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Any time you are going to have a medical procedure, it’s important that you feel like an empowered member of the team. Empowered means that you are informed of what’s going to happen, and you feel like you have some say or control in what is happening to you. A medical professional who makes you feel otherwise is not the …

Last month, we discussed ways that we are working to fight cancer here at Digital Smiles. We are proud of our efforts, but we’d really like to encourage and help our patients know how to handle their oral health while taking cancer therapy, like radiation or chemotherapy. The therapy can seem to take over in all areas of your life, …

Gum disease is the most common dental concern for American adults. Four out of every five people will be diagnosed with gum disease at some point. This vast majority of people often don’t even know that they have gum disease until they go in for a dental check up. As long as the gum disease hasn’t progressed, we can usually …

Getting a dental crown was always such a time-consuming process. First, you have to go to the dentist for an exam and/or X-rays. If it’s established that you need a crown, you’ll go in for another visit so the dentist can prepare your tooth and create a temporary crown. After your permanent crown is created in an off-site lab, it can be weeks …

Save your teeth from decay and bring your Halloween candy to us! It will go to a good cause!

When it comes to losing a single tooth, it can be pretty easy to shrug it off or delay addressing it. But things might change when you put it in perspective. Take an 18-wheeler driver, for example. Would the driver simply “shrug it off” if one of the tires on the truck fell off? No, because losing just one tire …