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The Benefits of Cosmetic Dental Treatments

If you have decayed or gap teeth, you have at least once felt inconvenient and embarrassed by it. With the innovations offered by cosmetic dental treatments, you could get your teeth and your life back too. Some of these dental treatments can give you the appearance...

My Denture is loose, What can I do?

Poor fitting dentures are a very common complaint of denture wearers. But why does this happen?When we lose all our teeth in one or both of our jaws, the “alveolar process” (aka “Jaw bone”) has minimal reason to “exist” so it starts to atrophy, i.e. shrink!Without you...

My dentist told me I needed a crown

What’s the difference between a crown and a filling?When a tooth has decay, but there is still a good amount of healthy tooth structure remaining a filling can be used to replace the missing structure. However, when a tooth is so broken down a filling will not be...

Gum Recession? So what?

Gum recession is a very common finding in most of us. There are some facts though that you may not be aware of: Gum recession is usually accompanied by bone loss. Basically you are losing support around your teeth but you only perceive it as “gum recession”....
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