Category: General Dentistry

A Heart-to-Heart about your Dental Health

Your heart is strong. The muscles that make up this amazing organ have a huge job to do pumping blood through your body. From the time we’re in our mother’s womb, up until our last breath on earth, we rely on our hearts. No wonder, then, that doctors play close attention to the health of… Read more »

Dental Hygiene Tips for the Elderly

A healthy, attractive smile improves your appearance at any age. Unfortunately, senior citizens tend to have it doubly hard when it comes to maintaining healthy teeth and gums. If you are over age 65, you have a higher risk for developing serious oral health conditions. Furthermore, fixed monthly budgets and lowered benefits on insurance plans can… Read more »

Enhance Dental Hygiene with Mouthwash

How can you project self-confidence when you are projecting chronic bad breath to those around you? Close interactions with friends, loved ones, and acquaintances can results in botched hugs and kisses, or being left out of conspiratorial conversations when you harbor halitosis. You may feel like you have tried everything to remedy this probably. You brush… Read more »

A Brief Explanation of Dental IV Sedation

Perhaps you have severe dental anxiety, or an out-and-out phobia. You are certainly not alone. However, there are ways for you to get the dental work you need, without having to even be awake for it. Can you imagine sleeping through your entire dental visit? No matter what dental procedure you’re in need of, sedation… Read more »

Dentists Take Interest in your Lips

You may not think of your lips as a part of your dental health, but when you go in for an exam and checkup, your dentist will be looking at every part of your mouth. Sores, bumps, and lesions on the tongue, gums, inner-cheeks, and lips are all subject to examination for oral cancer. Keeping… Read more »

Do your Teeth Need a Helping Hand?

Cavities are a fact of life for many people. In fact, studies show that only 1% of Americans are immune to developing a cavity in their lifetime. Tooth decay (the clinical term for cavities) is a widespread infectious disease caused by a specific strain of oral bacteria – Streptococcus mutans are most often transmitted to infants… Read more »

Are you Brushing Teeth Efficiently?

When the modern toothbrush was invented several hundred years ago, oral hygiene enthusiasts were happy to make the chance from animal hair tooth brushes or chewing sticks. Boar’s hair bristles were the most commonly used toothbrushes up until the early twentieth century. Fortunately, now we have a plethora of toothbrush options in most stores. However, not all… Read more »

Corona Dentists Help You Brush Up on Choosing Your Toothpaste

Do you have a favorite toothpaste? . Perhaps it claims to relieve tooth sensitivity. While these claims may be true, or should be per advertising regulations, few toothpaste manufacturers reveal the truth about the abrasiveness of their products. Researchers have come up with a new way to evaluate toothpastes, so consumers can know more about… Read more »

Fluoride and Dental Sealants for Children

at Riverside Dental Group do our very best to provide comfortable experiences for children, parents (and all of our patients for that matter) are likely to feel some anxiety. Children don’t often feel excited about going to the dentist. Still, protecting your child’s teeth with good prevention is likely to make every single biannual dental… Read more »