November 15, 2007

Hockey Season - Be Sure to Use Your Mouth Guard

Mouth guards are coverings worn over teeth, and often used to protect teeth from injury from teeth grinding and during sports.

There are three types of mouth guards:

Mouth guards protect the health of your teeth and gums by preventing damage that can be caused by teeth grinding (known as bruxism) and from injuries that can occur while engaging in certain sports such as football or hockey. Mouth guards are inexpensive and easy-to-use, and no one who needs to use one should even consider going without.

While mouth guards are available at most sporting good stores and department stores, these models have serious drawbacks. Little can be done to adjust the way these over-the-counter models fit your mouth, plus which they are frequently somewhat bulky, make breathing and talking difficult and may provide little or no protection, which is why dentists don't recommend using them.

Your dentist can make a custom-fitted mouth protectors that will work perfectly in your mouth, protecting your teeth without the adverse effects described above. To do this, your dentist will first make an impression of your teeth that a laboratory will use for a mold. Dental mouthguards are more expensive due to the fact that they use higher quality material and because of the extra time and work involved. However, a custom-made mouth guard will always provide the most comfort and best fit and protection.

Mouth guards usually cover the upper teeth only, but in some instances (such as if you wear braces or another fixed dental appliance on your lower jaw), your dentist will make a mouth guard for the lower teeth as well. Your dentist can suggest the best mouth guard for you. An effective mouth guard should be comfortable, resist tears, be durable and easy to clean, and should not restrict your breathing or speech.

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November 14, 2007

Wisdom Teeth… Do They Need to Come Out?

Getting your wisdom teeth pulled: why some need it and some don’t. Wisdom teeth are third molars which usually grow in between the ages of 18 and 20 years. As long as the wisdom teeth grow in properly, have a proper bite alignment and have healthy gum tissue around them, they do not always need to be extracted. When wisdom teeth are prevented from growing in, or impacted, they can result in infection, decay of adjacent teeth, gum disease or formation of a cyst or tumor from the follicle or tissue that forms the crown of the tooth.

In this case, many dentists recommend removal of the wisdom teeth to prevent potential problems. Wisdom teeth that have erupted, or grown through the gum line, also may require extraction if the tooth is interfering with your bite or interfering with the restoration or straightening of an adjacent tooth. If you experience pain, infection in your mouth, facial swelling or swelling of the gum line in the back of the mouth, you may have a wisdom tooth that has erupted but is now in need of removal.

If your dentist recommends removal of your wisdom teeth, the extraction procedure requires the dentist to access the tooth through the soft and hard tissue, gently detaching the connective tissue between the tooth and the bone and removing the tooth.

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November 8, 2007

A Smile Makeover Isn't Always Extreme: Talk to your Cosmetic Dentist About Your Options

A smile makeover doesn't always have to be extreme. You may want to make a few minor changes to your appearance or dental hygiene without major work or expense. There are many simple, painless and quick ways to attain a more attractive smile.

If your teeth are stained or discolored, dental whitening can be done in just one office visit in about an hour. A hydrogen peroxide based gel is applied to your teeth and the effects are often heightened with a special light. After one treatment, you can enjoy teeth that are up to five to ten shades whiter.

For a chipped tooth, dental bonding can quickly do damage control with no pain. A tooth colored dental material is sculpted around the damaged tooth by the dentist and then hardened with heat. After just a few minutes, you will have a recreated tooth that look and works just like new.

Even if you have misaligned, chipped, cracked or significantly stained teeth, porcelain veneers can recreate your smile. Thin, tooth colored shells are bonded to the fronts of your teeth to transform their appearance and the procedure usually takes only about two office visits.

There are several ways to improve little dental difficulties without requiring an Extreme Smile Makeover. Talk to your dentist today to discuss the various options to improve your smile in mere minutes.

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November 7, 2007

Fall In Love with Your Smile All Over Again: See Your Cosmetic Dentist

Do you want to fall in love with your smile all over again? Pay a visit to the cosmetic dentist to discuss the quick, painless ways to improve your teeth for a smile you can't wait to show off.

If your teeth are stained or discolored, tooth whitening can make them five to ten shades whiter. A hydrogen peroxide based gel is applied to your teeth and often the effects are accelerated with light. After just an hour or so, you will enjoy noticeably whiter teeth.

For teeth that are significantly stained or chipped, dental bonding can make them look like they originally did. A tooth colored material is sculpted around the tooth by the dentist and hardened with light to recreate a stronger, more attractive tooth.

Even if your teeth are extremely stained, chipped, cracked or misaligned, porcelain veneers can transform your smile. Thin, tooth colored shells are bonded to the fronts of your teeth to give you a Hollywood smile of your dreams. If you suffer from missing teeth, there are natural looking bridges, dentures and dental implants to replace them.

Fall in love with your smile all over again when you visit your cosmetic dentist for simple solutions.

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November 2, 2007

Getting Your Oral Health back on Track

Poor oral health can have ramifications throughout your life. It can make you feel listless by sapping your body's resources to fight infection, which in turn can adversely affect your professional and social life.

