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Get Your Teeth Professionally Cleaned During Pregnancy

The best thing a woman can do is to keep her mouth spotlessly clean, and that would mean flossing and brushing and using a Waterpik and doing all of the things necessary to keep one’s mouth clean. Avoid smoking, excessive…

Digital X-Rays Improve Patient Care

One of the biggest benefits of using digital x-rays is the fact that patients love advances in medicine and dentistry. When presented with an analog x-ray or a picture that flashes on your screen immediately, it certainly impacts the way…

Aging and Dental Health

As people age, they face new health and lifestyle challenges that may take priority over their dental health. It is critical for senior citizens to continue to see a dentist for cleanings, to check for gum disease and to address…

Mouthguards Protect Your Teeth Even While You Sleep

There are two main reasons mouthguards should be worn. Mouthguards protect your teeth against trauma if you are an athlete. That would include fracturing teeth, devitalizing teeth, and evulsing teeth. You want to protect them and a professionally made mouthguard…

Oral Systemic Health: Links to Serious Medical Conditions

There are links between oral health and serious medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and pregnancy. Learn how these are related and what the risk factors are. What does oral systemic health really mean? Dr. John Vitale: It’s pretty…

See Your Dentist if you Have Sensitive Teeth

There are a number of steps that can be taken if your teeth are sensitive. Initially, you can buy yourself a toothpaste that guards against sensitivity and helps you with sensitivity. There are also mouthwashes that are for sensitive teeth.…

Botox Treatments

Botox treatments are a safe and effective way to remove wrinkles on the face with quick results and little to no recovery time. Can you please describe what Botox is and what it is used for? Dr. John Vitale: Yes.…

Mouthguards

Mouthguards are worn by athletes to protect their teeth but are also worn by others to protect their teeth from nighttime teeth grinding, or to protect tissue inside the mouth from braces. Custom mouthguards offered by dentists provide the best protection. What are the…

Sensitive Teeth

Having sensitive teeth can be very uncomfortable and include feelings of pain in your teeth when you eat something hot or cold. Gum recession and enamel wear are the main causes. A dentist can treat the teeth and gums and…

Trust is the Key to Overcoming Dental Anxiety

I think the first thing that the dentist must do to overcome a patient’s dental anxiety is get to know the patient that he is dealing with. Secondly, the dentist has to make this patient feel at home. That is…

Get Your Teeth Professionally Cleaned During Pregnancy

Digital X-Rays Improve Patient Care

Aging and Dental Health

Mouthguards Protect Your Teeth Even While You Sleep

Oral Systemic Health: Links to Serious Medical Conditions

See Your Dentist if you Have Sensitive Teeth

Botox Treatments

Mouthguards

Sensitive Teeth

Trust is the Key to Overcoming Dental Anxiety

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