Dental Blog
Here you will find information to help you and your kids live a healthy life and protect their teeth, news, and other fun resources. Enjoy!
The Benefits Of Your Child Having Their Teeth Cleaned Every 6 Months – And Fluoride Treatment!
For all patients who are scheduled for a cleaning in the month of December, our Christmas gift to you is a FREE fluoride treatment to go along with your cleaning. Our goal is to get our patients who have been away or have been putting their cleaning off because of...
How Fluoride Works (Our Free Fluoride Campaign)
What is fluoride? Fluoride is a mineral that occurs naturally in many foods and water. It also helps to prevent tooth decay. Fluoride reverses early decay and remineralizes your tooth enamel. Strong enamel is like wearing a nice wool coat in the cold. It...
New Dental Scan Technology: The NeoScan 2000
Image courtesy of Dental News Today. Neoss Group, a front-runner in dental implant innovation, is excited to introduce the NeoScan 2000, a wireless intraoral (inside the mouth) scanner designed for quick and user-friendly operations. This new release builds upon the...
What You Need To Know About Porcelain Veneers As Restorative Treatments
A Background: What Are Veneers And How Do They Work? Porcelain veneers are finely crafted, tailor-made shells made of high-quality dental porcelain that attach to the front of your teeth. Their primary role is to enhance each tooth's appearance. Here are some common...
The Children’s Tooth: A Timeline of Development and Care
Parents of young children often wonder what to expect as their child grows. When do teeth start coming in? When do baby teeth fall out? How do they establish good dental habits for their child and avoid the need for restorative treatments? In today's post, we'll be...
Researchers Discover A New Type Of Bacteria Involved In Tooth Decay
For a long time scientists have considered the Streptococcus mutans, a bacteria species, as the main cause of tooth decay. This bacteria produces acid and contributes to the formation of plaque, so it's made sense that experts would have looked here primarily. But a...
How AI Is Improving Medicine & Dentistry
AI is essentially a super-smart computer system that can analyze vast amounts of information and learn from it. In medicine, this means AI can scan and interpret your medical images, like X-rays or CT scans, to find signs of trouble. It's like having a super-powered...
Baby Teeth Fall Out Age: What To Expect
A child's baby teeth normally start falling out around age 6 to 7. The order the baby teeth start becoming loose tends to be similar to the order they initially grew in. For instance, the front teeth on the top or bottom are often the first to start to get loose,...
Preventing & Overcoming Kids’ Dental Anxiety: A Guide For Parents
This is an understandable concern for any parent — especially parents about to bring their child to the dentist for the first time. How will my child handle the appointment? What if they're afraid? In this post we'll go over things you can do to set the dental...
A Parent Story of Toddler Dental Checkups
Submitted by Brian Watkins When our son Logan had his first tooth coming in, we knew it was time to take him in for his first check up. We wouldn't have thought to do that necessarily this early on, but we'd already known Dr. Warr for years and she'd told us that was...