Did you know that the health of your mouth is connected to the health of your entire body? More and more research has indicated that oral health conditions coincide with other systemic conditions. For example, patients with gum disease are more likely to develop cardiovascular...
Biting your nails can be a tough habit to break, and you’re probably aware of the ill-effects it can have on your manicure. Many patients may also do damage to their teeth when they bite their nails. The nails are hard objects, and they can wear...
In the world of oral surgery, the need for cosmetic dentistry is a topic that arises more often than you might think. Though it would seem that cosmetic procedures are reserved for patients who are fighting to turn back the hands of time or achieve...
In years past, tooth loss often accompanied aging, often because patients lacked access to routine dental care or because advanced tooth-saving treatments had not yet been developed. As a result, most patients would eventually get dentures when they got older. Now, dentists and their patients can...
Who among us hasn’t committed a little no-no or a small faux pas when our dentist wasn’t looking? Dental indiscretions such as chewing ice, biting the fingernails or ink pens or paper clips, opening bottles with your teeth, grinding and clenching both day and night,...
Many treatments associated with cosmetic dentistry may involve oral surgery. If you may benefit from such a procedure, you will have an initial consultation with an oral surgeon to explore your treatment options. At this first appointment, the oral surgeon will review your medical history and...
The extent of the trauma and damage from a facial injury is often difficult to understand. The cause of such an injury could be anything from a car accident to a domestic violence incident. Or, the injury could be the result of a sports accident,...
Understanding the cause of cleft lip and cleft palate conditions can also help you to understand the importance of corrective surgery. Clefts, or separations, in the lip and the hard palate can create significant physical and esthetic challenges. Fortunately, there are a number of oral surgery...
Car accidents, contact sports and simple household mishaps can all lead to devastating facial injuries that require extensive repair. Certain forms of cancer, especially head and neck cancers, or congenital issues, such as cleft palate, also may result in deformities that are unattractive and can...
Cleft lips and palates are among the most common birth defects. A cleft lip is an opening that splits the upper lip in half, while a cleft palate is a similar fissure in the roof of the mouth. In some cases, the two birth defects...