Dental Myths One Through the many years of practicing dentistry I have heard many patients repeat the following dental myths and quotes. Some of these I hear almost on a daily basis from well-meaning patients who struggle to make sense of all the information that is presented to them. This is the first of a...
As you get older, you may notice some of your teeth becoming crowded, or overlapping. This is caused by several factors, some natural and some not so much. You can tell in some regards because of physical appearance, sometimes you can tell by the feeling, and other times you may experience pain associated with the...
Long story short, you could be wrong. Let’s say you have been experiencing a toothache or other dental problems for quite some time. You think long and hard about what it must be before making your decision. Perhaps you google it. You think you have found out what the problem must be, and in that case...
Were you aware that you could brush your teeth for too long each day? It’s true. You can over-brush your teeth, and it can cause a lot of damage. You could end up hurting not only your teeth, but you could even end up hurting your gum tissues, too. Time how long you brush one...
When you are traveling in another country, you never know what you might encounter with your teeth. If you happen to chip or crack a tooth, lose a filling, or break a crown, what are you going to do? If you are not prepared for this type of a situation, you could end up in...
Microdontia is a condition in which one or more of your teeth are smaller than normal. It may only affect part of the tooth, or the whole tooth and may even cause an abnormal shape. Types of Microdontia There are three types of microdontia. True generalized microdontia is extremely rare. This variation of microdontia affects...
So how does it happen? You start with good teeth. Your teeth come in pearly white, your gums are healthy, all is great. Then one day you wake up and look in the mirror, OMG, What happened to me? Those teeth are no longer so pearly or so white. How did I ignore this for...
The quality of your well water is important to your health. This includes the health of your teeth. Water contains fluoride, an element that helps protect your teeth against bacteria. While city or town water is treated with fluoride, and the content known, not everyone has water provided to them this way. Some homes have...
It is as if life needs to get any more complicated then it already is. Now we have to decide if we really want to floss those pearly whites in spite of the lack of evidence that flossing will make a difference in our health. Yes you heard me right. The Departments of Agriculture and...
Do you have a chipped tooth or broken teeth? We have many services that can fix them (including emergencies). The First thing to do after chipping or breaking a tooth is: Attempt to find any broken pieces or whole teeth - handle these as carefully as possible If it is a whole tooth, try not...