by shoffortho | Jul 1, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho
MODERN DENTISTRY IS incredible. Tooth decay, accidents, and injuries that once would have left someone with a gap in their smile that they could never fill can now be treated so that everything looks and works about as good as new. In many cases, those teeth can even...
by shoffortho | Jun 24, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
HUMAN TEETH ARE awesome. We wouldn’t have dedicated our professional lives to working with them if we didn’t think so. There are so many things they can do, from chewing food to providing support for the structure of our faces to facilitating clear speech to being...
by shoffortho | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
HOW MUCH DO you know about what’s on the inside of your teeth? Let’s take a quick look! We feel that the more our patients know about the structure and anatomy of teeth, the better they will understand how to take good care of them and how important that is. Let’s...
by shoffortho | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho
WHEN LIFE GETS stressful or frustrating, a pretty common physical response is teeth-grinding. Unfortunately, it can do a lot of damage if it becomes a habit, and it can even happen while we’re asleep. Chronic teeth grinding is called bruxism. The Causes of Bruxism...
by shoffortho | May 27, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
THE AMOUNT OF work it takes to keep a smile healthy and strong can vary from person to person. For some people, simply sticking to a good daily regimen of brushing and flossing and visiting the dentist a couple times a year is enough to keep the cavities away. For...
by shoffortho | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD before that it’s bad to chew ice, but do you know why that is? Let’s take a closer look at the damage ice can do to teeth and why many people want to chew ice in the first place. Pagophagia: Compulsive Ice Eating Ice eating actually has a...
