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A Long-Term Orthodontic Strategy Could Help Ensure an Attractive Smile Later in Life
posted: Sep. 16, 2021.
Orthodontics relies on certain mechanics in the mouth to move teeth to better positions. As the specialty has advanced, we've become ever more precise in moving teeth with braces, the Read more -
Clear Aligners: Another Option Besides Braces for Moving Teeth
posted: Sep. 06, 2021.
Advances in technology often lead to greater choices for things like automobiles or smartphones. In recent decades, advances in orthodontics have given families another choice besides braces for straightening teeth: Read more -
Stop Gum Disease Before it Threatens Your Dental Implant
posted: Aug. 27, 2021.
Teeth-replacing dental implants not only look life-like, they’re made to last. For one thing, the metals and dental materials used in them are impervious to bacterial infection.But that doesn’t mean Read more -
Neil Patrick Harris: What the Oscars Host Treasures Most
posted: Aug. 17, 2021.
A few days before the Oscars, Vanity Fair magazine asked Academy Awards host Neil Patrick Harris to name his most treasured possession. Was it his Tony award statuette for best Read more -
Chronic Dry Mouth Is More Serious Than an Unpleasant Feeling
posted: Aug. 07, 2021.
It's normal to have occasional mouth dryness—that "cotton mouth" feeling when you first wake up or after eating a spicy meal. It soon dissipates, though, leaving you no worse for Read more -
A Root Canal Treatment Will Improve Your Health, Not Harm It
posted: Jul. 28, 2021.
If you’ve ever read online that root canal therapy causes cancer, don’t be alarmed—it doesn’t. What it does do is save a deeply decayed tooth that might otherwise be lost.Tooth Read more -
Implant-Supported Dentures - a Better Fit with Excessive Bone Loss
posted: Jul. 18, 2021.
Some patients who wear dentures face a kind of Catch-22: their denture fit may have loosened and become uncomfortable over time due to continued bone loss, yet the same bone Read more -
A Routine Dental Procedure Saves This MLB Standout's Broken Tooth
posted: Jul. 08, 2021.
During this year's baseball spring training, Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton got into a row with a steak dinner—and the beefsteak got the better of it. During his meal, Read more -
Dental Care of Prime Importance for Children with Special Health Needs
posted: Jun. 28, 2021.
Children’s ailments come and go, and thankfully most are relatively minor. Some children, however, have impaired health caused by a more serious, chronic disease. For them, the condition impacts not Read more -
Don't Let Smoking Increase Your Chances of Implant Failure
posted: Jun. 18, 2021.
There are plenty of good reasons to quit smoking. Here's one more if you're considering replacing a missing tooth with a dental implant: smoking increases your risk of implant failure.By Read more -
Think Twice Before You Undergo Botox Treatment for Chronic Jaw Pain
posted: Jun. 08, 2021.
There's still much about the underlying nature of chronic jaw joint dysfunction we have yet to unravel. Treating these conditions known as temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) may therefore require some Read more -
Tom Hanks' Abscessed Tooth Gets Cast Away
posted: May 29, 2021.
Did you see the move Cast Away starring Tom Hanks? If so, you probably remember the scene where Hanks, stranded on a remote island, knocks out his own abscessed tooth Read more -
The Before, During and After of Root Canal Treatments
posted: May 19, 2021.
Root canal treatments have suffered a bad rap over the years—and undeservedly. While we applaud root canal therapy for the millions of decayed teeth the procedure has saved, the worn-out Read more -
Put an End to Bad Oral Habits to Slow the Rate of Tooth Wear
posted: May 09, 2021.
While tooth decay and periodontal (gum) disease destroy more teeth than any other causes, both of these diseases are largely preventable with proper oral hygiene and dental treatment. It’s more Read more -
Grafting Surgery Could Restore Lost Gum Tissues After Gum Disease
posted: Apr. 29, 2021.
Gum recession is a serious consequence of periodontal (gum) disease. As diseased gum tissues weaken and detach from the teeth, they may shrink back or recede from their normal coverage. Read more -
Fifth Harmony's Camila Cabello Chips a Tooth, but Concert Still "Worth It"
posted: Apr. 19, 2021.
Everyone loves a concert where there's plenty of audience participation… until it starts to get out of hand. Recently, the platinum-selling band Fifth Harmony was playing to a packed house in Read more