Green is a great color, one of our favorites, but it doesn’t look so good on your teeth! As you get ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, learn how green beer and tooth decay go together, plus ways to celebrate without sacrificing your smile. Green Beer and Tooth … [Read more...]
Qualifying Events: How to Enroll in Dental Coverage Outside of Open Enrollment
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...]