To help your family members prevent cavities and gum disease, you can teach them ways to take good care of their teeth in between dental visits. Use the following tooth care tips to give everyone in your family from the youngest member to the oldest the very best chance at maintaining excellent oral health. Practice…
Effective and Affordable Helping our patients achieve and maintain a healthy, beautiful smile is one of our top priorities at our Brighter Smile Family Dentistry. “We provide patients with a customized treatment plan that addresses any oral health issues and cosmetic concerns.” It is up to the patient to follow through on their dental visits…
Can a dentist help with bad breath? There’s no dental specialty that deals just with bad breath, but your family dentist should be able to address most of your concerns. If she says your mouth is healthy, she may refer you to a general physician or a specialist to determine the cause of your bad…
Wisdom teeth are the third and final set of molars that most people get in their late teens or early twenties. Sometimes these teeth can be a valuable asset to the mouth when healthy and properly aligned, but more often, they are misaligned and require removal. When wisdom teeth are misaligned, they may position themselves horizontally, be angled toward or away from the second…
Learning how to take care of your teeth is as much a part of growing up as learning to tie your shoes, recite the alphabet, or memorize the multiplication tables. However, when it comes to our teeth, many of us still have a thing or two to learn. Here are 5 facts about your pearly whites that you…
Dental bridges literally bridge the gap created by one or more missing teeth. A bridge is made up of two or more crowns for the teeth on either side of the gap these two or more anchoring teeth are called abutment teeth and a false tooth/teeth in between. These false teeth are called Pontics and can be made from…
Advancing age puts many seniors at risk for a number of oral health problems, such as: Darkened teeth. Caused, to some extent, by changes in dentin the bone-like tissue that underlies the tooth enamel and by a lifetime of consuming stain-causing foods and beverages. Also caused by thinning of the outer enamel layer that lets the darker yellower dentin show…
You Cope by Clenching Do you clench your jaw in times of anger, tension, or intense concentration? Your teeth bear some of the brunt of that stress. They can ache or wiggle loose over time. Your Daily Grind Sometimes even when you don’t feel stressed, you might clench and grind your teeth while you sleep….
Many people consider their smile one of their best assets. But what if you’re embarrassed to smile? Chipped, crooked, or discolored teeth can do more than ruin a picture-perfect moment. What do you do if you’re unhappy with your smile? You could start by whitening, one of the most popular cosmetic dentistry procedures. It makes such a…
Dental inlays and Onlays are restorations used to repair rear teeth with mild to moderate decay or cracked and fractured teeth that are not sufficiently damaged to need a crown. Ideal candidates for inlay or Onlay work typically have too much damage or decay in the tooth structure to be successfully treated using a filling,…
