What To Do About Cold Sores?
Shrug Them Off, or Seek Help? Cold sores, aka fever blisters, are known to medical professionals as outbreaks of the herpes simplex virus. Most of us have experienced them at one time or another, on the lips or [...]
Prevention: A Renewed Commitment
With new materials and procedures, dentistry has evolved from "if it hurts, yank it," to true preventive medicine. We can thank fluorides for the terrific rate of cavity-free children, and new anesthetics have made dentistry more comfortable than [...]
Dental Jargon—into English!
Does it ever seem like everyone you do business with—from the auto mechanic to the attorney to the tax accountant—uses a secret language to describe what you're paying for? You'd like to know what they're talking about, but [...]
Mystery Diagnosis… TMJ
Temporomandibular Joint disorder, or TMJ, often disguises the source of the pain it inflicts. Although it originates in the jaw joint, sometimes the pain appears to emerge from an entirely different part of the head. Many people living [...]
Checkups For Your Smile!
Dental Checkups in Centennial, CO Checkups are an important part of your oral health. Barring injury, your sturdy white teeth should remain healthy and intact for the rest of your life. But just like your car's engine, which [...]
Smile Makeovers for Dazzling Teeth
Smile Makeovers in Centennial, CO If you could change just one thing about your smile, what would it be? Would you choose to lighten the color of your teeth? Or maybe you have chipped, cracked, or missing teeth [...]
Kids Can Get Gum Disease Too
It would be comforting to think that gum disease only affected adults, but adolescents and even pre-adolescents are at risk as well. In fact, the condition is so common among teenagers that we call it Localized Juvenile Periodontitis [...]
The Benefits of Fluoride
Make Sure There's Fluoride in Your Water As a direct result of fluoridation, dental health in our part of the world has seen many benefits. The improvement is most evident in our children, where fluoride in our water [...]
Today’s Improvements in Dentistry
There's a new trend in dentistry these days: more people are scheduling appointments because they want to, not because they have to. Additionally, developments that were previously unimaginable are now a reality. So, if you know someone who [...]
Health Changes? Keep Us Updated!
Oral Health Works Hand in Hand with Your Body Dental care is just one part of total health care. Because of that, we need to keep current with your entire health history, the good and the bad. Be [...]