Month: November 2015

What Happens After You Lose Teeth?

Unfortunately, we can lose teeth to gum disease, decay, or facial injury. Lost teeth directly affects how you speak, chew, and how confident you are.  In addition to the benefits of restoring your tooth (or teeth), you can also prevent your face from changing shape and your teeth from shifting to fill the current gaps… Read more »

What Is An Oral Cancer Screening?

Oral cancer screenings are performed at every routine cleaning throughout the year to ensure that you are healthy. Throughout an oral cancer screening, your dentist will check your tongue, cheeks, lips, gums, and floor of your mouth for signs of cancer. This is another reason why dentists recommend annual or biannual visits because the earlier… Read more »

What Is Tooth Bonding?

Tooth bonding is a procedure that is done to restore your smile. A resin material (that appears the same color as a tooth) is placed over your tooth and then hardened and bound to the tooth by a special light resulting in a beautiful smile! Tooth bonding can fix a multitude of cosmetic issues and… Read more »