Is It Time For A Dental Checkup?

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What steps do you take to protect your smile? The oral hygiene habits you perform each day form the basis for your care, but regular checkups are necessary to catch threats you cannot see on your own. If it has been a while since your last checkup, there is always time to schedule a cleaning and exam to get back on track. We can help remove bacterial deposits that you cannot handle on your own and alert you when cavities or other harms appear. By taking regular X-rays of your oral structures, we create a dental record that highlights whenever any changes appear. This means that taking an hour out of your day every six months can greatly prevent the need for more intensive restorative procedures further down the line.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we are your partner when it comes to healthy smiles. This means combining at-home preventive efforts with regular checkups to observe and report any concerns that require additional support. If we detect a cavity, we can place a filling in the same visit. If we find something more substantial, we work with you to plan a follow-up restorative procedure.

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Restoring Your Missing Tooth With An Implant

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If you have recently lost one of your teeth, it can become quite a disappointment. Dental loss immediately impacts your life in a variety of ways. While the effect on your smile’s appearance may be obvious, you immediately lose important functional aspects as well. Activities you once found simple like eating become more difficult as you avoid sharp or hard foods that hurt the open socket in your mouth. Because we rely on our teeth to help form words, you notice your speech begins to sound somewhat strange. To compensate for your awkward bite, you begin shifting your jaw in positions that put a strain on its joint. Over time this can lead to a painful condition called TMJ disorder. Without replacement, your alignment becomes even worse as neighboring teeth drift into the open area. But with the aid of a prosthetic implant tooth, you can restore your bite’s function and appearance at the same time!

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we know what a difference the right approach to replacing a missing tooth can make. When you visit our office, we can examine the extent of your dental loss, and provide a solution that restores your smile and preserves your bite’s function. With a dental implant, you can maintain important jawbone density by reintroducing the force of your bite through a titanium metal rod. This benefit is a unique aspect of implant dentistry that you cannot achieve with a traditional bridge or denture. To learn more, schedule an appointment with our team today!

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Dental Treatment For Your TMJ Disorder

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Do you suffer from chronic soreness around your jaw joints or wake up with tension headaches that last through the day? These are common symptoms of a disorder of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), that without treatment, can become progressively worse. As the pain builds, your ability to concentrate on daily tasks and enjoy your quality of life quickly diminishes. Fortunately, we can offer a non-invasive dental treatment to guide your jaw into a more comfortable position and relieve your pain. By creating a BPA-free, custom oral appliance, we fit a guard to your specific bite. When you wear your appliance at night, you can enjoy waking up feeling more refreshed and ready to tackle the day!

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we understand the unique difficulties of living with TMJ disorder. Your jaw can become extremely difficult to properly open and shut. Not only does this cause pain, but it can make simple activities like communication and enjoying your meals rather difficult. With successful TMD treatment, we seek to restore your ability to perform these functions and preserve the health of your jaw joints. Early intervention can prevent the condition from becoming worse and lead to more invasive or surgical procedures. While TMD has many causes, we are happy to investigate yours and provide an extensive diagnosis and treatment.

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Treating Your Smile Discoloration

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Is your smile as bright as you would like it to be? If stains or a yellow hue are building on the surface of your teeth, cosmetic dental treatment can restore your original, bright shade. While your smile could be otherwise completely healthy, discoloration can cause others to question your oral hygiene. This can alter your confidence when taking in your appearance. For your mental well-being and sense of self, a whitening treatment could be just the boost you need! By exploring other cosmetic treatments, such as porcelain veneers, you can learn how we address multiple smile imperfections at the same time.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we prioritize your appearance along with your oral health. This is because our day-to-day lives can rapidly take a toll on the appearance of our teeth. From certain food and drinks to minor physical injuries, smile flaws build little by little until they become quite noticeable. While over-the-counter treatment may seem convenient, our professional services take your specific level of needed care into direct view. You deserve the best when it comes to tackling stains.

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Scheduling Your Next Dental Cleaning

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Do you stay on top of your visits to the dentist? If it has been a while since you last sat for a cleaning, remember it’s never too late to get back on track! By receiving a professional cleaning, you require the assistance necessary to help fight tooth decay and prevent gum disease. While this routine procedure does not take more than an hour, scheduling them every six months supports your at-home care to help you preserve your smile! By examining your oral structures regularly, we create a dental record that allows us to detect any abrupt changes as soon as they occur. If we discover any active concern during your checkup, we can address it then or refer you to a follow-up appointment for a more involved procedure.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we take a preventive approach toward preserving your smile. You do your part by brushing and flossing each day, and we do ours by providing professional cleanings and inspections. Because plaque can harden into a calcified substance called tartar, you require the skill of a hygienist to make sure your mouth is fully clean. Otherwise waiting to schedule a visit until you experience painful symptoms can mean it’s too late to preserve certain structures.

