Most of the time you hear about the risks of smoking, you will see that other parts of the body such as the lungs and heart are the main focus. While these are serious places to take damage, they are not the only places in your body affected by smoking. Your mouth can be seriously […]
Tips for Sensitive Teeth
There are few things worse than that sharp pain you can feel in your teeth and jaw after biting into something very cold or sweet! You just want to enjoy the taste, but it’s so difficult when you are dealing with sensitive teeth… If you’ve ever wondered what you can possibly do to help yourself […]
5 Ways To Make Flossing Easier
Flossing can be an easily overlooked part of daily dental hygiene… Unfortunately, not flossing is often the root of most dental issues involving bacteria build up. Here are 5 ways to make flossing an easier: 1 – Change it up. Instead of using the long string form of floss, try using the handheld kind! It […]
5 More Dental Innovations That Have Changed Dentistry to Serve Our Patients Better
There are many advances happening in Dentistry that are making the patient’s experience more enjoyable, comfortable and faster. In my previous article, we explored my top 5 favorite dental innovations; Laser Therapies, Advanced Whitening, CEREC Same-Day Crowns, Minimum Prepared Veneers and Pain-Free Dentistry. Here are five more dental innovations: 1. Dental Implants to replace missing […]
Analyze Your Smile: How Does Your Selfie Stack-up?
OK, go ahead, take a selfie! Smile your biggest, cheesiest smile. How does your smile look? First of all, how’s the color? Use a pure white tissue and hold it up to your teeth. They will never get as white as the tissue, but getting close to that whiteness looks very fresh and clean. Several bleaching […]
Dr. Dennis’s Top 5 FAVORITE Dental Innovations
Check out my top 5 dental innovations below… and I will have more to come in future post! 1 – Laser Therapies It is very significant that we are now able to harness light to treat disease. One of the most important procedures is to treat gum disease. The laser beam kills bacteria in the […]
What Is An Abscess?
Most of us have heard of this scary sounding tooth ailment: an abscess. Usually it ends in a very unpleasant, but relieving trip to the dentist. Just what IS an abscess anyway? A tooth abscess forms when infectious bacteria enter the tooth or the deep gum and trigger the body’s immune response to send white […]
Food Choices that are Healthy for Your Teeth
Healthy food choices are not only important for our general health, they are also vital to our oral health. We all know about what foods to avoid that will stain our teeth. However, what about the healthy foods? The food choices that actually help our teeth and prevent oral problems? 22 Healthy Food Choices for […]
Coffee… is it that bad for your teeth?
Coffee: Starter Fluid For The Morning Impaired. We know it’s not the best liquid to splash over our pearly whites, but we love it anyway. Is it really that bad for our teeth? “I can’t imagine a day without coffee. I can’t imagine!” ~Howard Schultz The main concerns for coffee drinkers (besides unsightly staining) are […]