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HOW-TO: Choose a Dental Implant Specialist
If you have missing or damaged teeth, you are certainly not alone. According to the National Institute of Health, at least 113 million Americans are missing one or more teeth. By age 50, the average American has lost 12 teeth. With society’s growing obsession with the “perfect smile”, most people would like to remedy the situation but don’t know where to turn. Read more >

Can your heart be hurt by your mouth?
Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? How could your mouth hurt your heart? Especially since I don’t mean something you really regret saying to your spouse, your best friend, or your child. But the answer, regrettably, is YES. Read more >

Gum disease: Can it threaten your unborn baby’s health?
Most expectant mothers would never knowingly do anything to harm their unborn baby — even when it means giving up habits like drinking alcohol and caffeine during their pregnancy. Yet many of these same mothers are walking around with a potential time bomb ticking away in their mouths — a time bomb that may account for a large share of the previously unexplainable premature births in the United States. Read more >

There’s surgical hope for the dreaded “gummy smile”
Most people who have what’s known as a “gummy smile” aren’t happy about it. Their gums hide so much of their tooth enamel that they look “short-toothed.” And that can be hard on a person’s self-esteem — though most people don’t realize how hard until it’s been corrected. Read more >