When the right oral hygiene habits are followed, our teeth remain healthy and attractive through the years. Proper care is important from an early age; once a baby’s teeth start to arrive, those teeth are vulnerable to dental decay. Fortunately, El Paso area families can rely on the all-ages care offered at Sunny Smiles. As part of our commitment to helping our youngest patients, we can provide guidance to help them not just in the dentist’s chair but at home as well. Instructions on how to care for their teeth effectively, along with details on why smile care is important, can help kids both commit to and maintain good hygiene efforts that benefit them into adulthood! (more…)
Should I Look Into Treatment For A Toothache?
While brief issues with discomfort can arise at times, you can be understandably worried when a toothache develops and does not subside. Persistent discomfort and severe pain are warnings that you need to look into treatment to manage your oral health. Letting the problem remain unmanaged can put you at risk for complications that can be trouble for your smile and your overall health. Sunny Smiles is prepared to help you deal with your discomfort. At an appointment, we can evaluate your tooth to determine what needs to occur to stop whatever is responsible for your toothache. When necessary, we can even welcome patients on short notice to undergo emergency dental work! (more…)
Flaws Resolved With Cosmetic Dentistry
Is cosmetic dentistry something worth considering? For people who have healthy smiles but issues with the way they look, it can certainly be appealing to explore different treatment options. When you do so, you can find that there are solutions to problems that lead to results in a short time, even when you have several changes that you want to make. Sunny Smiles can work with you to ensure that you make an informed choice about how to change your appearance for the better. We can discuss what your goals are for care, and we can follow this with a determination on what kind of approach can give you your desired outcome while making your experience a positive one. (more…)
How Restorative Dentistry Protects Teeth
Restorative dental work takes care of problems with your teeth that will not go away on their own. Cavities and physical injuries can cause lasting harm; when not dealt with, the problems with teeth will gradually worsen and actually lead to more issues. Fortunately, protection can ensure that your smile and dental health are not changed. At Sunny Smiles, we can help you deal with oral health issues when they arise. By offering timely support along with crowns and fillings that match your enamel, we can provide a better experience during and after treatment, one that lets you bite, smile, and speak with sustained confidence. (more…)
How Dental Cleanings Manage Oral Health Risks
What are you doing to ensure that you stay safe against threats to your smile? Cavities and gum disease are familiar threats, but recognizing a threat and reacting to it properly are two different matters. People can leave themselves at risk in different ways. One issue is a lack of consistent preventive care from your dentist’s office. When you go too long without regular dental cleanings, you become vulnerable to tartar buildup, and you are more likely to experience difficulties with decay and gingivitis. Sunny Smiles can help you avoid these consequences. By regularly scheduling checkups and committing to good hygiene habits on your own, you can make yourself more resistant to problems that require professional dental care to address! (more…)
How General Dentistry Keeps Your Smile Healthy
Is there something more that you should do to keep your smile healthy? At home, you should stick to a routine that sees you brush and floss thoroughly. Along with a healthy, low-sugar diet, your routine will help you avoid cavities and keep oral bacteria from proliferating. What you should also do to protect yourself is keep up with general dental visits. At these appointments, you receive timely updates about the condition of your smile as well as cleanings that make future problems less likely to occur. At Sunny Smiles, patients of all ages can count on important support at these appointments. Because of this, you can have an easier time avoiding the kinds of problems that put your smile at risk and make you more likely to need more involved services from our practice. (more…)
TMJ Therapy And Your Daily Life
When you experience trouble with jaw pain and stiffness on a daily basis, along with recurring troubles with teeth grinding, headaches, and other discomforts, it can point to an issue with TMJ disorder. Different issues can cause you to experience problems with poor joint alignment and movement. By meeting with Sunny Smiles to look into treatment, you can find that the right resolution can improve your daily life by alleviating tension and improvement joint alignment. By addressing this problem, and by looking into related issues with teeth grinding, we can improve your quality of life and protect you against oral health issues. (more…)
Booking A Saturday Dental Appointment
The average week can be a busy one for you, and that can make it difficult to fit in new tasks and responsibilities. Unfortunately, that can lead to some people missing out on important oral health services, as they simply do not feel they have room in their weekday schedule to accommodate a dental checkup. You should know that you can actually have your smile evaluated on Saturdays at Sunny Smiles! Our practice provides weekend office hours so that we can help patients who have a hard time booking timely care. We can also make care more accessible when you have a potentially serious issue, as we can provide emergency dental services on short notice. (more…)
Preparing For Wisdom Tooth Extraction
Is it time for you to do something about your wisdom teeth? Unfortunately, by the time you start to feel the discomfort that their arrival can cause, they may be far enough along to create real problems for your oral health and quality of life. The good news is that Sunny Smiles is prepared to help when you think that these teeth, also known as third molars, are beginning to make an appearance. They can be carefully extracted through a conservative surgical procedure. While you will not need to worry about replacing them, we can help you make sure you recover from the process and avoid potential complications. Remember that we can alert you to the movement of your wisdom teeth when you schedule regular dental exams. (more…)
How Do Porcelain Veneers Change Smiles?
When you inquire about cosmetic dentistry, you can have several questions that you want answered. Sunny Smiles can provide information that lets you know what kind of support you can see from different services, and we can help you understand the path (or multiple paths) available to reach your goals. For many people, porcelain veneers can provide the right improvements. This is because these restorations are able to cover up problems with tooth shape, size, and color in just one procedure. They can do so while only covering a limited area, which means you preserve much of your healthy enamel. Because this is not your only option, you can find another path that better suits you in the event that veneers do not feel right for you. (more…)