Gum disease – or periodontitis – is an infection caused by bacteria in your mouth. Often, the best “treatment” is to avoid the infection altogether with preventive dentistry. However, that’s not as easy as it sounds, so the next best thing you can do is to catch the infection as early as possible. In its […]
Category: Patient Education
Should You See A Specialist?
Just as your general practitioner refers you to other doctors, your dentist can refer you to a specialist if you’re experiencing a problem – such as, gum disease. Often times, patients who are experiencing infection around their gum tissue, Dr. Stubbs will refer them to a periodontist – someone who specializes in gum disease (diagnosis, […]
What Counts as a Serious Dental Emergency?
When you’re experiencing mouth pain or something in your mouth feels just feels plain wrong, it’s hard to know what qualifies as a serious dental emergency. Regardless of the issue, your first course of action should be to call your dentist and schedule an appointment; the patient coordinator will be able to let you know […]
Dental Care Tips for Seniors
As you age, your risk for serious oral health problems increases. In fact, Americans over the age of 65 have a significantly higher chance of developing gum disease, losing a permanent tooth, or experiencing health problems related to adult tooth loss. However, these statistics don’t mean that seniors have to resign themselves to a lifetime […]
The Advantages Of White Fillings
For 150 years silver amalgam fillings were the most common dental filling used. But since their inception, worries regarding their mercury content marred their existence. Although they have proven to be stable and long-lasting, they still weren’t the “perfect” filling due to the mercury content, their color, and other issues. Since then, composite resin fillings […]
Dental Crowns For Restoring Your Teeth
There are a variety of dental restoration techniques: veneers, dental bonding, inlays, onlays, fillings, crowns. You probably know what a filling is because 90 percent of the population has at least one filling. Inlays and onlays are a type of filling, too. Bonding is a dental technique that utilizes composite resin material, and veneers are […]
The Art Of Fabricating Dental Veneers
Dental veneers are a thin layer of material placed over the front of a tooth to cover imperfections and discolorations. They date back to 1928 when a California dentist invented them to cover actors’ teeth. They were a temporary fix, temporarily cemented to the front of the person’s teeth. It wasn’t until the introduction of […]
A Whiter Smile
Whitening is the most common dental treatment to improve your smile. It’s fast, easy, safe, and effective. There are several tooth whitening options available. For instance, you can purchase over-the-counter tooth whitening kits at your neighborhood drugstore. You can get a professional whitening treatment at your dentist, or most dentists even offer take-home whitening kits. […]
Oral Cancer: Not Just For Smokers
Here is a startling fact: about 25 percent of people diagnosed with oral or oropharyngeal cancers neither drink nor smoke. It may be stereotypical, but when you think of oral cancer you think of a middle-aged man with a cigar hanging out of his mouth. That’s not the case. Oral cancer is on the rise, […]
Advanced Technology For Your Teeth
Advances in dentistry are being made all the time. There are active studies, research, material design, and procedural developments happening as we speak. You may not give much thought to the field of dentistry, but the field of dentistry gives much thought to its consumers. Your teeth are important to your overall health, and dental […]
