If you have been thinking about correcting the problems that currently affect your dental alignment, or if you have put off orthodontic work after it was recommended, you may want to consider alternatives to traditional treatment. Conventional metal braces are effective at fixing gaps, overlaps, and other problems that affect a person’s smile when their teeth are poorly aligned. With that said, they can also have an unwelcome effect on the way you look, and may interfere with your ability to comfortably eat, and effectively clean your teeth. At our Virginia Beach dentist’s office, we can recommend an exciting alternative to these traditional appliances. By choosing to have your teeth straightened with clear braces, you can fix misaligned teeth discreetly, and enjoy the freedom of aligners that you can remove on your own. (more…)
How Much Work Will It Take To Restore A Broken Tooth?
A broken tooth can pose serious problems for your oral health, and even relatively minor damage can be a big concern for your smile. Your Virginia Beach dentist understands that dental injuries can be both alarming and painful. To address the matter, we make quality restorative dental care available for injuries. After taking care of any internal issues from your injury, your tooth can be restored with a lifelike dental crown. In the event that your injury is serious enough to require a tooth extraction, you can count on our Virginia Beach, VA dental practice to provide a dependable and attractive dental prosthetic.
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Our Virginia Beach Dental Office Is Available On Saturdays
How long has it been since you last went in for a routine dental checkup? These visits should occur regularly if you want to keep your smile in good health. Unless you are told to follow something different, you should go in for checkups every six months. Our Virginia Beach dentist’s office understands that this can be deceptively difficult sometimes when your weekly schedule tends to be hectic. Because of this, our office is open on Saturdays. This can create more convenient opportunities for you to schedule important preventive care, which means you can have an easier time keeping your teeth healthy! (more…)
Board Games for Grownups: Library Style!
The holiday season is officially underway and that means lots of family time, shopping adventures, and your Virginia Beach, VA dentist reminds you not to forget scheduled preventive care, for your best smile all year. If you are over 18, and need some time with adult friends, check out the Adult Game Days, hosted by the Virginia Beach Public Library. Board games allow you to practice strategy, exercise your memory and just plain have fun!Discuss Sleep Apnea With Your Virginia Beach Dentist
Sure, a tendency to snore can be embarrassing, but should you treat your loud sleeping sounds like the symptom of a potential health issue? People who snore often do so because they have unresolved issues with sleep apnea. When this is the case, you can have more to worry about than just loud breathing. A person suffering from this condition can lose out on the health benefits a full night’s rest is supposed to provide. As a result, you can have trouble with focus and short-term memory, feel irritable, and face higher risks for other health troubles. Your Virginia Beach, VA dentist can discuss sleep apnea with you. For people who struggle with obstructive sleep apnea, we can provide an alternative to treatment with a CPAP machine, which people can find uncomfortable. (more…)
Why Does Cavity Treatment Require A Restoration?
Why is it so important that a tooth be restored with a dental filling or dental crown when a cavity forms? Our teeth are limited in how much they damage they can recover from – when a cavity develops, the harm to your dental material is permanent. As a result, it is necessary to provide lasting protection with the right restoration. Your Virginia Beach, VA dentist can make sure that you enjoy quality restorative dental work if you develop a problem with decay. In addition to providing fillings and crowns that have important functional value, your Virginia Beach dentist takes care to provide restorations that closely imitate your natural tooth structure.
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Our Virginia Beach Dentist’s Office Can Address TMJ Issues
The symptoms of TMJ disorder can be hard to ignore, and frustrating to endure. How comfortable would you be with problems that made it difficult for you to bite, chew, or speak? How long are you willing to endure frequent headaches, neck pain, and other discomforts? Your Virginia Beach dentist is ready to put a stop to these problems, and take care of the issues affecting your jaw joints and muscles. This can often be achieved with the use of a special oral appliance that corrects problems with your jaw position. In other cases, we may recommend restorative dental work to improve your bite function and reduce your discomfort. (more…)
Your Virginia Beach Dentist Can Help With Teeth Stains
Why are teeth stains such a common problem for people? Stains can be difficult to avoid because so many popular food and drink options people enjoy can leave behind particles on our enamel that hurt their color. Even if you have an effective oral care routine in place, you can grow frustrated as your teeth start to become less bright over time. What can you do to make sure this problem is no longer affecting you? Our Virginia Beach dentist’s office is ready to take care of matters that concern the color of your smile. You can arrange to have your teeth whitened at our Virginia Beach, VA dental practice, or you can take home a whitening kit that provides you with the tools you need to make meaningful changes to your appearance at home. (more…)
Goals Your Virginia Beach Dentist Suggests For December
December! It’s right after November and, ah yes: It’s the final month of the year, which means once this 12th month is over, we immediately find ourselves taking up residence in a brand new year! It’s a set of January through December all over again. While this can mean many different things, when the topic is your oral health, our Virginia Beach, VA team reminds you that this narrows down the focus a bit. What should you probably be squaring away at the moment, to feel certain December is full of all things beneficial for your grin, you ask? Allow your Virginia Beach dentist to illuminate the specifics!
Your Virginia Beach Restorative Dentist Talks: Toothache Action!
You need to practice a bit of toothache action if, in fact, you are dealing with any type of discomfort in your tooth, reminds your Virginia Beach restorative dentist. But why, you might wonder? Can’t you just see what’s going on by monitoring the situation and hoping that the uncomfortable sensations calm down, thereby allowing your smile to return to its usual, healthy, comfortable self? Well, the problem with such an approach is that in most cases, a problem has already begun to unfold and waiting just yields a problem that’s worse than the initial set of circumstances. Take some time with our Virginia Beach, VA team as we explain what to do (and that all important why)!
