How Today’s Dentists Detect Cracks and Caries
One way or another, your dental hygienist would have already warned you about potential dental caries or cavities that occur when you don’t practice proper dental care. When you don’t brush your teeth, keep up with your regular teeth cleaning,...
What Really Happens in a Root Canal
Root Canal Treatment – it’s a scary term for many. When dentists prescribe a root canal procedure to treat a damaged or diseased tooth, our nerves can get the best of us. Yes, it’s a dental surgery procedure involving the...
How DIAGNOdent Helps Dentists Detect and Diagnose Decay
Tooth restoration can be a costly procedure, especially when serious damage has already been inflicted. Fortunately, the prevalence of tooth decay has considerably decreased in recent years. Thanks to the innovation of decay diagnostic tools, dental hygienists and dental surgeons...
What is Velscope? A Look at Diagnosing Oral Surgeries
Head and neck cancer, which includes oral cancer, is among the top ten most common types of cancer. Approximately 250 people are diagnosed with oral cancer in New Zealand each year. While most cases will be treated successfully, oral cancer...
Why Lasers are the Latest Space-Age Dentistry Breakthrough
Many people get anxiety about undergoing dental surgery. Fortunately, extraordinary advancements in dentistry have led to faster, safer, and less painful procedures. With the aid of dental lasers, dental professionals can deliver procedures with greater accuracy and accelerated healing times. Today, we...
What is CADCAM Dentistry?
Dentistry has been advancing just as rapidly as any other medical field in the 21st Century, and CAD CAM dentistry in particular is a technology that has been a huge leap forward for dental professionals and patients alike. Let’s dive...
How to Care For Your Teeth While You Sleep
Wearing a dental night guard is one way to protect your teeth while you sleep. Truth be told, some people aren’t even aware of what caring for your teeth while you snooze can do for your oral health. Sure, it’s...
The Five Biggest Benefits of Removing Your Wisdom Teeth
Many of us have had some or all our wisdom teeth removed. Often, we’ve had them removed because our dentist told us it was necessary. Perhaps they were coming in askew, or putting undue pressure on your jaw or adjacent...
How CBCT Imaging has Transformed Modern Dentistry
The world of modern dentistry is in a constant state of innovation. Advances in dentistry are great news for patients, who can enjoy faster, more accurate, and more comfortable treatment and imaging. One of the most exciting breakthroughs in the...
Dental Crowns, Bridges, or Implants: Which is the Right Choice for Me?
If you have a broken or missing tooth, you may turn to cosmetic dentistry to engineer a replacement. The options available to you today, however, present you with a choice: Bridges, crowns, or implants? Bridges, crowns, and implants do have some...