Sports Injuries They Happen Sports are fun, but occasionally accidents happen causing severe personal injuries. It is important to wear all safety gear while playing, professional or with your friends and family. Here are some helpful facts from the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health: Basketball, football, hockey, martial arts, and boxing carry the highest risk. However, … Read More
A Hard Worker, Losing Her Ability To Smile
Hard Worker, Losing Her Ability To Smile As life goes on, family, kids, work, bills, etc., will come first. Making it relatively easy to allow your smile to deteriorate. You might think this normal since we are all getting older. However, the problem will keep persisting and growing as the year’s pass. This dangerous mix of negligence and time has … Read More
Extreme Makeover : Amazing Results, Patient Had Neglected Teeth For Over A Year
Extreme Makover: This is one of my patient who had neglected his mouth for over a year due to fearing the dentist. His fear prevented him from having a regular cleaning at least every six months. His oral condition got to the point where his teeth were falling off, very mobile and significant infection on his gum. Treatment … Read More
Cleft Palate Prosthesis : A Prosthetic Solution
Cleft Palates: As An Adult Cleft Palates and Cleft Lips are openings or split in the upper lip, the roof of the mouth (palate) or both. Cleft palate result when facial structures that are developing in an unborn baby don’t close completely. We usually see advertising from a non-profit organization to donate and support cleft palate treatments for children. However, … Read More
An Older Look: Aging Without Teeth
Aging Without Teeth We are all aging, however, based on how we take care of ourselves we may “defer” our age and appear younger! In the past, it was not uncommon to lose all of your teeth at a young age. However one of the most cumbersome moments from losing your teeth is an appearance of accelerated aging and discomfort … Read More
Can A Dental Implant Show A Gray Margin Of The Crown?
Problems With The Implant: Angulation of the implant was off The amalgam was plugging the head making it impossible to place a driver, remove it and, set a better one. The current crown has a recession, and the patient hates showing a dark line on top of the crown There is very little gum around the implant crown, and it’s … Read More