Dental Care for Kids: Finding the Right Dentist

Are You Putting Your Child At Risk For Periodontal Disease?

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As a parent, you want nothing more than the best for your child, including good oral health. So, you would never do anything to jeopardize the health of their mouth, teeth, and gums. However, there is a difference between knowingly and unknowingly, and the reality is that some parents are putting their children at risk for conditions like periodontal disease innocently. Learn about periodontal disease in children to ensure you aren’t making this mistake. Read More»

What Is Osseointegration?

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If you are preparing to get a dental implant, you should realize that the process will take time. This is not a procedure you can typically get all at once. Instead, your dentist will complete the process in stages, and the first stage is placing the implant into your jawbone. Once this is completed, you will need to wait for the process of osseointegration to complete. here are several things to understand about this process. Read More»

3 Important Tips When Having A Root Canal Performed

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One dental procedure that has a negative stigma behind it is a root canal. This procedure is designed to treat teeth that have an infected pulp. If it’s necessary to get this procedure according to your dentist, these tips will prove helpful.  1. Eat the Right Foods  So that your body is fully nourished for this extensive procedure, it’s important to eat the right foods. Additionally, you will not be able to eat for several days after your procedure – so it’s important to get in meals when you can. Read More»

Soft Tissue Dental Emergency Situations

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Sometimes dental emergencies do not affect the teeth, but the soft tissues of the mouth instead. This is something that happens when the gums are injured in some way, and while the gums usually stop bleeding fairly quickly, this is not always the case. There are other signs as well that the gums need immediate medical care, so keep reading to learn about a few types of situations that require the expertise of an emergency dentist as soon as possible. Read More»

Why Pulling Teeth Doesn't Do Justice To Dental Extractions

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The image of the dentist as tooth puller is a cultural norm that every person picks up from the time they watched cartoons as kids. Dental extractions, however, are typically much gentler procedures than the tooth pulling stereotype indicates. Here’s what you need to know about how a tooth extraction actually works. Tooth Nudging The vast majority of dental extractions involve the doctor using a small, medical-grade probe to nudge teeth back and forth. Read More»