What is Causing Your Jaw Pain

What is Causing Your Jaw Pain

Your jawbone is connected to your skull with a pair of joints called temporomandibular joints, or TMJs. When you feel jaw pain, this is where it comes from. If you are experiencing jaw pain, whether suddenly or increasing over time, it may be due to a dental reason or...
Healthy Dental Tips for Diabetics

Healthy Dental Tips for Diabetics

It’s important to maintain a healthy mouth for life! Doing so can be a little more complicated, but just as important, if you have diabetes. While diabetes doesn’t necessarily increase your risk of cavities, it does affect your gum tissue and support. If your diabetes...
Do Dentists Judge People’s Teeth?

Do Dentists Judge People’s Teeth?

Our most memorable dental experiences come from childhood… getting cleanings, being frozen to fill cavities, and for some of us, getting braces and going up for follow-up appointments to adjust them.  The way your dentist treated you then probably has an impact on...
What is the Most Effective Way to Whiten My Teeth?

What is the Most Effective Way to Whiten My Teeth?

Garrison Keillor once said, “In California, virtually everyone has had their teeth whitened. If they all smiled at once, they would give us a headache!” We all want those perfect pearly whites, but what is the best and safest way to whiten your teeth? Teeth whiteness...
Haven’t been to the dentist for a while?

Haven’t been to the dentist for a while?

How to feel confident to return; Humans put off going to the dentist for many reasons. For some of us, it’s the apprehension of pain in the near future. For others, cost is the can we kick down the road.  One of the most common reasons is a fear of the unknown. If you...