just recently, Lonnie Chaviz, the 10-year-old actor who plays young Randall on the hit TV show This Is Read moreCategory: Dental Procedures -
Lasers Beginning to Change Some Root Canal Procedures
updated: Nov. 28, 2019
As in other parts of medicine, lasers are beginning to change the way we provide dental care. More and more dentists are using lasers to make earlier diagnoses of Read moreCategory: Dental Procedures -
4 Foods That Are Good for Both Your Mouth and Your Body
updated: Nov. 18, 2019
You can't separate your oral health from your overall health. What's beneficial for your body in general is usually beneficial for your teeth and gums. Take the foods you eat: Read moreCategory: Oral Health