Dental Blogs

Happy Teeth for Thanksgiving

Wellness

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays for a few reasons. You get to spend some fantastic quality time with friends and family and watch the huge and intricate floats during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Plus who can forget the great football games, and of course, the seemingly never-ending flow of food. In a perfect world, we would not have to worry about our teeth while eating our Thanksgiving dinner, but dental health does not take a holiday and you should remain vigilant.

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Veneers in Beverly Hills: Dr. Ravon’s Guide to a Radiant Smile

Cosmetic

Beverly Hills, often synonymous with the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, is also renowned for its world-class dental services. Among the most sought-after treatments? Dental veneers. And when you think of veneers in Beverly Hills, one name stands out—Dr. Ravon. What are Veneers? Dental veneers are thin, custom-made shells designed to cover the front surface of teeth, improving their appearance. Crafted from porcelain or resin-composite materials, veneers are bonded to the teeth, offering both cosmetic enhancement and added strength.

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Choosing Tooth-Healthy Drinks at Your Next Party

Wellness

Next time you’re at your party, you probably will be thinking about anything but your oral health. However, our overall oral health is determined by the sum of all our momentary decisions. If you want to have the healthiest smile possible, you need to make sure you’re keeping this in mind constantly, and that includes at parties. Here are some tips for choosing healthy drinks for your teeth.

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Achieving Attractive Dental Implants

Restorative

If you have one or more missing teeth, people will notice when you smile, when you laugh, when you talk, and in any other situation where you’re showing your teeth. From the standpoint of replacing a missing tooth, dental implants will definitely improve the appearance of your smile. But will they necessarily give you an attractive smile? That depends.

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The Hollywood Origins of Porcelain Veneers

Cosmetic

A “Hollywood Smile” is often shorthand for a really attractive smile. Straight, long, proportionate teeth that are bright white. It’s common in advertising and well-understood in casual conversation. And it’s not an accident, because Hollywood invented cosmetic dentistry at a time when Americans were yearning to smile, but still suffered greatly from the effects of dental decay.

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Neolithic Population Suffered Severe Tooth Decay

Wellness

People have been experiencing dental decay ever since we became human. The first evidence of oral health problems in humans arises about 1.8 million years ago, but it has been thought that widespread tooth decay wasn’t a problem until the rise of agriculture, which allowed people access to more sugars and carbohydrates. However, evidence from a new find shows that some isolated populations of prehistoric people likely experienced levels of decay comparable to modern humans, only without the benefit of modern dentistry.

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