How Do Teeth Stains Form?

What makes a smile becomes discolored with unsightly yellow and brown stains? Understanding the causes means you can make better choices for your smile’s beauty while you’re staying home. As your Houston, TX, dentist explains, the same care that helps protect you from tooth decay and gum disease, could keep your teeth brighter until we can see you again for professional cosmetic dental treatments.

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Stress, Bruxism, and You!

Are you experiencing a higher level of stress at the moment? If so, you’re definitely not alone! With everything happening in the world, everyone seems to be on edge and as your Houston, TX, dentist knows, stress could often lead to teeth grinding. In today’s blog, we look at the warning signs of teeth grinding and what you can do to help!

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What It Means to Restore Your Smile

When it comes to preventing oral health concerns, the principles of consistent care are fairly simple. The goal is to prevent things like excessive plaque and tartar buildup to avoid the concerns that stem from it, like tooth decay and gum disease. However, not all concerns with your teeth are preventable ones, and sometimes, even those that are still occur and require treatment. Today, we examine what it means to restore a smile, and how the right combination of customized treatment options can help you better preserve yours. (more…)

Your To-Do List Before Whitening Your Teeth

Taking good care of your teeth and gums on a consistent basis is rewarding by itself. The clean bill of health your dentist gives your smile at each checkup and the minimal need for care and attention your smile needs are invaluable benefits. However, the care you put into your smile may not always show as it should. For example, even healthy teeth can develop stains over time, which makes professional teeth-whitening one of the more common dental treatments (besides routine checkups and cleanings). Before recommending teeth-whitening to brighten your smile, we’ll ensure that it’s the right option for you by checking a few things first. (more…)

A Few Ways to Strengthen Your Child’s Teeth

In many ways, children’s dental health care isn’t very different from general care for adults. The focus is mainly on prevention, which includes practicing excellent hygiene and visiting the dentist on a regular basis for routine checkups and cleanings. Yet, for several different reasons, children may sometimes require a little extra protection to keep their teeth clean and healthy. In addition to routine cleanings, we can also provide several preventive treatments to help boost your child’s oral health and strengthen their teeth against concerns like cavities, and more. (more…)

Do You Have a Problem with Grinding Your Teeth?

Not every problem that threatens your oral health stems from excessive oral bacteria buildup. Therefore, not every problem can be prevented by simply keeping your teeth and gums consistently clean. For example, for many patients, one or more underlying dental issues can contribute to functional issues with their bite, such as chronic, subconscious teeth-grinding. Also known as bruxism, chronic teeth-grinding can become a serious threat to the health and integrity of your teeth, as well as many other aspects of your oral health and bite function. Fortunately, we may be able to help you solve your teeth-grinding problem with the help of customized dental treatment. (more…)

Why Checkups & Cleanings Have to Be Consistent to Work

For many people, it’s common knowledge that regular checkup and cleaning appointments are an important part of their routine dental care. However, despite knowing this, not everyone adheres to the advice of their dentists and schedules their visits as routinely as they should. Unfortunately, this is a significant factor in why many common, highly preventable dental issues are still able to develop so frequently. Today, we take a closer look at what checkups and cleanings mean for your smile, and why consistency is the biggest factor in keeping your smile healthy for life. (more…)