Dental Articles

Dental Onlays
Onlays are located on the top of the tooth, including the cusps (bumps on top of the tooth), and are mainly used for cosmetic or restorative work.

Dental Inlays
Inlays are located on the top of the tooth, inside the cusps (bumps on top of the tooth), and are mainly used for cosmetic or restorative work...

Holistic Dentistry
Holistic medicine is an approach that has more recently come to the forefront of dentistry...

Gum Disease
More than 50% of adults suffer from one degree or another of gum disease.  This disease includes damages to the bone that connects the teeth to the jaws and inflammation of the gums...

Dental Emergencies
Toothaches are of course the most common dental emergency. If there should be damage to teeth as in the instance of being knocked-out, broken or chipped, or even partially dislodged, those teeth can sometimes be saved...

Dental Amalgam Fillings
Traditionally, silver fillings are used for repairing cavities. These fillings are a mixture of metals called amalgams. As these amalgams are known to be half mercury, this leads to many concerns...

Oral Hygiene
A good foundation of proper oral hygiene is helpful in preventing gum disease.  The two most important factors you can do on a daily basis to ensure this proper foundation is with daily brushing and flossing of your teeth...

Tooth Brushing
Brushing your teeth a minimum of once a day, along with flossing and regular cleaning, are the foundations of good oral hygiene...

Tooth Brushes
The best possible toothbrush should have the head small enough and angled correctly to be able to reach all your teeth. It should also have multiple tufts and a soft-to-medium texture...

Can My Smile Restore My Youth?
We can’t stop aging, but we can make the best of what we already have.  Looking after your skin and general appearance is one step.  But, what about your teeth?

Do You Grind Your teeth?
If you often wake up with a dull headache, ear ache or pain in your jaw; or your teeth seem super sensitive to heat, cold and even the ouch of your tongue you may...

The Wow Factor
Focus on your smile and this will get the attention and the confidence you always wanted...

What You Need to Know About Your Silver Fillings
Often enough, when the patient comes into my office with a problem, they have a large silver filling present with all or much of the tooth broken off around the silver filling...

Dry Mouth Syndrome
Many patients ask me about so-called “dry mouth syndrome” or xerostomia, speaking scientifically...

Your Gums...Your body
You may have read numerous articles on the subject, but I’ll chance it and say it again…the health of your gums effect the health of your body...

Extraction of Baby Teeth
Due to injury or decay, extraction of a baby tooth may become necessary as part of orthodontic treatment...

Dry Socket
A possible complication of tooth extraction is called a “dry socket” - when there is not enough bleeding to form a clot in the socket...

Replacement of Teeth
There are many reason that teeth need to be replaced and results can be severe if missing teeth are not replaced...

Dental Bridges
A bridge is termed a bridge due to the fact that it ‘bridges the gap’ between two or more teeth. It is not removable by the wearer...

Dental Implants: The Ideal Tooth Replacement
Healthy teeth are a gift we often take for granted. Losing one or more teeth impacts our smile, our confidence and enjoyment of favorite foods. Dental implant technology is taking us a step closer to ideal tooth replacement...

Mini Implants
Implants are inert metallic devices (made of titanium) firmly screwed into the bone. They are used as an anchor for dentures or individual replacement teeth...

Dental Bonding
Dental bonding uses a durable tooth-colored plastic that is hardened with a special light, bonding it permanently to the tooth...

Dental Sealants
Dental sealants are plastic coatings developed and used since the 1970s, to help protect teeth from decay. They are not a substitute for fluoride treatments as they are used only on the chewing surfaces of permanent back teeth...

Fluoride / Fluoridation
Fluoride is a mineral found in the earth and appearing naturally in some water and foods. Since the 1930’s, it has been used to reduce tooth decay.

Mouthwash
Many people believe that what one mouthwash does, so do they all. That’s actually pretty close to the truth. With some variation in taste and color being the main difference between them, most mouthwash products use the same ingredients.

Plaque
Plaque is a thin sticky layer of bacteria naturally forms on all tooth surfaces. These bacteria consume sugar in anything you eat...

Root Canals
The root canal is the interior pulp of a tooth containing nerves, blood vessels and connective tissue. This can become infected causing pain...

TMJ (TemporoMandibular Joint) Disorders
TMJ refers to the jaw joint, where the jaw connects to the skull. These are located near each ear. These joints are heavily used in speaking, facial expression and in eating...

Wisdom Teeth
The last adult teeth to appear are the wisdom, teeth, four teeth at the corners of your mouth, which often appear around the age of 20. These teeth often come in badly aligned...