When was the last time you visited the dentist? If it has been a long time, we suggest scheduling a visit today! Adopting a preventive attitude toward your oral care can save you from stress and worry down the line. That’s because regular professional cleanings combine with your at-home efforts to prevent common oral threats like tooth decay and gum disease. By waiting until you see a painful symptom to call the dentist, it may be too late to provide a more conservative treatment for your dental problem. This can mean significant savings when you prevent the need for fillings, crowns, or other restorative treatments.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we look forward to being your partner in oral health. We provide thorough cleanings and examinations to help you maintain the beauty and function of your smile for a lifetime. By visiting regularly, we create a dental record that immediately alerts us when changes develop in your teeth. This helps us treat issues early in their development instead of allowing them to progress.

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If you wake up each morning with headaches that last throughout the day, your quality of life quickly begins to suffer. Consider speaking with your dentist about the possibility of issues with your jaw being the factor behind your pain. If you have pain in the muscles of your face, jaw joint, or difficulty opening and closing your mouth, these are additional signs of a common oral health condition called TMJ disorder. Also known as TMD, this condition is a problem with the temporomandibular joint that complicates the healthy movement of your jaw. Left untreated, TMD can lead to issues with the alignment of your bite or grinding down of your healthy enamel.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we can provide a non-surgical treatment option for TMJ disorder by creating a custom oral guard to wear while you sleep. By speaking with a member of our team, we can evaluate your condition and let you know which method of care can best provide relief.

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Have you seen your dentist lately? If it has been longer than six months since your last cleaning and exam, we encourage to you schedule a visit today! While your daily brushing and flossing habits form the basis for your oral care, routine checkups allow us to inspect the results of your effort and provide our professional assistance! We have the tools necessary to remove plaque and tartar deposits that you cannot handle on your own. By staying on top of a semiannual visiting schedule, we can create a dental record that detects abrupt changes in your oral health before they can grow further. This could mean placing a simple dental filling for a cavity instead of waiting until a more significant restorative treatment is required.

At Sunny Smiles Family Dentistry, we value preventive treatments to preserve your oral health and fight threats as soon as they appear. This means taking time out of your schedule to prioritize cleanings that remove the primary cause of cavities and gum disease. When you understand how important your visits can be, you can look forward to your next checkup!

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