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Choosing Laser Gum Treatment
If you are dealing with gum disease, it’s important to seek professional help. Gum disease can lead to tooth decay and can even increase your risk of serious conditions like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular problems. If you have gum...
Top 5 Recovery Tips After Wisdom Tooth Removal
Modern dentistry has made the wisdom tooth removal process quick and simple. That being said, a wisdom tooth extraction is still a surgical procedure. Practicing the right care routine will help you to recover quickly so you can get back...
What You Need to Know About Gingivitis
We all know the importance of regularly brushing our teeth. However, many people do not realize that they need to pay just as much attention to their gums. If your gums look or feel different, you may be dealing with a type of...
3 Reasons to Send Your Kids to Our Pediatric Dental Specialist
At Pearl Dentistry, we have a pediatric dental specialist on staff to ensure that even the youngest members of your family can receive quality dental care. You might be wondering if a pediatric dental specialist is necessary for your...
Digital Vs. Traditional X-Rays for Oral Health
Is there really a difference between digital and traditional x-rays? Both accurately show dentists your teeth, so why would dentists prefer one type of x-ray over the other? At Pearl Dentistry, we use digital x-rays to check on the oral...
Are Veneers the Right Choice For You?
If you’re not confident with your teeth, you might feel the need to hide your smile from the world. Dental veneers are a popular way to change the look of your teeth. However, there are not for everybody. In this article, we will explain...
How a Night Guard Can Protect Your Teeth and Jaw
When you sleep, your body has a chance to restore itself. However, there are teeth and jaw issues that can prevent your mouth from properly healing at night. Using a night guard will protect your teeth from injuries and help to keep your...
The Benefits of Your Child Having a Frenectomy
The frenum is the soft muscular tissue which connects the upper lip and gum tissue on the upper jaw and the tongue and gum tissue on the lower jaw. Both of these connections are between the front teeth. The labial frenum is on top and the...
Crown Lengthening: Getting Rid of a Gummy Smile
Your smile is important. If you don’t have the smile you want, you tend to flash those pearly whites less often and that can have a direct impact on your confidence. In addition to chips, gaps or crooked teeth, having too much of your gum...
When to Consider Gingival Grafting
Receding gums can lead to a variety of dental problems. This condition can be the result of several factors. Gingival grafting is a solution to repair the damage caused by loss of gum tissue. Reasons to Consider Gingival Grafting The loss...
What Makes Sedation Dentistry Safe
There are millions of people who have anxiety and even a diagnosable phobia when it comes to visiting the dentist. A general sense of nervousness and unease settles in and it’s a hard feeling to shake off. Symptoms can range from...
When You Might Need a Dental Bone Graft
If you have one or more missing teeth, you want to remedy the situation as quickly as possible. Depending on the circumstances surrounding your tooth loss, you may first need a dental bone graft. This scary-sounding procedure is actually...
Why You Can Trust Root Canal Therapy to Give Immediate Pain Relief
Decay left untreated will eat its way through the layers of a tooth right down to the nerve center located in the tooth root. When the root of a tooth has been infected, you feel the pain and it can be severe. Root canal therapy...
Dental Sealants: What You Need to Know
Do dental sealants really make a difference? A new CDC Vital Signs report indicates up to 80% of cavities in school-age children can be prevented through the procedure. Evidence indicates they're safe and effective, so why aren't more...
Detoxing After an Amalgam Filling Removal
If you have cavities with older fillings, there's a good chance they contain mercury. A toxic heavy metal known for causing a host of potentially serious health issues, mercury is the primary motivation for most patients seeking amalgam...
Why Today’s Dentures are Not Your Grandma’s
False teeth have been around for literally hundreds of years. The first known attempts at creating dentures occurred around 700 B.C. as far as anthropologist can tell. At that time animal teeth or those from other humans were used to make...
How Best to Give Your Crowns Longevity
Dental crowns are an investment in your smile and in your oral health. They protect the tooth and add stability and strength to a tooth that otherwise may be further damaged and eventually broken off. Not only does the crown restore...
5 Things You’ll Love About Dental Implants
Dental implants are becoming the option of choice for dentists who need to replace missing teeth. When implants first came on the scene they were considered a luxury and the full implications of their use was not widely appreciated. As...
The History of the VELscope
If you've ever had an oral cancer screening, it was likely performed with a VELscope. It's used for more oral screenings around the world than any other device of its kind, and is the only one approved by both the United States Food and...
Cosmetic Dentistry Is More Affordable Than Ever
Dental technology has made leaps and bounds over the last decade. With the advent of new technology, dentists are able to offer some procedures for less, using less expensive material and techniques that require less time. Bringing down...
