According to a new study, there are more than a million visits to the emergency room–or emergency department–every year for dental conditions. Many of the conditions could have been treated or prevented with routine dental care and oral hygiene, and patients often receive inferior care when they go to the emergency room for dental conditions.
Read Dental StoryFor most people, dental implants are an easy solution to tooth loss. There’s no special care required: just do your normal oral hygiene routine and make your visits to your dentist to ensure your new tooth integrates properly with your jawbone and remains healthy. But for diabetics, it’s not so easy.
Read Dental StoryAs retailers are finishing packing away the Christmas decorations and rolling out the avalanche of hearts for Valentine’s Day, it creates a social crush that can lead to a wide variety of feelings, depending on who you are and where you are in your life. For people in a committed relationship, you might think about what to do for your beloved on a special day, and scramble to get reservations for that hard-to-book restaurant. Or it may just make you glad that your beloved isn’t into all that pink hearts crap.
Read Dental StoryWisdom teeth are essentially vestigial. They are teeth that our ancient ancestors needed to fill up a larger jaw that grew in response to eating tough food that required us to chew for about half the day. Wisdom teeth were also needed to make sure we still had teeth at the ripe old age of 35, the expected lifespan for most prehistoric humans.
Read Dental StoryWhen deciding whether to save a tooth or not, we will sometimes talk about a tooth as being “hopeless.” This is a semi-clinical term that is readily understood by dentists and periodontists but may be unclear to you. So, what do we mean by a hopeless tooth?
Read Dental StoryWho wants to lose their natural teeth? Nobody! At least that’s everyone’s wish. Unfortunately, tooth loss is common in America, with more than 120 million Americans missing at least one or more teeth! While losing teeth is never fun, the good news is that there are numerous tooth replacement options to fix your gaps. Nicolas A. Ravon, DDS, MSD offers metal-free dental implants designed to act, look, and perform like your natural teeth.
Read Dental StoryIf you are looking to straighten your smile, these days you have two great options: Invisalign and braces. Here is a guide to help you decide which is the right choice for you.
Read Dental StoryFirst of all, let us congratulate the Los Angeles Dodgers on making the postseason this week with a victory on Wednesday night. However, we were disappointed to see that, among the shenanigans in the locker room after the game, outfielder Yasiel Puig took the opportunity to be a really bad role model and open beer bottles with his teeth.
Read Dental StoryKanye West has every reason to smile. A beautiful wife. A beautiful daughter. A fortune worth an estimated $130 million. A cultural legacy that will probably outlive anyone alive today. And yet, he is a man who doesn’t smile. And recently he shared the reason why. Kanye’s Reasons Kanye said that he has two reasons he doesn’t smile:
Read Dental StoryOne of the most common tools used in reconstructive dentistry is the dental splint. If your tooth has been loosened or even knocked out completely (avulsed) because of trauma, a dental splint is used to stabilize it while it heals. But how long will you have to wear your dental splint to help the tooth heal? Normally, you will wear the splint for 14 days, but in some cases, it may take longer.
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