Evidence suggests a possible link between periodontal diseases and other systemic conditions that can negatively affect a person’s overall wellness, such as diabetes and heart disease.

Bacteria associated with periodontal diseases have been linked to heart disease, diab...

America is aging. People live longer nowadays and it has become more crucial for me as a dentist to find a way to help my elderly patients to save their teeth. At my dental school – Boston University I had the opportunity to work with the elderly population in the geri...

What is Fluoride and Fluoridation? Fluoride is a substance that protects the teeth and helps prevent tooth decay. Fluoride can be found in toothpaste and even tap water.

Fluoridation plays a protective role against dental decay throughout life, benefiting not only child...

The decision to continue to write short noticed about dental procedure that we do in our office is based on feedback from our patients who read this newspaper.  The topics on this article are based on everyday questions that we get from our patents. Today I would like...

Tooth whitening is the removal of stains and discolorations from the enamel and dentin by placing hydrogen peroxide on tooth surface.

The office whitening procedure takes 40 minutes. Please visit Dental Aid 1 for teeth whitening procedure and consultation.  It is import...

If you participate in football, wrestling, basketball, baseball, volleyball, ice hockey, field hockey, softball, or soccer you need a mouth guard. As well as, in recreational sports including cycling, inline skating, or skateboarding.

At Dental Aid 1 we can fabricate a...

Dentures are one of constant and routine dental procedures in our office. We would like to share our experience, advantages and disadvantages of the different types of dentures. Today we would like to discuss the immediate denture.

This type of denture - immediate dentu...

In some reasonable cases, we offer to avoid expensive root canal treatment by sealing the exposed nerve. A patient, 30 years old came with a deep cavity in his back tooth with periodic pain on cold and hot food. The decay was removed and pulp was covered with material...

Tooth extraction is always like a thriller, challenging and exciting. You should be ready to meet tooth roots with any surprises...

Nowadays digital radiographic imaging helps dentists to diagnose damage and disease not visible during a regular dental exam. 

For example, if we look at the intraoral picture we can see small cavity on one tooth and another one look absolutely healthy.

However, the pati...