Since the American Dental Association (ADA) has asked us to postpone elective and routine dental procedures, we are focused on providing emergency dental care. However, this does not mean that we are diminishing the quality of our service. We still provide the same high-quality dental care that our patients have come to expect from us. [...]
If one of your teeth suffers a trauma that causes it to become loose or even come out of the socket, we will often use a dental splint to hold it in place and allow it to heal. If you’re wondering what a dental splint looks like, there are several different types for [...]
One of the key benefits of dental implants is that they have the potential to last forever. Once an implant successfully integrates into your jawbone, there’s no reason to believe it won’t last 20, 30, even 50 years or more with proper care. Unfortunately, the same is not always true of the [...]
There’s a big difference between being alone and feeling lonely. Many people can spend hours, even days alone and never feel lonely. Other times, you might be in the middle of a crowd, but still feel isolated and lonely. So, what’s the difference? While we can’t eliminate individual variability, it turns out that one big [...]
In the US, we are accustomed to think of tooth decay as being the main danger to our teeth. Tooth decay is when oral bacteria generate acid and cause small holes -- cavities -- to appear in our teeth. Tooth erosion is something different, though. Tooth erosion is when your teeth are being worn down [...]
