Sometimes, accidents happen. Maybe you were in a fender bender and the airbag knocked a tooth out. Perhaps you slipped, fell and lost a tooth in the process. No matter what the cause may have been, you have a gap that you didn’t have beforehand. Missing teeth can make you feel self-conscious and hide your [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day! The day when everyone’s thoughts turn to romance. While most people associate Valentine’s Day with young love, the truth is that people of all ages need love, and as we are living longer and experiencing more breakups and divorces, more and more people are developing budding relationships later in life. Or, at [...]
If you have lost one or more teeth, you have several options to replace them. You can choose a removable partial denture, a fixed dental bridge, or an implant-supported restoration. Although all of these choices are good in some ways, the dental implant has one important [...]
Have you lost a tooth or two or more? Maybe you have replaced those missing teeth with a denture or you are still considering your tooth replacement options. If so, we want you to understand the difference that dental implants can make over having a partial denture or even a bridge.
We’ve all heard stories about George Washington’s wooden dentures. President Washington actually wore several dentures over his lifetime, but none of them were made from wood. Bone, ivory, brass screws, lead, gold metal wire, and even human teeth comprised the sets he struggled wearing. Fortunately, advancements made since the 1700’s carry through to dentistry. Missing teeth [...]