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A Prosthetic Solution For Missing Teeth

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If you have recently lost one of your teeth, you understand how quickly it can impact your day-to-day life. While the esthetic effect on your smile is quite obvious, dental loss can quickly harm the functional ability of your bite. Certain foods you once enjoyed may be too hard or sharp to risk touching the open gap in your grin. Because we use our teeth to help articulate speech, you can find your voice sounding a bit odd. Without treatment, your bite can become progressively worse as the remaining teeth shift toward the hole in your smile. Fortunately, we can restore your smile with the aid of a prosthetic implant tooth.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we understand how frustrating losing a tooth can be. That’s why we counsel our patients on methods for restoring their smiles through the use of prosthetics. Implants offer a permanent replacement tooth by replicating the function of your missing tooth’s root. By securing tightly within your jawbone, your post can hold a variety of prosthetics above the gumline depending on your level of missing teeth. When you understand the options available for tackling this issue, you can feel confident about regaining your bite!

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Seeking Relief For Your Sudden Toothache

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When you wake up with a toothache, it can put a damper on your entire day. Concentrating on basic activities becomes a real chore. You may not even be able to eat or drink without experiencing serious pain in your sensitive tooth. If these symptoms last more than a day, please call our office to examine your smile. If we discover your pain is due to a tooth infection, we recommend treating it right away to prevent oral bacteria from entering your bloodstream to reach other areas of the body. Root canal therapy can clear any foreign material from your tooth’s root and protect against future reinfection. Caught early, this can prevent the need for extracting your tooth.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we offer emergency services to help you get any sudden injury under control. From tooth infections to sporting accidents, your pain cannot wait until your general checkup. Furthermore, treatment helps prevent damage from accumulating more, so do not delay in giving us a call! When injuries leave permanent changes in the structure of your tooth, we can discuss restorative options to return your tooth’s function and appearance!

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A Noninvasive Treatment For TMJ Disorder

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Do you wake up each day with tension headaches or chronic soreness in your face? If you exhibit these symptoms or difficulty opening and closing your mouth, you may have a condition of the jaw called TMJ disorder. This misalignment of the temporomandibular joint can become worse without treatment, greatly affecting your quality of life. Associated with grinding your teeth, TMJ can also destabilize your oral health as it wears away the surface of your smile.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we could provide a noninvasive treatment option to help your jaw relax. Through the creation of a custom oral appliance, we can gently shift your jaw into a more comfortable position that relieves tension as you sleep. When you wake up with less soreness due to your TMD treatment, you may feel more refreshed. The relief of tension can reduce inflammation and put an end to soreness in your facial muscles. By learning more about this alternative to surgery, you can find how a nightly appliance relieves your TMD.

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We Help You Reverse Stains In Your Smile

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If your teeth are not as white as they have looked in the past, cosmetic dentistry can lift stains and reveal your natural beauty. When your smile begins to yellow, it can have a real effect on your self-confidence. You may find yourself less enthusiastic about interacting with others or hiding your teeth at every opportunity. This issue is quite common and can occur in otherwise healthy teeth. That is because common food and drinks leave stains that build up over the years. To return your original white look, we can evaluate the nature of your discoloration and provide an effective treatment.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we offer cosmetic care in addition to our preventive and restorative dental practices. This means taking your smile’s appearance as seriously as we do its health. When you would like to improve, schedule an appointment and we can explore how to best makeover your grin. For stains that live on the surface of the teeth, we conduct professional whitening sessions that are more powerful than your over-the-counter bleaching products. We also design porcelain veneers to correct the appearance of teeth that have stains on the deeper levels.

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When Was Your Last Teeth Cleaning?

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Has it been more than a year since your last dental checkup? If so, we suggest giving us a call to receive a standard cleaning and examination. While the oral hygiene habits you practice at home form the basis for your smile care, we have the tools and expertise necessary to help fight more significant oral health issues. Timely examinations can detect minor problems in your smile before they grow into larger threats that cause pain. This means that waiting for a symptom to appear can mean a cavity or gum infection has been progressing for much longer than need be. By attending to a regular checkup schedule, you may be able to preserve your smile with less of a dent in the pocketbook otherwise.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we encourage a preventive attitude toward your oral health. This means combining daily hygienic practices with at least two cleanings per year. Repeat visits allow us to keep track of your smile’s health by creating a dental record. This can alert us easily when changes in your teeth appear. We can also let you know if certain areas require a little more attention in your day-to-day practices.

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