• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• celebrity smiles,  orthodontic treatment

If you're well past your teen years, you probably have several reasons for not straightening your crooked smile: the expense, the time and the embarrassment of being a 30-, Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• orthodontics

Orthodontics relies on certain mechanics in the mouth to move teeth to better positions. As the specialty has advanced, we've become ever more precise in moving teeth with braces, Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• apicoectomy

Root canal treatments are the go-to procedures dentists use to treat a tooth with advanced internal decay that has resulted in the pulp (nerve) dying. And for good reason: Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• veneers

Porcelain veneers represent one of the best values in cosmetic dentistry, capable of radically changing a person’s smile with little tooth surface preparation. Still, the small amount of tooth Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• celebrity smiles,  wisdom teeth

When die-hard music fans hear that their favorite performer is canceling a gig, it’s a big disappointment—especially if the excuse seems less than earth-shaking. Recently, British pop sensation Dua Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• headgear

Braces utilize the mouth’s existing teeth-moving mechanism by applying pressure in the direction of the desired movement. This is done with a wire laced through metal brackets affixed to Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Oral Health
• toothache

If your child begins complaining of tooth pain without an accompanying fever or facial swelling, it’s likely not an emergency. Still, you should have us check it—and the sooner Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Oral Health
• oral hygiene,  pediatric dentistry

When you’re expecting a new baby, there’s a lot to prepare: outfitting the nursery, stocking up on diapers or choosing a pediatrician. It’s also not too early to consider Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• celebrity smiles,  orthodontics

Sometimes it seems that appearances count for everything—especially in Hollywood. But just recently, Lonnie Chaviz, the 10-year-old actor who plays young Randall on the hit TV show This Is Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• orthodontic treatment

Sometimes you need only a single solution to improve your smile: teeth whitening to brighten stained teeth; porcelain veneers or crowns to mask dental flaws; or a life-like dental Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Oral Health
• oral health

The 2020s are here, so throw those “new decade” parties! Well, maybe. Some of your party guests might insist the Twenties won't begin until January 1, 2021. For some Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• veneers

Just like adults, teenagers experience chipped, stained or disfigured teeth. And during a life stage where issues with appearance can be acutely painful, these defects call out for a Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• chipped teeth

Chipped a tooth? Don't beat yourself up—this type of dental injury is quite common. In fact, you probably have a favorite celebrity who has chipped one or more of Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Dental Procedures
• orthodontic treatment

Every year many parents learn their “tweenager” or teenager needs their bite corrected, often with specialized orthodontics. Imagine, though, if these families could go back in time to when Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Oral Health
• osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a major health condition affecting millions of people, mostly women over 50. The disease weakens bone strength to the point that a minor fall or even coughing Read More

• updated: Jun. 03, 2022
• Oral Health
• retainers

After living with braces for a couple of years, the “big reveal” finally happens and you see your new smile for the first time. But then you’re told you Read More