The advantages of addressing gum (periodontal) disease early on equate to a lot more than just a more comfortable and attractive smile. A chronic disease, one which affects nearly half of all adults over age 30, gum disease signifies that your teeth’s supporting (gum) tissue is infected. Without professional dental intervention, gum disease can progress,...
Have you been told you lack supportive soft tissue surrounding your teeth due to severe gum disease (periodontitis)? Healthy gum and bone tissue is needed to hold your teeth in place. Even if teeth are failing or you’ve lost teeth, you’ll require healthy tissue to provide a stable base for future dental implants. Soft-Tissue Regeneration...
In this country, dental hygienists are formally recognized with their own National Dental Hygienists Month —but not until October. We can’t let spring and summer go by without a public shout-out to our wonderful periodontal hygiene team! Fighting Gum Disease Our registered dental hygienists are licensed professionals who provide comprehensive periodontal hygiene treatments. They help...
Despite your best efforts to maintain a healthy smile, it’s all too common to lose a tooth. But what if you have several missing teeth, or even a full mouth of failing, decayed or missing teeth? Rather than replacing missing teeth with individual dental implants, we can often place as few as four dental implants...
Are you having issues with a dental implant placed a few years ago by another office? Some of the dental implants we address today are due to clinical errors made by a well-intentioned, but inexperienced, dental practitioner who placed the wrong size implant, didn’t space implants properly across the jawline, didn’t take a patient’s bite...
It’s springtime and love is in the air! If you’re searching for someone special, keep in mind that while a sense of humor is a real plus, bad breath, conversely, tops the list of prospective partner turn-offs. Two thousand consumers responded to a poll conducted by research firm OnePoll and oral-care product provider SmartMouth at...
These days, it’s not just tweens and teens who visit the orthodontist to correct crooked or crowded smiles. Many adults would also love to straighten their teeth, but may hesitate to do so because of the length of time usually required to wear braces or aligners. Thanks to advancements in dentistry, our periodontal specialists can...
If you’ve been diagnosed with gum disease, are you properly addressing it? Daily home hygiene and regular, professional periodontal maintenance can make the difference between good oral health and the possibility of a diseased mouth affecting other issues in the body. As an example, in a sampling of 76 patients, Japanese researchers recently discovered what...
It’s been two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID (Coronavirus SARS-COV-2) outbreak a global pandemic. Two years after lockdown we’re happy to be seeing patients on a normal schedule while we continue to, nonetheless, do our best to minimize any airborne pathogens. Since the pandemic began, international researchers have been...
It might seem like boasting, but we just can’t help share some of the wonderful feedback our patients kindly post after treatment at either our Philadelphia or Ambler office. “It’s rare to find a dental office where the front desk staff and the doctors and hygienists are equally as caring, competent, and professional, yet this...
