For many patients, the idea of having any treatment done at the dental office strikes fear and terror into their hearts. This fear could be rooted in a past traumatic experience or may have no explanation at all. What we find more often than not is that this fear makes patient’s avoid seeking dental treatment [ Read More ]
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Changing the shade and brightness of your smile is one of the quickest and easiest cosmetic procedures possible. Because of this, many of our patients are very interested in whitening their teeth. In the past options were limited in this aspect, but technology has advanced giving us more tools. I wanted to take an opportunity [ Read More ]
Recently, we have seen an increase in the amount of Americans staying active through exercise and sports. With this uptick in activity, we are also seeing an increase in traumatic injuries to the mouth and teeth during sports and exercise. Sports guards help protect and cushion the teeth and other oral structures from serious injuries. [ Read More ]
I frequently have discussions with my patient’s about the appropriate time to place a crown on a tooth. Many times this relates to teeth that have large existing fillings in them. We know from clinical trials that fillings are only successful long term when a certain portion of healthy tooth structure remains around the filling. [ Read More ]
In today’s busy world, we often times rationalize skipping those routine things we just don’t want to make time for. Be it an oil change or a hair cut, sometimes finding time and energy to carry out these tasks is impossible. We all rationalize things in our head. We might think “It’s okay to miss my six [ Read More ]
So you’ve just had Dr. Austin place some new fillings for you. You may be wondering what you might expect after the procedure. Let’s run through some of the topics relevant to that discussion. In order to do fillings, we most likely had to anesthetize an area of your mouth. This is great because it [ Read More ]
There is no greater compliment than when one of our patients trusts us enough to refer a friend, family member or colleague for dental treatment. It is a true honor to know that a patient feels strongly enough about our practice that they would make the effort to pass the word along. We want to [ Read More ]
We understand that visiting the dentist is not fun for many people. Our hope is that we can make the time you do have to spend with us as easy, relaxing and enjoyable as possible. We hear from many of our patients that they have enjoyed the service they received during their visit. Our [ Read More ]
For many years it was thought in dentistry that people would clench and grind their teeth at night due to stress. An examination of the literature shows that this is not the case. It has been proven time and time again that stress causes clenching and grinding during the day, however the same has [ Read More ]
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