Our mouths are comprised of many different tissues, these tissues are soft and hard. Those soft tissues are ones that we commonly refer to as the gums, tongue and inner cheeks. The hard tissues are the jawbone and the teeth and they’re all connected through many different structures that hold all of it together through…
If a procedure like dental implants has been suggested to you by your dentist you may have been spurred to do more independent research on what dental implants are and why you need them. Dental implants can be a great alternative for a denture or a dental bridge. The dental implant works as an artificial…
Have you been wondering what dental bonding is? You may have heard that a friend or family member has gotten dental bonding but you’re not quite sure what it all means. If you need dental bonding is usually means that you have a discolored, chipped or slightly decayed tooth. Dental bonding works as an efficient,…
Healthy enamel and healthy teeth mean having healthy routines. You should get your teeth cleaned every six months to have any excess plaque sorted and have your dentist check your oral health. There is also a lot you can do in terms of your diet to keep your teeth in their best condition. We may…
There are plenty of reasons why a person wants to have their teeth whitened. It’s become popular in the past few decades with famous celebrities walking the red carpet with pearly white teeth. You see it on TV, in advertisements and you may notice some of your friends have whiter teeth than you do. Before…
Everyone already knows the perfect recipe for a healthy body: regular exercise, steady diet, sunscreen, and proper exposure to sunlight. Not every day do regular dental visits make the list. As hard to believe as it is for some, visits to your cosmetic dentist are just as important for your health, probably even more than…
Forget the Keto diet or Paleo. Forget Jillian Michael’s latest weight loss food plan. If you’ve just had your teeth whitened, you’re going to need a whole new sort of diet and it doesn’t even have a name. The idea is simple: to keep your teeth white enough for longer, you need to stay away…
We often treat them as unnecessarily expensive, but we need smile makeovers way more than we know. Think about it this way: one of the first things anyone notices about a person is their smile. It has the power to betray a person’s every secret, from how often they brush, whether they smoke or not…
The pursuit of a brighter, wider, perfect-toothed smile continues to be a significant driving force in the world today, strong enough to trigger the rise of one of the newer dental technologies: porcelain veneers. They’re highly publicized on social media thanks to reality TV stars, Instagram and social media influencers. In fact, even the Atlantic…
We don’t always think of recessed gums in the same light as we do cavities and other dental issues, but they are just as dangerous to our health. They’re all caused in part by poor dental care, but gum recession is not always publicized like its better-known counterparts. Still, the fact remains that receding gums…