Dental Implants and Toothaches – How do they Compare?
As most everyone knows, a toothache can be excruciating. The classic throbbing pain comes from the nerves within the tooth. Dental implants don’t have nerves within them, yet one of the most common fears people have is that implants can cause severe pain. Certainly nerves around a dental implant can be stimulated if there is […]
How Best to Compare Teeth & Dental Implants
If I were to put a dental implant and a tooth in the palm of your hand they would obviously look very different from one another. Most dental implants are made of the metal titanium. Teeth are formed by living cells, some of which reside in the center of the tooth. For the most part […]
Difference between Periodontal Disease and Gingivitis
Patients Need to Know the Difference between Periodontal Disease and Gingivitis This is more than an academic question to those with gum problems. If you know the difference, you can better manage your own health and better control the cost of dental care. Both Periodontal Disease (also called “Periodontitis) and Gingivitis have similar signs and […]
Life Changing Dentistry
I knew that dentistry was important to society on a theoretical level when I began to consider it as a possible career back in high school and college. I also knew that dentists took their share of jokes dealing with cost of care (“Bet I’m paying for your new boat, Doc”) and pain (“Don’t take […]
The biggest problem with amalgam fillings is they aren’t white
http://www.ada.org/news/5082.aspx Don’t ban a filling material because it isn’t white. I know. People are worried about mercury, but the scientific evidence isn’t there that it is the risk people fear. Don’t forget DDT was banned and this has resulted in the death of millions in Africa. Also, just because a filling material IS white, doesn’t […]