Wisdom Teeth: Common Kid Care Questions

One day, your children have baby teeth that you look after. Then, they’re suddenly old enough to care for their own teeth. Next, they have permanent teeth that they’re keeping healthy. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, a curveball shows up: You realize your kids who seem so much older and are nearly entering (or have entered) adulthood may need wisdom teeth removal! How to approach this time and handle it correctly, you wonder? Get started with our Q&A session!

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Implant Placement: Offered At Our Practice!

You may wonder why it’s so exciting that we offer dental implant placement at our practice along with restorations to complete those implants. “Isn’t that how most practices do it?” you may think to yourself. As a matter of fact, many practices will refer you to an oral surgeon, who you will visit to have your implants placed. Then, once you’re ready for your crowns or other restorations, you will visit your general dentist again. Let’s talk about what you can expect from the way that we do things!

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Good News About Oral Surgery

We have some exciting news for you about oral surgery! Didn’t think you’d ever be getting jazzed about surgical procedures for your smile but, lo and behold, here you are on the edge of your seat just waiting to hear more? As you know, when you need surgery for your smile it’s because other forms of dental care will not suffice and the procedure will help protect your oral health. Feeling confident about this type of care is to your benefit, so your interest is certainly warranted! Now, about those glee-evoking particulars…

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When You Really Need IV Sedation

There may be instances in which IV sedation is the best option for anesthesia during your visit with us. While this may not be completely foreign to you, if you don’t know much about it, then chances run quite high that you have questions and would like some reassurance before you schedule your oral surgery or otherwise. Let’s make sure you feel you’ve been given a solid introduction with answers to important and frequently asked questions. If there is any detail left unaddressed, please feel free to let us know!

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Dental Bonding: You Can Trust Its Reputation!

You might hear lots of cool things about dental bonding that present you with its reputation of an all-helpful, affordable, all-around beneficial cosmetic treatment. However, there may be a little part of your brain that perks up, begging the following question: Can you really rely on bonding’s reputation? Or, have you just gotten too carried away with the things you like about what you’re hearing without doing enough research? Good news: You can probably trust what you’ve heard. Let’s run through some areas that you may want affirmed.

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Cosmetic Dental Care: Ways To Prepare

If you’re interested in receiving cosmetic dental care from our team, you know that this will come with some amount of preparation. However, you may not really know what that is going to include or what to expect from the entire experience. Good news: Instead of flooding you with a bunch of details, we have broken down the main ways you will need to get ready for your newly improved smile. Not to worry! Prepping is much easier than you might assume.

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How Habits With Little Ones Transition Into Adulthood

While you’re usually most focused on the task at hand, such as convincing your child to brush or dreaming about the day when your kids can practice dental hygiene independently, you may sometimes forget to take the future into account. All of the little steps (and big steps) you take in regard to dental care when your children are young are actually extremely important and can have a very strong impact on your child’s habits now and all the way into adulthood. Let’s talk details, so you can remind yourself that the hard work is certainly worth the effort.

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Root Canal Therapy: 3 Responses And How They Will Affect You

What to do if you recently found out that you require root canal therapy? Perhaps your instinct is to run away, hide out, and pretend you never heard your diagnosis or treatment recommendation. Maybe you are okay with the idea but you just really want to receive some answers first. As you may have guessed, we see some common responses from patients and know firsthand the results that those responses bring. Would you like in on this secret, so you can determine the reaction that will serve you best? Good! Let’s get started.

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Do You Really Want Dental Implants?

You may like the idea of dental implants. However, getting involved in actually receiving them is another story. Are you sure that you really want them to replace your missing teeth or do they just sound wonderful? If you’re having trouble sorting out fantasy from reality, we are happy to remind you that this is a common experience. We are also happy to guide you through some questions to ask yourself to determine whether it’s time to make some movement with implants or if it’s time to seek out other solutions.

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