Category: Patient Education

Flossing: More Powerful Than You Might Imagine!

You might not have much faith in flossing. Perhaps you have heard (the incorrect information) that it’s not that important for your oral health. Maybe you’ve never been an avid flosser and you just cross your fingers, hoping that it doesn’t catch up with you. The truth is, you need to floss! It provides many… Read more »

Our Website: Making Your Life Easy

When you’re focusing on figuring out what you need to do to improve your oral health, you can start to feel a bit overwhelmed. Add learning that you require dental surgery to that experience and instead of feeling relieved, you might feel even more stressed. We are happy to announce that this is absolutely not… Read more »

Oral Pathology: 1,2,3 Steps To Remember

When you’re looking at your smile and you notice a change in its appearance, you feel a textural change like a bump, you experience pain, or some other abnormality shows up, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. While we know that wishing it away seems like the best option, your smartest plan of action is actually… Read more »

Dental Surgery: Try Our Checklist

Are you putting off the dental surgery that you need because you keep getting distracted by other things? Maybe you aren’t sure what to expect, so you keep saying you’ll call us tomorrow. Perhaps you aren’t certain about how you’ll afford your surgery just yet, so you figure it can wait. While we understand that… Read more »

Summer’s Here: Time To Schedule A Visit

Summer officially begins in just under a week, which means you’ve got several days (but no more than that) to decide how you’ll spend this upcoming season. If yours isn’t packed with a million things to do (after all, it’s generally looked at as the most luxurious part of the year regarding free time) then… Read more »

Prevention: 2 Reasons You Shouldn’t Underestimate The Details

You hear about preventive care all the time. You see ads for dental hygiene products everywhere you look. We tell you to schedule an oral examination every time you leave our practice because we want to see you in six months. While you hear about prevention consistently, we know that doesn’t mean you understand why… Read more »

Your Questions: Oral Surgery And Pain

One of the more common topics that comes up when we discuss oral surgery with our patients is: Pain. We know that the idea of receiving any type of dental care, particularly care that requires a surgical procedure, immediately causes you to wonder how it’s going to feel. Will it feel good? Bad? Somewhere in… Read more »

Springtime Q&A: Why Do My Teeth Hurt?

Have you recently noticed as spring has sprung that your teeth hurt? That you almost wish you could just pop them right out of place because of some serious pressure going on beneath them? If so, you may find yourself frantically worrying about whether you’ve suddenly experienced widespread decay or infection. While it’s always good… Read more »

Can I Afford Dental Surgery?

While you believe that the diagnosis and suggestion for surgery we offer you is accurate, your mind may not remain focused on your mouth. Instead, you may stop thinking about dental surgery and its benefits for a while and begin wondering if you can actually afford it. Good news: You can.

Fast Facts: Using Your 2016 Insurance Benefits!

We understand that thinking about anything other than holiday-inspired desserts, gifts for loved ones, tinsel-covered decorations, twinkling lights, and festive parties can become extremely difficult (and not very fun) this time of year. However, it is 100 percent to your benefit to take just a moment away from the merriment to consider what’s going on… Read more »