Gum disease and other factors may cause your gums to recede, hurting both the health and esthetics of your smile. However, the doctor can provide treatment for this issue, preventing gum disease from reaching an advanced stage and improving the beauty of your smile. Do you need gum grafts? How does this unique oral procedure work?
Do You Need Dental Implants?
Have you recently lost one or more teeth? Whether the result of injury or advanced gum disease (periodontitis) you need to restore your lost teeth to enjoy a healthy smile. After addressing the cause of your tooth loss the doctor may recommend replacing them with a lifelike and long lasting prosthetic. Do you need dental implants?
Learn About Sedation Dentistry
In some cases a patient who requires treatment for periodontal disease or tooth loss may avoid the dentist due to anxiety. We understand that for many people dental fears are very real. We sympathize and offer a procedure to help nervous patients remain calm and relaxed. What do you know about sedation dentistry?
How Do I Prevent Gum Disease?
“How do I prevent gum disease?” A great question and one not enough people are asking. With the right steps and actions you can avoid the major consequences of gum disease, which often include tooth loss. Simple preventive treatments can improve your oral health and help your smile remain disease free.
Why Stress Relief is Good for Your Oral Health
Excessive stress levels can influence nearly every part of your life, including your oral health. The human body’s stress response, also known as the fight-or-flight response, is a defensive mechanism that protects us and allows us to respond more quickly to threats. In today’s modern world, however, there are plenty of everyday factors that continually cause stress. Negative circumstances or interactions can make us feel threatened, triggering our defense. The longer you are stressed, the longer your body is operating in high gear and the quicker your mind, body, and health can deteriorate. In regard to your oral health, stress has been known to increase the risk of periodontal disease (stress inhibits your immune system’s defenses against infection and disease). Stress can also lead to canker sores, which are harmless but extremely uncomfortable sores in your mouth, and TMJ dysfunction (distressed jaw joints, or TMJs). (more…)
How Good is Your Hygiene? Take a Quiz and Find Out!
Good dental hygiene is the first step to maintaining a beautiful, healthy smile. While most people are familiar with the basics of good hygiene, there is more to keeping your smile clean and healthy than simply brushing and flossing your teeth. To find out how good your dental hygiene actually is, take a short quiz and learn if you could be doing more. (more…)
The Main Benefits of Laser Gum Disease Treatment
Treating gum disease can sometimes be tricky, especially in more advanced cases. While the goal is to eliminate the infection by removing bacteria and diseased tissues, it is also essential to preserve the healthy tissues that remain. For less invasive, and more effective, procedures, Dr. Kania often recommends laser gum disease treatment, which offers several benefits over traditional gum surgery with a scalpel. (more…)
Can Dental Implants Prevent Future Tooth Loss?
When it comes to replacing teeth that are already lost, the benefits of dental implants are many. However, the small dental prostheses also possess several benefits that extend beyond restoring your smile’s appearance, and can improve your chances of preventing tooth loss in the future. The secret lies in the unseen consequences of missing teeth, which if left unaddressed, could leave your remaining teeth without adequate support and lead to more loss. As the only option for replacing teeth roots, dental implants may offer the best chance of preventing future tooth loss to better preserve your oral health. (more…)
What is Oral-systemic Health?
Keeping up with good dental and periodontal health is a reward unto itself, but a beautiful smile isn’t the only benefit. Oral-systemic health describes the relationship between oral health conditions, like periodontal disease, and chronic systemic issues, like heart disease. For instance, in the case of severe periodontal disease, the unchecked inflammation that damages your gum tissues can increase your risk of inflammation elsewhere, elevating your risks of inflammatory conditions. Though it isn’t guaranteed that poor oral health will lead to poor physical health, the prevalence of oral-systemic health means taking care of your smile can help lower your risks in the future. (more…)
How to Prevent the Most Common Causes of Tooth Loss
Ideally, your adult teeth should remain strong and healthy for life. When you lose one or more of them, it’s for a reason, and aside from accidental trauma, such reasons can often be successfully prevented. The most common causes of adult tooth loss consist of dental health issues that destroy your teeth’s supportive structures – namely, periodontal disease. By understanding these causes and how they develop, you will have a better chance of preventing them from becoming severe and costing you one or more of your permanent teeth. (more…)