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Patient Education	SmileLink Newsletter	Dental Health Guides

Crowns

If you’re self-conscious about your smile due to cracked, broken, decayed, or worn teeth, we can bring back your healthy, natural-looking smile with dental crowns.

Digital Imaging

This computer-based digital technology allows your dentist to create true-to-life photographs of your very own mouth, as if the recommended procedures had already been completed.

Digital X-Rays

See through dental x-rays concerns and discover the importance of this procedure.

Fixed Bridges

If you've lost teeth due to accident, injury, or gum disease, we can create a permanent 'bridge' appliance to replace the missing teeth.

Gum Disease: Serious But Treatable

Although gum disease is terribly pervasive, it's also preventable. Conservative estimates report that up to 80% of people unknowingly have some amount of chronic gum disease.

Healthy Mouth, Happy Life?

If you think about it, it makes perfect sense: poor oral health is linked to poor physical health. How so?

Invisalign: Braces for the 21st Century

FDA approved Invisalign is the “invisible” way to straighten your teeth without wearing conventional metal braces.

Porcelain Veneers

Porcelain veneers can often provide people who have chipped, stained, discolored, unevenly spaced, or even slightly crooked front teeth with a completely new-looking smile in just a few simple appointments.

TMJ Disorder

TMJ disorder or TMD can cause a wide variety of mild to severe symptoms, from jaw clicking and minor discomfort to sharp pain in your temple, ear, jaw and teeth; it can also "lock" your jaw open or shut, or dislocate the jaw altogether.

Whiter, Brighter Teeth

Teeth whitening is a safe, effective and lasting way to lighten most people's smiles, available in a wide variety of methods and concentrations for various kinds of teeth.

Composite Resins: Strengthen Your Smile

If you're embarrassed about your smile because of decayed, disfigured, or discolored teeth, you may be a good candidate for composite resins.

Dental Sealants

Many people have deep pits and grooves in their teeth or do not brush properly, which previously meant cavity trouble at each dental visit. Dental sealants now offer a means of successfully protecting molar and premolar chewing surfaces from decay.

Advanced-Yet Simplified Help for Jaw & Bite Problems

Sometimes chronic stress or high-pressure situations can cause people to develop a damaging habit known as bruxism, or unconsciously biting down with too much force at non-mealtimes.

Oral Cancer

Oral cancer, which has a high mortality rate unless caught in the very early stages, is painless, sneaky and often undetected until it’s advanced far beyond what's successfully treatable.

Tooth Decay and Gum Disease

Your mouth is constantly under attack from two serious enemies: tooth decay and gum disease. The key culprits behind these conditions are naturally occurring oral bacteria, and the acids they produce.

Implants - Permanent, Secure Tooth Replacements

When people lose permanent teeth due to accident, injury, disease or extraction, dental implants can be a secure, functional replacement option.

Halitosis

Typically, people who have bad breath have poor oral hygiene habits that leave decaying food particles, other debris, or bacteria in the mouth. These conditions produce volatile sulfur compounds just like those found in rotten eggs, resulting in foul-smelling breath.