Preventative

Reasons skipping the dentist is bad for you

While most don't love going to the dentist, we try our hardest to make ourselves do it twice a year. But for some reason, we skip the dentist more than any of our other health-related appointments. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 71.4 percent of women over age 18 had their teeth cleaned in 2008. That means more than a quarter of all women are skipping the dentist!

Here are exactly what health benefits you are missing out on when you skip a cleaning.(Motivation to set up an appointment?)

Reasons to Have Your Old Metal Fillings Replaced

Reasons To Have Your Old Amalgam Fillings Replaced With Natural-Looking Composite Fillings

If your mouth is still full of those old, metallic fillings that were inserted into your teeth years ago, then you may want to consider making the switch to more natural-looking composite fillings. It's been shown in studies the average life of a metal filling is 8-15 years. If your fillings are older than 15 years, you may want to consider having them updated. Here are some great reasons to upgrade your old amalgam fillings:

1. Hidden Decay

Cigarette Warning Labels

Cigarette Health Warnings

Beginning September 2012, FDA will require larger, more prominent cigarette health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements in the United States. These warnings mark the first change in cigarette warnings in more than 25 years and are a significant advancement in communicating the dangers of smoking. Effects of smoking on your teeth is one of the warnings.

Oral B ProfessionalCare SmartSeries 5000 Kit Now Avaliable!

We are now selling Oral B's best electric toothbrush.

Oral-B's most technologically advanced toothbrush, ProfessionalCare SmartSeries 5000 with SmartGuide provides Oral-B's most advanced cleaning technology for ultimate plaque removal and also features a wireless SmartGuide.

Oral Cancer / Velscope

Most of us are familiar with cancer. Its crossed our path in one way or another during our lifetime. We don't necessarily know why we get it but unfortunately it happens.

We don't know why we get it but we do know how. Cancer (all forms) is mainly caused by problems with cell replication. Daily our cells which form our tissues undergo death and replication which is all a very complex process involving many stages that have to work precisely. Tissues with higher than normal replication cycles include but are not limited to: skin, breast, GI tract, genital, oral.

Most Dental Problems are Silent

Daily, I get asked from patients, if I am not having pain, why do I have to get a filling?

Like cancer and heart disease in the body, most dental problems are silent. Lets look at a few silent dental problems.

Cavities

Cleanings Only?

Cleanings Only?
11/6/2010
We have had a number of calls to the office asking us if we did cleanings only, as a new patient. When our reply is no, they get upset, say their goodbyes and move on. I want to take a moment and explain why our office doesn't do cleanings only.

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