Poor oral health can also adversely impact the quality of your sleep, which in turn further adversely impacts every activity in your waking life. Infected gums, cavities and other dental problems can cause you to lose sleep, or not to sleep as well and deeply as you need to in order to awake refreshed and ready to face your day.

Why? Because sore gums and aching teeth hurt! Even when you're so dog-tired that you fall asleep the moment your head hits the pillow, you continue to experience pain at some level. And any pain you experience is detrimental to the quality of your sleep.

It's like the old saying about "for want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe a horse was lost, for want of a horse a battle was lost and for want of a battle a kingdom was lost." For want of good oral health, you lost sleep, because you lost sleep you didn't perform as well on your job, or enjoy your family, hobby or other activities as much, etc., etc. etc.

Getting your oral health back to optimum will improve the quality of these other areas of your life and more—and you'll sleep better, too!

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October 31, 2007

Ask Your Dentist About The Wand Anesthesia

What's the most painful part of a dental visit? Getting an anesthetic shot so the dentist can do what needs to be done without causing you pain, that's what—just thinking about that needle going into your gum causes many people to shudder!

Now, there's a great alternative to injections of anesthesia: The Wand.

The Wand is a computer controlled local anesthetic delivery system. This new product removes pain and anxiety by providing a painless injection that numbs exactly the right spot in your mouth.

The Wand makes it possible to get the tooth numb without having the tongue, cheek, lips or face affected, which makes it very easy to resume most of your normal activities promptly after your appointment.

Ask your dentist about getting Wand anesthesia the next time you need dental work that requires numbing. You'll be very glad that you did!

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October 27, 2007

Celebrities Love Cosmetic Dentistry - You Should Too

Celebrities love cosmetic dentistry—after all, where would anyone in Hollywood be without a dazzling, healthy-looking bright white smile? Not in front of the cameras, that's for sure!

Why do celebrities love cosmetic dentistry so much? Because they know that there's no second chance when it comes to making a good first impression, and that the first thing others notice about us is how we smile. Smiles that reveal yellowed, cracked, chipped or missing teeth don't get called for a screen test, that's for sure.

Today's marvelous dental technology can correct any cosmetic dental problem and give anyone a bright, white, terrific smile. Chairside whitening treatments, porcelain or ceramic veneers, invisible tooth alignment, dental implants, crowns, bonding and every other cosmetic dental procedure are every bit as available to you as they are to a Julia Roberts or a Hugh Grant.

So pick up your phone and schedule a consultation with your cosmetic dentists today. Your fans are going to love your new smile, so don't keep them waiting!

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October 25, 2007

Creating Beautiful Smiles, One Mouth At A Time

Cosmetic dentists are reinventing the American smile one mouth at a time! New procedures and improved older procedures have made it possible for everyone, even people with partial plates and dentures, to have a great smile!

Cosmetic tooth bonding can treat a variety of dental problems from filling a cavity to filling unsightly gaps between teeth. Porcelain veneers make it possible to make teeth look young and be strong again, while procedures such as invisible alignment and chair side teeth whitening can make crooked teeth straight and yellowed teeth white again.

Dental implants, better dental appliances such as bridges, partial plates and even dentures, can create firm chewing surfaces with a natural appearance that will function for the remainder of patients' lives.

Truly, there has never been a better time to attain, maintain or retain a gorgeous smile!

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October 24, 2007

Smile Makeover - Affordable and Easy to Attain Today

In years gone by, getting even a partial smile makeover was out of the question for many people because of the costs involved. However, today we live in a world of technological miracles that allows almost anyone to get an extreme smile makeover at a reasonable cost. Aren't you glad you're living now?

Today's extreme smile makeovers are affordable and attainable. Many cosmetic dentists offer financing plans that enable their patients to get a great smile now and pay for it over a period of time later. More dentists are being trained in the latest cosmetic procedures than ever before, which means that no matter where you live, there's probably a great cosmetic dentist nearby.

Smile makeovers can work wonders in the social and work lives of the people who get them There's nothing more enticing than a great smile, and isn't great that they are so readily affordable and easy to attain today?

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November 16, 2007

What You Need to Know About Tobacco and Your Teeth

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November 15, 2007

Hockey Season - Be Sure to Use Your Mouth Guard

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November 14, 2007

Wisdom Teeth… Do They Need to Come Out?

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November 8, 2007

A Smile Makeover Isn't Always Extreme: Talk to your Cosmetic Dentist About Your Options

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November 7, 2007

Fall In Love with Your Smile All Over Again: See Your Cosmetic Dentist

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November 2, 2007

Getting Your Oral Health back on Track

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October 31, 2007

Ask Your Dentist About The Wand Anesthesia

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October 27, 2007

Celebrities Love Cosmetic Dentistry - You Should Too

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October 25, 2007

Creating Beautiful Smiles, One Mouth At A Time

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October 24, 2007

Smile Makeover - Affordable and Easy to Attain Today

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