As any person who has suffered from discolored teeth can tell you, being self conscious about your smile is a consistent source of stress, anxiety and even depression. When you go the dentist to whiten and polish your teeth, you aren’t being vain, or superficial, you are taking care of...
Dental veneers are thin tooth colored shells placed on the front side of your teeth. Their main function is to improve the aesthetics of your smile with a relatively mild process. In fact, it’s so simple and painless that a full veneer treatment can be placed in just a couple of...
There is nothing quite like seeing that little baby teeth pop up through the gum, one of the greatest joys of being a parent is getting to see you child grow. Over the next couple of years your baby’s smile will be filled with tiny little pear-like rows of baby...
Do you show signs of mouth bleeding after brushing your teeth? Do you feel the taste of blood in your mouth when you wake up in the morning? If that’s the case you need to take it as a warning sign; something’s not quite right and you should seek a dental consultation...
We all know that cigarettes are terrible for you oral hygiene, but what about the electronic kind? Vaping or e-cigarettes have gained quite a bit of popularity in the last decade. And why wouldn’t they? A vaper is a great alternative to regular cigarettes and exploratory studies have shown that...
Periodontitis is one of the most severe oral diseases a patient could potentially develop. Good oral care is paramount to prevent a full-on periodontitis and the teeth loss that´s usually correlated with the condition. But what is Periodontitis? What are the symptoms? And how can we prevent it? As we...
Cavities can be a minor issue at first, but if left unchecked they can be quite painful and even end up in tooth loss; a cavity is the result of a tooth decay process that wasn’t taken care of in time. Fortunately, tooth decay can be prevented and even reversed...
Toothache is a serious, and extremely painful, condition; as soon as you start experiencing discomfort you need to set up and appointment with your dentist immediately. Not getting that pain checked could have disastrous consequences for your health such as: abscesses, swelling, and even tooth loss. Obviously, sometimes you can’t...
A Dental Bridge is one the many tools a dentist has on their repertoire to replace missing teeth, this particular procedure is specially designed to replace several adjacent missing teeth without having to place several implants. Here is how it works; the dentist prepares what we call “abutments”, think of them...
Mini-implants can be extremely problematic, let me give two examples from patients who recently came to Los Algodones. The first one had 10 mini-implants placed on the upper arch and a full reconstruction done to the mouth, unfortunately the procedure came loose in less than a year, logically; the patient was...