Dental trauma is just one of many reasons you might need restorative dentistry. Cavities are another common issue that can create a need for a restoration. Infections also require prompt restorative treatment, both to eliminate any discomfort or pain you are experiencing, but also to prevent the infection from spreading. Even chips and cracks, which… Read more »
Category: General Dentistry
5 Simple Ways to Care for Your Smile: Part Two
If you want to enjoy your summer to its fullest, while still heading into autumn with great oral health, it is important to care for your smile, even as you embark on summer adventures and find ways to help beat the heat. Tempting as it can be, during the relaxed days of summer, to overlook… Read more »
5 Simple Ways to Care for Your Smile This Summer: Part One
Summer is a wonderful time for relaxing and taking a break from daily routines. Many people choose to spend more time outdoors soaking up Vitamin D, during the summer months. Their extra days off from work become chances to get out of the office and to log quality time friends and family. Unfortunately, for many… Read more »
Helping Kids Form Great Tooth Care Habits
Wouldn’t it be great if children developed a love of tooth-brushing, just as their baby teeth were coming in? Alas, that isn’t usually the way it goes. It will take time to help your child develop good tooth care habits, but the effort will be worth it. Good tooth care habits mean healthier permanent teeth…. Read more »
Keep Your Smile Healthy with Preventive Dentistry: Part One
Do you want to avoid dental cavities this year, and keep your teeth and gums looking and feeling healthier than in the past? Maybe you are tired of struggling with bad breath caused by gingivitis, or the discomfort that often comes along with cavities, infections, and other dental problems. If you are determined to make… Read more »
Bite Movement, TMJ Disorder, and Tooth Loss
As the first and most important step to the digestion process, your teeth bite, rip, tear, and pulverize food so that your esophagus can swallow it and your stomach can digest it. Your teeth also help you enunciate properly when you speak, and healthy oral structures help uphold your appealing facial features. Aside from facial… Read more »
Enjoy the Beauty of Nature at the Desert Botanical Garden
While spring and summer provide breathtaking views outside in Arizona, this month you can also catch some incredible landscape and floral portraits in the comfort of the climate-controlled Ottosen Gallery. “Return to the Desert: Celebrating 25 Years of Paintings by Dyana Hesson” is a retrospective by Hesson, who considers herself a Botanical Artist. Some of… Read more »
What You Need to Know About Teeth Whitening: Part One
Who doesn’t want a lovely and bright smile? It might even seem easier than ever to achieve one, given the sheer volume of dental products available over-the-counter, that promise to lighten teeth, and create dazzling smiles. How effective are these products, though? Are they safe for your teeth? Will they be able to achieve your… Read more »
If Your Smile Could Talk, What Would It Say: Part Two
Do you ever find yourself wondering what your smile would say to you, if only it could talk? Many people think that effective dental care is a mystery, or that developing dental problems over time is an unavoidable inevitability. Fortunately, that is not the case. Your preventive dentist can actually arm you with the knowledge… Read more »
Explanations for Bad Breath
Morning breath is unpleasant, to put it lightly. It is even more so when your offensive exhalations continue past the morning and taint the rest of your day. When brushing and flossing do not adequately eliminate your bad breath, the embarrassment may be coupled with anxiety as you try to figure out why. To help… Read more »