TMJ disorder, or temporomandibular joint disorder, is one of the more diverse kinds of oral health conditions that patients can experience. For example, it can describe different kinds of specific problems with one or both of your jaw joints, and the symptoms of it may not be the same for everyone who has TMJ disorder. Today, we examine a few of the signs that might indicate you have TMJ disorder, and why you shouldn’t ignore them until they get more severe. (more…)
Things You Can Avoid with Better Dental Hygiene
When your dental hygiene routine becomes less effective, it isn’t always something you notice right away. You might become less diligent when brushing and flossing your teeth, making it more likely that you’ll skip spots of plaque on your teeth. Or, you might start scrubbing too harshly in a rush to get it done and go about your day. However, when dental hygiene isn’t as effective as it should be, there are many different consequences that will eventually become impossible to ignore. Today, we take a look a few of things you can avoid with a better dental hygiene routine, and why it’s important to stay diligent about keeping your teeth clean every day. (more…)
Using Bonding and Contouring To Shape Your Smile
How do you feel about your own smile? If it’s something you never think about, then it probably doesn’t bother you. If you find yourself feeling self-conscious about your smile and hiding your teeth from others, this can have a negative impact on your confidence. Everyone deserves to have a smile that makes them feel good about themselves. With cosmetic dentistry treatments at your dentist’s disposal, you can. Dental bonding and contouring are a pair of cosmetic treatments that can improve the shape and appearance of your smile. (more…)
Porcelain Veneers Can Work Wonders
A beautiful smile is something everyone should enjoy. Having a nice smile isn’t a matter of vanity, it can have a real impact on your confidence. This, in turn, can impact how you behave in social and professional settings. You deserve to love your own smile. If you have experienced some irregularities in your teeth — misshapenness, disproportionate in size, staining that won’t go away — cosmetic dentistry treatment can help create the smile you desire. Porcelain veneers can actually work cosmetic wonders on teeth, correcting a number of different irregularities all at once. (more…)
Reasons to Choose Dental Sedation
If you’re someone who attends regular dental appointments and has avoided the need for procedures like root canals or tooth extractions, you probably aren’t too familiar with dental sedation. Dental sedation encompasses a number of different methods for helping patients to feel relaxed and subdued during their appointments. A patient may need dental sedation if they are going in for a particularly lengthy or invasive dental procedure. Dental sedation can also be used to help with dental anxiety. If you are an individual who may be affected by those conditions, it’s time to learn more about dental sedation. (more…)
Is Your Dental Filling Made to Last?
Dental fillings are an effective way to repair cavities. Assuming the structure of your tooth has not been totally destroyed by bacteria, your dentist can often restore it with a filling. All dental fillings will eventually fall out, due to the changing nature of your teeth, but you can still expect a reasonable amount of durability and functionality from your filling. The material used in your dental filling plays a huge part in determining how well the filling works. Metal amalgam fillings were often used in the past to restore cavities, but a tooth-colored resin option typically works better. (more…)
Check Out the FBC Summer Extravaganza & School Supply Drive
COVID-19 has drastically affected everyone across the country, including here in Texas. This weekend, you have the opportunity to help students and teachers from the Houston area as they begin the school year shortly. Saturday is the First Brook Cedron Missionary Baptist Church Summer Extravaganza and School Supply/COVID Relief Drive. That’s a mouthful, but it’s also a great cause. The church has help organized school supply drives in the past, and this year, they’re including supplies for COVID-19 relief as well. (more…)
Could These Be Signs that You Have Sleep Apnea?
Sleep apnea is one of those conditions that more people have than many people realize. It’s also the kind of condition that you can develop and suffer symptoms because of, yet not even realize that you have it. Sleep apnea describes the cessation of breathing while you sleep caused by a repeated obstruction of your airway, which constantly interrupts your breathing cycle and sleep cycle. In addition to the excessively loud snoring this causes, it can also make it impossible for you to reach or maintain deep sleep long enough to rest properly. (more…)
TMJ Facts You Should Know if Your Jaw Hurts
If your tooth started to hurt, you could probably guess at least a couple of reasons why, and be fairly accurate with your guess. However, jaw pain isn’t as common as a toothache, and given the complexity of your jaw’s joints, muscles, and other structures, it isn’t always easy to guess what the problem is. Depending on the specific symptoms, you might not even realize the issue is an oral health problem to begin with. For many people, chronic jaw pain means that one or both of their jaw joints, or TMJs, have become dysfunctional. Today, we examine what you should know about TMJ disorder if you experience chronic jaw pain, and why it may also be the cause of several other aches and pains. (more…)
The Kinds of Problems Bruxism Can Cause
There are many reasons why people might not consider their bruxism a problem at first. For example, grinding your teeth together isn’t exactly an unnatural thing, and most people do it occasionally. Also, the consistent grinding of your teeth that’s associated with bruxism may not cause significant problems with your tooth structure at first. However, if left untreated long enough, bruxism can become a threat in many different ways, leading to increased tooth sensitivity as well as various types of tooth damage and bite dysfunction. (more…)
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