A Heart-to-Heart about your Dental Health

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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 the hearts of their patients. The Temecula dentists at the Oasis Family Dental would like to have a heart-to-heart with you about the relationship between stress, your heart, and your teeth.

Stress in Relation to Dental Health

Bruxism is the clinical term for teeth grinding, which is well known to relate to stress. When you’re (more…)

Dental Hygiene Tips for the Elderly

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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 make caring for teeth more difficult just as more problems begin to crop up. The Corona dentists at Dental Associates of Corona are here to help seniors save on dental hygiene products without sacrificing high quality and effectiveness. (more…)

Enhance Dental Hygiene with Mouthwash

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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 your teeth, go to the dentist, keep gum and mints on hand, but still, whenever you get close enough to someone who can smell your breath, you can tell by the look on their face that it’s still a problem. The Riverside dentists at Riverside Dental Group will make some suggestions on finding the most effective mouthwash for helping to fight bad breath. (more…)

A Brief Explanation of Dental IV Sedation

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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 dentistry is a safe and effective way to quell your fears of going to the dentist. The Moreno Valley dentists at Moreno Valley Dental  say you should leave the complexities of sedation dentistry to them, while you dream about the bright, beautiful smile you’ll soon wake up with. (more…)

Root Canal Therapy: Not So Bad

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at Riverside Dental Group will explain root canal basics.

Sailing Down the Root Canal

Root canals are passageways inside your teeth. They branch from just below the crown of your teeth down to the tip of the roots. You have one to four roots in each tooth. These roots are (more…)

Dentists Take Interest in your Lips

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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 your lips healthy, especially during the rough conditions of winter weather, is an important element in your overall oral health. Here are some great tips for preparing your lips for cooler weather, as well as what to look for in terms of oral cancer.

Keeping Lips Soft and Healthy

Have you ever experienced awful chapped lips when the temperature drops? Cold weather and hot (more…)

Are your Fillings too High?

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Have you ever gone to the dentist to receive a filling? Chances are the doctor asked if the filling felt too high before sending you on your way. Occasionally, fillings can be placed too high causing discomfort for patients. Tooth pain can leave patients unable to enjoy life to the fullest. Day-to-day activities can be impacted due to tooth pain caused by a high filling. The Corona dentists at Dental Associates of Corona outline the reasons high fillings cause tooth pain and how to fix high fillings.

How to Avoid High Fillings

In most cases, when a filling is placed the dentist will ask a patient whether or not the filling feels at the appropriate height. Although it can be difficult to accurately determine the height of a filling while experiencing numbness, patients need make their best assessment possible. Even when patients are sure of the height, high fillings can still occur.

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Brighten your Monday with a Teeth Whitening Quiz

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The Woodcrest dentists at Riverside Dental Group are going to let you in on a little secret: teeth whitening makes you look younger. Can you think of any other cosmetic procedure which can boast shaving years off of your age without being invasive or requiring a lengthy recovery time? Try your hand at these true-or-false questions about teeth whitening to learn more.

Questions

Q1. True or false – Whitening toothpastes have come a long way and are equally as effective as teeth bleaching.

Q2. True or false – You should not brush your teeth with baking soda, because the powder is far too abrasive for your smile. (more…)

Caring for Porcelain Dental Veneers

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Do you dread the act of smiling? Many people are truly mortified by the state of their teeth and/or gums. Whether  misalignment, malocclusions, an underbite, and overbite, twisted teeth, discoloration, or a laundry list of problems all at once are you dental plight, the thought of fixing a highly flawed smile can feel extremely daunting. Fortunately, our team of talented dentists at Dental Associates of Moreno Valley offer patients a wide variety of cosmetic dentistry options. One of the most popular makes over your entire smile in one fail swoop. You’ll just want to make sure you know just how to care for your veneers so they last for years to come. (more…)

Clear Answers to this Quiz on Invisalign

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at Riverside Dental Group would like to challenge you to a quiz on Invisalign.

Questions

Q1. True or false – Invisalign consists of customized clear alignment trays that are designed to utilize gentle force to gradually straighten teeth. (more…)