Dental Blog
How Gum Disease Can Affect Your Overall Health
How Gum Disease Can Affect Your Overall Health Health Risks Caused by Periodontal Disease You’ve heard your Gilbert dentist warn you about gum disease. You know that it is an abstract threat, but you just don’t think it’s a problem that can happen to you. Yet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a 2012 study that nearly half of U.S. adults over the age of 30 are [...]
What is Crown Lengthening & Why Is It Essential?
What is Crown Lengthening & Why Is It Essential? How A Gum Shortening Procedure Can Help Fix Broken Teeth & Tooth Decay You may have gone in for a simple cavity or crown procedure, and had your dentist inform you of the need for a surgical procedure to have your crowns lengthened. What exactly does that mean? Is it really necessary? Here is more information about why your simple procedure [...]
The Importance of Replacing Your Missing Teeth
The Importance of Replacing Your Missing Teeth There are many reasons why you might lose a tooth. You might suffer gum disease or tooth decay that leads to the loss of a tooth (or many teeth), or you might suffer an injury that severely damages or knocks out one or more teeth. Fortunately, thanks to modern dental care, you have a lot of options for replacing or repairing your teeth, [...]
Myth or Fact, The Truth About Gilbert Dental Implants
Myth or Fact? The Truth About Gilbert Dental Implants Gilbert dental offices have been effectively using and maintaining dental implants in Arizona for over forty years. While people who have successful implants are absolutely thrilled with their new teeth and smile, there are still quite a few myths and misconceptions that can cause great hesitation in those who need dental implants. Here, we address a few of those rumors [...]
Dental Care Tips to Avoid Tooth Decay
Dental Care Tips to Avoid Tooth Decay Tooth decay is one of the most common reasons to visit a Gilbert dental clinic. Most people would refer to tooth decay as a cavity, which can cause tooth sensitivity, severe tooth pain, discoloration of the teeth, and even visible pitting or holes in the teeth. If cavities are left untreated, the bacteria that caused them can continue to erode into the [...]
Is My Child Too Young for Braces?
Is My Child Too Young for Braces? It seems like having braces is a rite of adolescence. Many people get braces to correct crooked teeth and misaligned bites – both of which can cause dental health problems, as well as cosmetic issues. Once your child starts to move into pre-adolescence, you may start wondering when you need to call your Gilbert dentist office to set up an appointment for braces. [...]
