Patient Education

Diet and Dental Health

The body is made of many complex systems and nutrition supplies the vitamins and minerals that our body uses to build and maintain those systems. The foods we choose and how often we eat them can affect our general health and the health of our teeth and gums, too. If we consume too many sugar-filled […]

Emergency Dental Care

Our oral health is critical to our overall health and now that COVID has shown to be so difficult to manage we can no longer take our health for granted.  When the teeth or gums become compromised or diseased, we are usually unaware of the condition until the situation worsens.  Pain is often the first […]

When A Tooth Aches

When A Tooth Aches A toothache is a signal that there is a problem in your mouth and to ignore it is likely to invite future pain and infection.  There are essentially two sources of an ache; the tooth itself or the gums around a tooth.  A tooth can become painful from decay, a fracture […]

Periodontal Disease

Periodontal Disease is Common and Serious One of the most common diseases in the world is the infection and destruction of the gums and bone in the mouth known as gum disease, pyorrhea or periodontitis.  This disease affects millions of adults and can begin early in life.  Our mouth contains many different kinds of germs, […]