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Dr. Oz talks about Periodontal (Gum) Disease and Total Health
I guess it’s because I don’t watch a lot of TV, but I confess that – until quite recently – I had absolutely no idea who this guy Dr. Oz is. A friend recently told me that Dr. Oz has some really good material about dental health that can be shared, and since it’s sometimes […]
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Is There a Comfortable Treatment for Periodontal (Gum) Disease? YES!
I just got off the phone with one of our patients from yesterday for whom we had done LANAP, also known as Laser Periodontal TherapyTM, as I wanted to check and see how she is doing today. And even though I have heard the same exact story practically every single time, I still find it […]
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Six Month Adult Braces + 2 CEREC Porcelain Veneers = a happy patient!
Since we started doing Six Month Braces in 2004, the number of smile makeovers that we’ve done with porcelain veneers has dropped dramatically. This is because we can create beautiful smiles much more conservatively with Six Month Adult Braces than we can with veneers, simply because there is no drilling on the teeth. There are […]
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Complete Smile Makeover with Porcelain Crowns
A Full-Mouth Smile Reconstruction Quite some time ago, I showed this case as an example of how badly teeth can be damaged by grinding them, whether at night, in the daytime, or both, and why something as simple and inexpensive as a nightguard (my recommendation is a NTI-tss). It is especially inexpensive in comparison to […]
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Differences between Gingivitis & Periodontal Disease
This is a simple question, but patients are often confused by the difference. Dental offices often don’t do a good job explaining the difference. Sadly, periodontal disease is still one of the most under-diagnosed and under-treated diseases in the United States. Sadly, many patients believe that treatment for periodontal disease is uncomfortable or doesn’t work […]
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Tetracycline-stained teeth: a Complete Smile Makeover
How to Fix Teeth Stained by Tetracycline When it comes to teeth that were stained a VERY dark brown or grey when you were young and took the antibiotic tetracycline, there are unfortunately not a lot of options for making a dramatic change. While Deep BleachingTM is the most conservative option, it isn’t necessarily for […]
