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A family dentist will often offer preventative dental care to keep your teeth healthy. Good oral health can impact the rest of your health too. Both you and your family can benefit from getting preventative dental treatments. These include dental sealants, mouthguards and fluoride treatments.It is recommended for children to get fluoride treatments while their…

Wanting to understand more about what a full mouth reconstruction means? When someone is experiencing multiple problems with their gums and teeth, it often means that they need to undergo many different dental procedures in order to correct them. This full reconstruction of one’s mouth is a necessary part of making the mouth healthy once…

For those considering single tooth dental implant surgery for the first time, the procedure may seem unclear or overwhelming. This list of frequently asked questions will hopefully provide clarity and peace of mind to those anxious about the process.During this procedure, the roots of teeth are replaced with metal screws that fuse into the jawbone.…

Finding out you are in need of denture repair can be a pain. You rely on your dentures every single day. This means when your dentures have somehow become damaged, you want to have them repaired in a timely manner so you can once again perform everyday activities such as eating and smiling without issue.While…

When a patient has a dental emergency, a general dentist is there to help. There are a number of possible dental emergencies patients may encounter, and they may be unsure of what to do and how to handle them.A dental emergency refers to a situation in which there is a mouth injury or infection. Situations…

A dental emergency can come in many different types. Some types of emergencies are more urgent. Knowing what to do in one of these emergencies is a good idea. This will help you to effectively deal with the emergency, no matter what type of emergency it is.An injury can cause a tooth to be knocked…

A smile makeover can make an immediate impact on a patient’s life. People with an improved smile may be more confident speaking and smiling in public, which can improve one's professional and social lives. However, patients should know what they are getting into before beginning treatment.Before undergoing a smile makeover, these are some of the…

Wisdom tooth removal involves a surgical procedure to remove one or more of your wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth, commonly referred to as third molars, often grow between the ages of 17 and 25. There are many people who never develop them. For others, these teeth erupt normally and cause no problems. But some people need…

Do you need dentures? Perhaps you have lost teeth due to poor oral hygiene, from facial trauma or from genetics or other disorders. Getting a set of dentures can give you a new outlook on life as it improves the aesthetics of your smile and the functionality of speaking and chewing. Many people get dentures…

Having to wait weeks before getting your permanent crown is a thing of the past, thanks to CEREC crowns. When you think of getting a crown put in, you might instinctively prepare yourself for a long wait time between tooth preparation and crown placement. Traditional crowns can take anywhere from days to weeks to complete.…

Even though life gets busy, regularly getting an oral exam is integral to maintaining a healthy mouth. While plenty of people wait until they experience pain or are inconvenienced by the condition of their teeth and gums, regularly visiting your general dentist can prevent inconvenience and pain from ever occurring. In this article, we will…

There are many questions people may have about general dentists and the need and use of dental crowns, or caps, to help restore compromised teeth. One of those concerns may be whether dentists can make the crowns in their own office or whether the job must be sent out to a laboratory that makes the…