By now you probably discovered that life isn’t fair, and cavities in your teeth are no exception. Not to sound ominous or pessimistic, but how many times have you seen your friend or relative who doesn’t take particularly good care of their teeth, but still get fewer cavities – if any – compared to you. […]
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Sugar is the enemy of your teeth. How many times have you heard your dentist say that phrase? Our dentists have programmed us to be afraid of sugar. Well, our parents really. Kids are going to eat sugar no matter what – and with good reason. It’s tasty. However, dentists see kids suffering from cavities
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Image is everything nowadays, and a beautiful smile is the key to that image. Most people won’t notice if your clothes are a little worn or if your hair is out of place. However, everyone will notice if your teeth are not bright and shiny. For that reason, teeth whitening has become one of the
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Braces are becoming increasingly popular nowadays. About 15 years ago, you would never have heard of adults wearing braces. They were thought to be only for children. However, in today’s world of social media and selfies, image is everything. And nothing says “image” like a beautiful smile. That is why more and more adults are
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We are all blessed with two beautiful sets of teeth. However, since we have 32 teeth during adulthood, some people believe that losing one or two isn’t a big deal. They believe that the remaining teeth will just carry the weight of the lost ones and the oral environment will not be affected much. Sadly,
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Medicine is all about the correct diagnosis. If you know what you’re facing, then odds are you’ll be able to treat it. That’s where dental X-rays come into play. X-rays can help us visualize your specific needs, and therefore achieve a correct diagnosis and build an accurate treatment plan. So, it is not a question
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Dental pain is one of the worst kinds of pain you could suffer. In fact, on the pain scale, dental pain is number 2 on the list. When the decay reaches a certain point in the tooth – known as the nerve or the pulp of the tooth – the pain becomes unbearable. Therefore, you
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Sleep apnea is a very common condition. It affects as much as 50% of the population in the US, with varying degrees of severity. In most cases, the condition is quite mild and can be controlled easily either with medication or a local device. In some rare cases, however, the condition becomes so severe that
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Dentistry is a vast field, with multiple specialties and subspecialties. While general dentists technically can do everything – everything they were taught in dental school – specialists dedicate even more time, effort, and training towards perfecting a very specific branch of dentistry. This makes them the “go-to” guys for problems within that specialty. One of
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Many people dread going to the dentist. In fact, statistics show that over 85% of the world’s population fear dentists and dental procedures, a great sum of which have such crippling fear that they would neglect going to the dentist for years. Dentists are aware of that problem and are constantly trying to introduce more
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