There are many reasons why people worry about their wisdom teeth, even if they haven’t started to hurt yet. Most people recognized wisdom teeth as some of the most frequently problematic types of teeth, due mainly to the fact that they can so often become impacted. Unlike many other oral health concerns that may have… Read more »
Month: February 2020
How Surgery Helps In These Oral Health Situations
Not every oral health complication can be addressed with general or restorative dentistry treatments. Though not everyone will need oral surgery in their lifetime, the need for it can have serious implications for your oral health, especially if you hesitate too long to seek treatment. Today, we take a look at a few conditions that… Read more »
Why Tooth Extraction Might Be a Good Thing
For most of your dental health care, you’ve heard that the best thing you can do for your smile is to preserve your healthy, natural tooth structure as best you can. Therefore, if you’re told that one or more teeth need to be extracted, you might wonder if it’s really a good thing for your… Read more »
The Best Times to Consider Dental Implants
No matter what type of oral health issue you face, there’s an optimal oral health treatment plan designed to maximize your ability to recover from it. When it comes to tooth loss, that treatment plan is often to replace the lost tooth or teeth with an appropriate number of dental implants. However, the specific ways… Read more »
Ways Your Jawbone Can Grow Weaker Over Time
For many common oral health problems, the visible impacts they have on your smile are limited in their earliest stages. It’s the more severe phases of oral health concerns that can begin to have noticeable impacts on the appearance of your smile, facial structures, and more. Depending on the nature of your oral health concern,… Read more »
A Few Things to Remember About Your Wisdom Teeth
If you never heard of wisdom teeth before, then you may be surprised to find yourself still growing teeth well into your adulthood. Fortunately, most people recognize what wisdom teeth are, and more importantly, they’ve heard (at least to some degree) about the problems wisdom teeth can often cause. Because of these problems, extracting wisdom… Read more »
Concerned About Tooth Loss? Here’s What to Know
Tooth loss today isn’t what it used to be. More people than ever are able to prevent it, and those who experience it are able to rebuild their smiles with more lifelike results than ever before. However, the loss of a tooth is still a significant event in the course of your oral health care…. Read more »
3 Things that Can Impact Your Jawbone
For your general dental health care, the focus is often mainly on your teeth and gum tissues. That’s because the most common chronic dental issues are tooth decay and gum disease, which develop in and progress through these tissues. However, some of the more complex concerns that could affect your oral health involve the size,… Read more »
Are Dental Implants Really Better for Your Smile?
When it comes to your dental treatment, what’s best for your smile is the treatment option that offers the most lifelike and conservative option for restoring your good oral health. In the case of tooth loss, however, that can be trickier than addressing more common dental concerns. You have few options when it comes to… Read more »
Dr. Rogers was published in CDA’s November Issue. Click above to see his article (pg.601).