It’s easy to slip into bad dental habits during the holidays. Hectic schedules filled with last-minute shopping, decorating, and visiting friends and family members cause you to neglect your regular oral health routine. Less brushing and flossing are not the only problems – stress, food, and alcohol are all major factors in declining dental health,…
Botox is a great alternative to surgically sculpting the shape of your face. The extremely tiny needle injects the Botox serum wherever facial muscles should be relaxed (think: around the mouth, across the forehead and between the eyebrows). The Botox trend is a growing sensation nowadays, but not in the ways you might think. Botox…
In the event of a broken tooth, you should see your dentist as soon as possible. Without immediate treatment, a broken tooth can easily become infected, often leading to total loss of the tooth. There are many ways in which a tooth can break. A tooth is most commonly broken by direct contact to the…
Any time you have a medical procedure done it is important to know how you will feel and how your body should react afterwards. This is especially if you are having your wisdom teeth extracted. This procedure can create a lot of questions. Questions about how to prepare, what to expect during and what to…
We want our kids to have the best. Nice clothes, a great education and anything else to make their childhood as good as possible. A major component of our endeavor as parents is health. Checkups, shots, skinned knees and vitamins are all parts of our calendar and daily routine. Taking care of our children’s teeth…
For many of us, we only think about it a couple of times a year when we make appointments for ourselves or our loved ones. Occasionally we’ll notice the small amount deducted from each paycheck, but don’t give it much of a second thought. Aside from our regular check-ups, the details of our dental insurance,…
Expecting a baby is one of the most exciting and busy times of your life. Shopping for baby furniture, picking out bedding, paint colors, clothes, toys, bottles and more are consistently being added to ever growing to-do list. Extra doctor’s appointments, sleepless nights thinking of all that needs to be done and what the future…
We recently discussed the ins and outs of dental insurance and how it should be viewed by patients. This leads us into another very important conversation; today’s topic: Covered Procedures. Unfortunately there is tendency for patients to assume that if a necessary or recommended action results in an out-of-pocket expense, it isn’t actually needed. The…
The kids are out of school, the fireworks have been watched and the beach trip is booked, that can only mean one thing, summer is here. Aside from keeping the kids busy and the grass green, your smile should be another concern at the top of your list. Summertime can pose some unique threats to…
It never fails, you spend all morning washing your car. Waxing, vacuuming, cleaning the windows, wheels and tires. After a couple hours it looks better than it did on the showroom floor. Then, like clockwork, the dark skies roll in and lightning cracks in the distance. All of that work to remove months old brake…