Playing contact sports puts athletes at risk for serious facial injuries that could require jaw surgery or some other intricate procedure or treatment to address. Even weekend warriors are susceptible to this type of facial trauma, so it’s important to take steps to protect yourself...
If you’re basing your oral health practices on inaccurate information, you may actually be harming your smile. It’s important to tell the difference between dental facts and dental myths. Here are a few of the most common dental myths that patients believe. Tooth extraction is...
Tooth loss doesn’t just have a devastating effect on your appearance. It also affects important actions like chewing and speaking. If you want to restore maximum function with your replacement teeth, you should consider All-on-4, which uses four dental implants to secure an entire prosthetic...
Oral health symptoms, such as tooth or jaw pain, bleeding, swelling or cysts, should not be ignored. If you postpone getting dental treatment, you could end up with a much more severe condition that requires an invasive oral surgery procedure to correct. Your overall health...
Tooth enamel may be the strongest substance in the human body, but it’s still not indestructible. People can damage their teeth by using them for tasks that aren’t appropriate, like opening packages or holding rather heavy objects. Even biting into non-food items like ice cubes...
Most patients won’t want to wait for weeks to restore a smile decimated by tooth loss. Fortunately, patients who want the fastest treatment timeline possible can turn to All-on-4 dental implants to get a complete, beautiful and durable smile. This treatment technique, which is sometimes called...
Having your impacted wisdom teeth extracted does involve a surgical procedure, and as with any surgical procedure may be associated with a risk of post-operative complications. One of the most common issues patients experience after wisdom teeth removal is dry sockets. Following wisdom teeth removal,...
Did you know it is possible to receive both your dental implants and your prosthetic teeth the same day? With All-on-4, also known as Teeth in A Day, dentures are supported by strategically placed dental implants. Dental implants will hold dentures in place so that...
Has your dentist recommended that you visit an oral surgeon to have your wisdom teeth extracted? Are you wondering if these teeth really need to be removed? For the most part, wisdom teeth are removed to prevent a number of oral health complications. In fact,...
Are you considering dentures supported by dental implants? Perhaps you have heard about All-on-4 and this tooth replacement method’s ability to increase oral function and denture stability. All-on-4 is a great way to replace teeth among edentulous patients because a full arch of prosthetic teeth...