Having discolored, damaged, or missing teeth in the visible part of your bite can really take a physical and mental toll on your health. Physically, damaged or lost teeth can make chewing, breathing, and speaking more difficult. Mentally, in a culture that highly values first...
Choosing a general dentist for you and your family can be a daunting task. Do you go with the big corporate practice with hundreds of offices around the country? Or does that local practice in your neighborhood with the good word of mouth seem more...
Most dental insurance plans vary in their benefits and structures, and they may seem overly complex on the surface. On the contrary, dental insurance is often much more straightforward and more specific than many patients realize, especially in what treatments they cover. You just have to be...
Your mouth is the biggest weak point in your body’s security system; it’s soft tissues and mucous membranes that are perpetually exposed to the environment, food chemicals, fungi, viruses, and bacteria. So, it’s no surprise then, that with such direct access to your bloodstream, oral...
Porcelain tooth veneers are the ones you tend to think about when someone mentions the word “veneer”. They’re the custom-made porcelain sheets placed on the front of teeth to fix coloring, chipping, spacing, etc. But did you know there’s a different way to do dental...
Not all dentistry is the same; that’s why family dentists aren’t the only dental care specialists – oral surgeons, cosmetic dentists, plastic surgeons, and other specialists all work in the field of orofacial health. Pediatric dentistry requires specific knowledge of bodies that aren’t fully-grown, and...
Sometimes it’s easy to tell when you’ve cracked a filling, sometimes it’s not. Even a cracked filling that is causing you pain might not seem the obvious source of your shooting toothache at first. So, how do you tell if you’ve cracked a filling? Here...