In our office, we like to look toward the future and help our patients change their trajectory so they can achieve their oral health and wellness goals, but we also spend a lot of time looking into the past. We emphasize prevention as a way to eliminate oral health problems in the future, and we dig deep into the past as a way to determine a root cause of presenting issues.

We often hear from our expectant and post partum mothers that they experience bleeding and gum inflammation during pregnancy. Many women even believe that they are doomed to have decay and inflamed gums during pregnancy.

The BANA-Zyme Test System is a chairside test that provides rapid, in office results to the patient. We utilize the test when the patient presents with periodontal disease or symptoms of periodontal disease.

The mouth and teeth are connected to the rest of the body. Having high blood pressure is extremely dangerous. Elevated blood pressure should not be normalized or down played because it can be life threatening.

Visiting your dental hygienist every six months is a recommendation primarily determined by the health of your gums, not necessarily how white your teeth look.

Though we teach patients how to keep their mouths healthy and how to remove the bacteria found on their slide, there are times that the bacteria persists and continues to infect the patient’s mouth and their overall health. For this reason, we will continue to monitor oral bacteria at each appointment even after patients commit to prioritizing their oral health.

The minimum number of thorough cleanings you need per year is 365!

As a dentist, whenever I meet people they tell me that they don’t like going to see their dentist because each routine visit leads to problems that land them in the dental chair with a drill in their mouth.

The more time you spend caring for your teeth and gums at home the more “good luck” you will have at your dental exams!

Many of these signs and symptoms can also be caused by things other than cancer, or even by other cancers. It’s still very important to see a doctor or dentist if any of these conditions lasts more than 2 weeks so that the cause can be found and treated, if needed.

There exists a corresponding relationship between diet and oral health: a balanced diet is correlated to a state of oral health.

Neglected oral hygiene and the hormonal changes during pregnancy increase risk to oral disease.

These 5 tips are talked about a great deal, but sometimes a gentle reminder is helpful.