Gum disease is a chronic infection, and, if left untreated, it can lead to other chronic infections. One of the most serious infections that have been linked to gum disease is endocarditis, an infection of the inner layers of the heart, causing inflammation, damage to the heart valves, and even death.
Read Dental StoryDental implants have proven to work wonders for people who have experienced tooth loss and help prevent further damage to the jawline and other teeth. The main catch with dental implants is that if they are not properly taken care of then the risk for infection rises dramatically, leading to dental implant failure.
Read Dental StoryAlthough we understand a lot about gum disease, there are still a number of mysteries that we have had difficulty unraveling. For example, why do some people with relatively poor oral hygiene remain at the gingivitis stage of gum disease without having it ever evolve into periodontitis, while other people seem to suddenly vault into periodontitis without much time for us to prevent it?
Read Dental StoryIf you live in Beverly Hills, California, and have an infected tooth, you’re probably in pain and in need of a root canal treatment. While root canal therapy may have been painful back in the day, modern dentistry advances at Ravon Dental have made this a comfortable procedure for patients with root canal infections.
Read Dental StoryIf you are wanting to look more attractive, perhaps it’s time to spend less time preparing your makeup and more time smiling. Research indicates that people consider smiling faces more attractive than those wearing makeup.
Read Dental StoryNicolas A. Ravon, DDS, MSD is proud to announce that we are offering metal-free zirconia dental implants for our patients. Although titanium dental implants remain a good choice for most people, these metal-free dental implants are crucial for people with titanium allergies or concerns about metal sensitivity. Metal-free dental implants are also ideal for anyone seeking the absolute best cosmetic dentistry results.
Read Dental StoryAt a wedding, it’s traditional for the bride to wear white, but when it comes to your teeth, everyone wants a beautiful white smile for all those pictures. Wedding pictures are among the pictures most commonly shared and viewed. Even if it’s not your wedding, but you’re in the wedding party or are family of the bride or groom, the odds are pretty good that a wedding picture with you in it will end up in a dozen picture albums and even be up on a few walls. This means that the way your smile looks in these pictures is how it will be remembered.
Read Dental StoryDiabetes is wreaking havoc on our country. It is estimated that nearly 30 million adults and children in the United States have diabetes and that another 86 million are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. This disease is also estimated to cost the United States $245 billion a year. With November being American Diabetes Awareness Month we thought it would be a good idea to highlight the often overlooked link between diabetes and gum disease.
Read Dental StoryThere was a time in cosmetic dentistry when we thought all problems could be solved with math. It was thought that if we could just discover the ideal proportion, the right ratio that expressed the beautiful, we would know how to design everyone’s smile makeover.
Read Dental StoryCorrective jaw surgery, aka orthognathic surgery, is used to correct abnormalities in your jaws that impact the function of your jaws and teeth. Jaw surgery addresses misalignment problems that orthodontics alone can’t fix. A dental evaluation by Dr. Nicolas Ravon from Nicolas A. Ravon, DDS, MSD, Beverly Hills, California, can determine if you’re a good candidate for jaw surgery treatment. Here’s what you should know about this procedure.
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