Many individuals have employer-sponsored or government-sponsored dental benefits. And with open enrollment regulations, there’s only one short window a year to adjust benefits. However, there are exceptions to the open enrollment period that can make you eligible for special … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Avoid Lost Retainers
You’ve made the investment into your child’s smile and oral health by getting a retainer. But not even a week later, they’re coming home from school saying, “I lost my retainer!” Here are some ways to help your child keep this expensive appliance out of the trash. Retainers … [Read more...]
Extreme Dental Phobia: Tips to Become Confident
Everybody is afraid of something. For certain people, it’s spiders (arachnophobia) or bees (apiphobia) or even high places (acrophobia). For others, extreme dental phobia (dentophobia) is the thing that scares them, that keeps them far away from the dentist’s office. The … [Read more...]
What Is Dentin Dysplasia?
Our teeth are composed of 4 dental tissues—enamel, dentin, cementum, and pulp. Dentin is the hard, mineralized tissue beneath the enamel and cementum that surrounds and protects the pulp (soft tissue with blood vessels and nerves). Dentin dysplasia (DD) is rare genetic disorder … [Read more...]
4 Tips for a Clean Aligner
Are you new to aligners like I am? The biggest question I had when starting my journey down straight-teeth lane was how to keep everything clean. Here are 4 tips on how to clean Invisalign: Always rinse your aligners with cold water whenever you take them out. This will help … [Read more...]