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  • 4 Practices to Keep Your Gums Healthy

    Your gums are important supportive tissues in your mouth. If they become damaged or infected, tooth loss can result. Nevertheless, maintaining good dental hygiene can affect the health of your gums. Here are a few things you can do to keep your gums in good shape: Rinse your mouth with fluoridated water after eating. After you eat a meal, if you don't have a toothbrush or floss handy, rinse your mouth with fluoridated water.
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  • 3 Dental Replacements Improved With Ridge Modification

    The teeth and gums are supported by upper and lower jawbones, which peak at the ridge that holds the teeth. Gum disease and trauma can cause the bone in that ridge to erode or otherwise weaken. Strong jawbones are important for general dental health to keep the natural teeth stabile. But jawbone deterioration is an especially large problem when considering certain types of dental replacements. Your dentist can perform a ridge modification to help strengthen weak areas of bone.
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  • What Type Of Dentist Do You Need?

    If you need dental work done, there are many types of dentists that you might need to visit. Read on to find out which type of dentist can help you.  Pediatric Dentist If the patient is a child, you might consider seeing a pediatric dentist first. Especially for young children, a pediatric dentist can be helpful in establishing early dental routines. Some of the initial visits to the pediatric dentist will involve helping the child get comfortable at a dentist's office.
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  • Working With Your Dental Provider - Ask These 4 Insurance Questions

    If you are going to the dentist, you may be wondering what your final bill will be and how that will affect the work done on your teeth. Take a look at these important questions that dentist offices can help answer when you are in the chair getting dental work done. Maximum Caps An annual or lifetime cap in dental insurance specifies the maximum amount that the insurance company will pay.
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  • Mirror, Mirror On The Wall….. Teeth Make The Fairest Of Them All

    The wicked stepmother of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" may have benefited greatly from dental care. It is quite possible that since the average life expectancy was about 35 years in the medieval times of this story, Queen Stepmother was fairly young herself. So how did Snow White manage to surpass her beauty so early? Possibly through the beauty dampening dilemma of poorly maintained teeth. Snow White had a somewhat different lifestyle from her stepmother which might account for her pearly whites remaining strong and healthy.
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  • Sleep Apnea Treatment Options: Your Oral Appliance

    There are many conditions that have a connection to your dental health which you might not realize. One of those conditions is sleep apnea. If you have been diagnosed with the condition, it is important you seek treatment and understand your dentist's role in that treatment.  What Is Sleep Apnea? Sleep apnea is a potentially life threatening sleep disorder that results in the obstruction of your airways while you are sleeping.
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  • Three Important Facts About Your Tooth Roots

    You might already know that each of your teeth is anchored into your jaw by a bony root, but what else do you know about your tooth roots? Since you cannot see them, many people don't think about their tooth roots often. However, learning a little about them can help ensure your dental care routine is supporting the health of your tooth roots. Here are three important things every patient should know about the roots of his or her teeth.
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  • Teenagers And Wisdom Teeth Removal – Recovery Tips For Parents

    Convincing your teenager to go to the doctor and dentist regularly can be hard enough for parent. If your teenager will be having their wisdom teeth pulled, you need to be sure that you are ready to help them with recovery. Here are three things that you should do to make sure that your teen can recover with less pain and with no arguments. 1. Become Your Teen's Home Nurse
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  • Three Alternative Treatment Methods For TMD

    Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (also known as TMD,) affects nearly ten million Americans. Although common, TMD can be difficult to treat, with options ranging from pain medication to surgery. Your dentist should be your primary partner in the battle against TMD symptoms, but there are a few things you can do outside of their office to find some relief. Bite guard You're likely aware that grinding your teeth is a bad habit, and here's one more reason to quit-- bruxism can exacerbate the symptoms of TMD.
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  • Why You Should Consider Getting CEREC Crowns

    In the past, if you needed to have crown replacement, you had to make several visits to the dentist. The first visit would be to take the shape measurements of your tooth. Then you would be required to wait for a few weeks as the crown was made at the dentist's office. The next visit would be the actual fitting of the crown. Subsequent visits would be necessitated by sensitivity and other issues associated with the new crown.
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