You may have recently found out that in order to get your smile back to the good health you prefer to maintain, your general dentist has suggested you come in to meet with our very friendly team of oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Santa Rosa, CA! As a result, you have to leave your usual place of dental care, which means adding one more practice to your list of necessities. One of your main concerns as you do so? Not so much the fact that you have to deal with your current oral health concern through oral surgery but with the fact that now you’re wondering: Am I going to have to go one more place for dental imaging? What happens once I’m through? We understand your concern and we remind you that amongst all other things, we put convenience high on our priority list. Learn more!
From Toothbrush To Tooth Loss: What’s The Connection?
You may find that you’re wondering how you got here, to the point in your life in which you are dealing with missing teeth and now you’re spending a lot of energy thinking about dental implants. We understand! This is a very common tale! In some cases, unavoidable accidents happen, leading to dislodged teeth. In others, you can often trace the results all the way back to your toothbrush, the dental care you should have been practicing (but weren’t exactly doing a stellar job with), and details surrounding dental hygiene and other essential smile protection tasks. By reviewing the connection with our Rohnert Park, CA team, you can simply move forward, as you confidently replace your teeth, and feel certain about how to protect your smile!
Implant Protection Time: What’s In Your Bathroom?
When you don’t have what you need within reach, when you need it, you may find that you have a harder time caring for your smile. Since you’d really prefer to keep your dental implants (and your entire smile, of course) in the absolute best condition possible, our Santa Rosa, CA team steps in to help. Why? Well, because we know that like most patients, if your floss isn’t there when you reach for it, there’s a greater chance you just won’t floss or that you’ll start to think of your smile as difficult to care for (even though it’s easy). Today’s smile protection edition is going to address the ever-important topic of: What’s in your bathroom? Let’s get started.
You Should Call Us ASAP If You’re This Type Of Patient!
No, we’re not suggesting you call us right away if you’re a wonderful patient, a dedicated patient, or anything along those lines. Instead, our Santa Rosa, CA team’s focus today is as follows: We remind you that if you’re the type of patient who really wants to take care of oral surgery needs before the year is through, then the time to call us is right now. What might these 2019 smile goals include, you wonder, and might they apply to you? Find out!
How Implants Help When You’re Super Tired
Dental implants offer many benefits with which you have probably become recently very familiar, if you’re figuring out what to do next about your missing tooth or teeth. You know that they replace roots, that they can last forever, and that there are different ways to utilize them in order to arrive at one beautifully complete smile! However, one major advantage you may not have really recognized yet that’s a bit of an indirect benefit of selecting them? Our Santa Rosa, CA team wants you to remember that if your experience with tooth loss is tiring you out in more ways that one, implants can take care of this serious problem! Wondering how? We’re ready to explain!
How To Convince Yourself To Schedule An Oral Surgery Consultation
In your heart of hearts, you are well aware that what you need is oral surgery. You even know from your dentist or from simply hearing about us that our Santa Rosa, CA oral and maxillofacial surgery practice is here, waiting for your call! However, you’re missing that final push, that convincing bit of motivation that you need in order to actually pick up the phone, schedule a consultation with us, and to get things going (so you can get your smile in better shape). We can certainly empathize with you, which is why we’re more than happy to help you figure out how to help yourself get in touch with us!
Tooth Loss: Choices That Are Totally Your Own
When tooth loss happens to you, it’s easy to suddenly find yourself feeling as though the choices are out of your hands. You’re supposed to replace your teeth, you keep hearing that the best way to do so is with dental implants and restorations, and that you’ve got to start as soon as humanly possible. While we won’t necessarily argue against any of these very wise points in terms of selecting the optimal path to deal with the loss of your teeth, our Santa Rosa, CA team does want to remind you of something important: Every choice you make is completely your own. There’s no need to feel stressed or under pressure! Instead, consider some decisions you may think have already been made for you and realize that this journey is certainly yours to take as you see fit!
Dental Implants: 3 Things You’re Investing In
It’s one of those things you hear almost instantly, when you mention dental implants to a friend or family member: They ask you about the investment! One may be asking you about costs. The other may imply that implants require more time than traditionally supported prosthetics. So, you’re left with a question to answer for yourself. Since selecting implants is certainly a decision that requires different types of investing on your part, into what exactly are you’re putting your time, energy, finances, etc., and why make this decision? Our Santa Rosa, CA team can offer compelling answers, so you feel truly at peace!
Oral Surgery: Embarrassed By Your Smile Damage?
Here’s the scenario: You know without any doubt that what you need in order to get your smile back in shape is oral surgery. You’re not worried about receiving it and you’re actually looking forward to making your smile all better again. However, what you are dealing with that’s not so fantastic is some embarrassment about your smile damage. Some aspect of what’s going on with your oral structures and the fact that you need to visit our Rohnert Park, CA team has you on edge and, as a result, hesitant to see us for the care you require! We’ve heard it before! We empathize. We also remind you that there’s no reason to feel shy. Allow us to elaborate.
3 Times When Surgical Tooth Extraction Is Necessary
Extracting a tooth is usually an option that’s only recommended when a tooth can’t be saved. In many cases, the procedure is a simple one that involves gently loosening a tooth within its socket and then removing it carefully. However, in some cases, successfully removing a troublesome tooth isn’t so simple. At our Santa Rosa, CA, office, we may recommend performing surgical tooth extraction to ensure that problem is fully resolved without causing more harm to your oral health. (more…)
Dr. Rogers was published in CDA’s November Issue. Click above to see his article (pg.601).