Posts by E. Ball

February is National Snack Food Month! Snacking can quickly lead to over-eating, and too much snacking can have dental consequences. Therefore, it’s best to choose wisely, and to try to limit how frequently you snack. Likewise, we recommend sticking to the “most things in moderation is okay” rule. In other words, not every snack is…

Many Americans are under the assumption that if they don’t have dental insurance, they have to pay astronomical fees in order to get proper dental care. Surprise—that isn’t true. In fact, most dental insurances require subscribers to meet a deductible while paying a monthly premium only for them to find out that certain services (such…

The holidays are a time of happiness, family, friends, and indulgence (including the indulgence of sugar), to name a few. Often times when we get caught up in the holiday cheer, we tend to replace healthy foods with sweets and baked goods that are high in sugar. While everything in moderation is fine, some of…

More people struggle with orthodontic issues than we can count! Yet, few understand the importance of straight teeth and a proper bite. Straight, properly aligned teeth are crucial for a variety of different reasons. For one, oral hygiene is much easier to maintain when all of the teeth have a visible, flat surface area to…

There are times when teeth get chipped, discolored, or maybe you just want to fix a minor cosmetic defect on your tooth. In cases like these, dental bonding can help! Bonding is a dental treatment that involves preparing, applying, shaping, and curing a composite resin material to your tooth (or teeth) to fill in areas…

It is not too far of a stretch to say that there are a lot of misconceptions about dentistry. From rumors that spark fear to blatant falsehoods that dental treatment is not necessary, false knowledge can spread like wildfire. What is worse is when false information is spread and believed, it can become internalized and…

It’s widely known in the dental field that teeth do not heal themselves the same way that our body heals injuries. In fact, damaged teeth cannot heal themselves at all—they need to be treated in order to maintain their function, look and feel. That’s where restorative dentistry comes in, to do the work that your…

October is National Dental Hygiene Month—so what better a time than now to make sure you’ve gotten all of your dental health needs taken care of before the end of the year? Plus, the end of the year is usually the time when your dental insurance benefits run out! Therefore, it’s important to make sure…

Your dental health is important, and when you skip out on an important dental appointment, you are only putting yourself at risk for greater issues, that will end up costing more money to treat. Furthermore, during shifting times in the world it is even more important to get dental issues treated in case the economic…

Like any other procedure that involves the body, dental treatments may require some down time for rest and recovery. Depending on what you have had done, recovery tips usually come down to the same five components for speedy healing. The most tried and true methods that tend to work best emphasize taking it easy (in…