February is “Gum Disease Awareness Month”, and since nearly 65 million Americans have some form of gum disease, this is an effort to raise public awareness of how to prevent it.

Gingivitis

Gingivitis is a non-destructive type of gum disease, but if left untreated it can progress to periodontitis.

Periodontitis

Periodontitis is a more serious form of gum disease that damages the soft tissue and destroys the bone that supports your teeth and can cause teeth to loosen or lead to tooth loss.

Certain oral infections require thorough attention. If you have a toothache, swollen gums, and bad breath, you may be having a peculiar condition. This may have developed from ignored tartar that has affected the gums.

Prevention is better than cure; this holds true for any part of the human body. So, when it comes to your teeth, there are many ways of ensuring that you prevent oral ailments.

Dentures, whether partial or total, are more common than we think. Indeed, there are more than 35 million people in the US only with no natural teeth. 90% of them wear a denture every day. Also, over 178 million people in the US are missing, at least, one tooth.

If you’ve ever had to have a dental crown, you know that it takes several weeks to get the finished crown back from the lab, not to mention a few trips back and forth to the dentist before the final visit. Step aside traditional crowns and let CEREC dentistry take the center stage. In today’s world, eliminating several office visits, and creating a superior crown seems to fit the bill all the way around!

Space maintainers help “hold space” for permanent teeth.

Sleep apnea is a common and serious sleeping disorder that happens when your regular breathing is interrupted during sleep. Snoring is common among patients with sleep apnea but not all snorers have sleep apnea.