Infection Control

Standards and Best Practice With all of the increased media attention on infection outbreaks such as AIDS and multi-drug resistant strains of viruses, it’s no wonder people have heightened concerns about infection control during a medical procedure. Gloves, gowns and masks are required to be worn in all dentist offices today, a far cry from
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Fillings

What’s in a Filling? Fillings, known clinically as amalgams, are synthetic materials that are used to restore a portion of a tooth damaged by decay or traumatic injury. There are different types of materials used to fill cavities, including gold and metal alloys. Conventional amalgams are the silver-colored material many people have had placed in
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The Preventive Program

Both natural teeth and teeth with restorations survive best in an oral environment that is clean and where the intake of harmful foods is controlled. Our program is designed to help prevent new cavities, preserve teeth that have been restored and manage periodontal disease. At the initial visit oral hygiene instructions are reviewed and are
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Fluoride

For decades, fluoride has been held in high regard by the dental community as an important mineral that is absorbed into and strengthens tooth enamel, and thereby helping to prevent decay of tooth structures. In nearly every U.S. community, public drinking supplies are supplemented with sodium fluoride because the practice is acknowledged as safe and
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Introduction

Does mercury in the silver fillings in your mouth pose any long-term health risks? Does fluoride, in spite of everything we’ve been told since childhood, actually cause more harm than good? What does the latest research reveal about tobacco use on your overall oral health? This section is dedicated to the latest information about these
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Tongue Piercing Is Not Cool

Some parents allow their children to have small steel balls on the top or bottom of their tongues. To have the little steel balls stay, the tongue has to have a hole in it, much like a pierced ear. Oral piercing can cause a lot of pain, swelling, infection, drooling, loss of taste, scarring, chipped
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Nutrition and Your Child’s Teeth

People can prevent two of the most common diseases today – tooth decay and periodontal (gum) disease – simply by improving their diet. Make sure your child has a balanced diet. Limit sugars and starches to help protect your child`s teeth from decay. Decay results when the hard tissues are destroyed by acid products from
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Orthodontics Overview

Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that deals with properly aligning teeth and jaws to improve facial structure (and your child’s smile), as well as overall oral health. Orthodontic treatment will help your child by: guiding permanent teeth into the proper positions improving lip closure reserving or gaining space for erupting permanent teeth reducing the
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Common Conditions

Here’s a look at some of the conditions your child may have that may be alleviated or reversed by orthodontic treatment. Crowded teeth – Teeth may be aligned poorly because the dental arch is small and/or the teeth are large. The bone and gums over the roots of extremely crowded teeth may become thin and
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Who Needs Braces?

Lots of kids have problems with their teeth not growing in nice and straight. It doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. If you don’t do anything about this and your teeth could look very crooked and uneven when you grow up. Also, you could have problems with your “bite,” or the way your teeth
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