If you require a dental crown to be placed, it is a good idea to talk to your cosmetic dentist about how you feel about the color of your existing teeth before beginning the process. If you like the color of your teeth, your cosmetic dentist will then find a color that matches the crowns. […]
Blog
Considering Porcelain Dental Veneers?

Maybe you’ve thought about cosmetic dental work – but felt a little vain to consider it. Or the appearance of your teeth never bothered you much, because your dental health is pretty good. But fixing a small functional problem can sometimes yield wonderful, unanticipated dividends. Mary, for instance, had a few dental imperfections most of […]
Choosing A Tooth Bleaching Product for a Brite Smile

Advanced dental techniques now provide consumers with exciting, new options for enhancing their smiles. Revolutionary methods are now available for teeth bleaching to make smiles sparkle! Teeth bleaching or tooth whitening lightens the color of teeth whether darkened from age, coffee, tea or tobacco. Its brightening effects can last up to five years after the […]
Can Restorative Dentistry Treat the Dark Spaces Between My Teeth and Gums?

The appearance of your teeth is heavily impacted by the position of the surrounding gum tissue. In a normal situation, two teeth that are side by side in your mouth have contact with each other. Below this contact, the area is filled in with gum tissue in the shape of a triangle. This triangular-shaped gum […]
Benefits of Cosmetic Dentistry Care

Do your looks affect the way people treat you? Positive self-esteem – how we feel about ourselves – is very important to a healthy personality, to happiness, to the development of a positive attitude about life, and to achievement in the direction we choose. It is well documented that people with a positive “feeling” about […]
A Beautiful Smile and Your Cosmetic Dentist

Everyone knows Mona Lisa’s smile, but who knows what she meant by it? Why do we smile? Psychologists tell us that, in our ancient past, a smile was a gesture of appeasement. They also believe that, to modern man, a smile signals many different messages – recognition, sympathy, apology, lessening of tension, confusion, embarrassment, doubt, […]
Why Fix a Baby Tooth or Child’s Molar
Parents are often surprised to learn that their children have dental decay. They question the need to repair or restore the baby teeth because, after all, they are going to fall out. The following information will help you to understand the need to obtain a dental examination by a pediatric dentist and pediatric dentistry team […]
Seal Out Tooth Decay in Your Children’s Teeth

Sealants are a plastic barrier to protect the chewing surfaces of the eight permanent molars from decay. The six-year molars usually erupt (come in) between five and seven years of age and the twelve-year molars erupt around 11 to 14 years of age. More than 90% of decay occurs in the deep grooves of the […]
Facts About Dental Fluoride

We have all received the benefit that fluoride offers in reducing tooth decay. The following facts will provide you with information to assure that your child’s teeth receive the optimum amount of fluoride. Fluoride strengthens the outer layer of enamel, making teeth more resistant to the acid attack of decay-causing bacteria. It can be of […]
Dental X-Rays For Your Child
Parents often question the need for dental X-rays (radiographs or films). Just as a broken bone or lung disease require a radiograph for a diagnosis, dental decay or other pathology (disease) of the oral cavity may require a radiograph for diagnosis. Decay spreads rapidly in primary (baby) teeth. Bitewing Radiograph(s) These films, usually two, identify […]