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Cosmetic Dentistry Directory Blog
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
How a Dentist Can Help Your Snoring
It’s an all-too-common scenario in American domestic life:
one partner snores, often unknowingly, and keeps the other partner awake during
the night. In this case, an individual’s health problems affect the quality of
life of someone they hold dear. But even if you live alone and the only person
being kept awake by your snoring
is you, you should not just put up with your condition.
Snoring can indicate deeper problems, and you shouldn’t just
shrug off your snoring. The good news is that your dentist can address the
underlying causes of your snoring and greatly improve your quality of life.
On a very basic level, snoring is just the sound you make
when the soft tissue in your throat vibrates. This usually happens when the
soft tissue obstructs your airway; as air moves through the area and hits the
tissue, it makes a vibrating sound.
The root causes of this, however, are diverse, and can
include:
- Sleeping on your back
- Taking a sleeping pill or drinking too much alcohol
- Being overweight
Because snoring is often a symptom of sleep
apnea, you should get yourself checked out if you’re suffering from
persistent snoring.
Your dentist will be able to give you a good sense of what
is causing your snoring and take the next steps accordingly. That can include
referring you to a physician or prescribing you some sort of machine or
appliance. Possible treatments include:
- CPAP (a vacuum pump you wear while you sleep to keep air flowing)
- Another form of sleep appliance
- Surgery
Please contact us
today to find a qualified cosmetic dentist in your area.
posted by
Andrew
at
5:42 PM
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Your Dentist and Headaches
Many patients come to regard their persistent headaches as
an unsolvable problem they must suffer through during their day-to-day lives.
They pop a couple pills when a headache comes on, turn down the lights and try
to muddle through the rest of the day. They don’t suspect that their jaw might
be the cause of those headaches, and they certainly don’t know that their
dentist can treat their underlying condition and greatly increase their quality
of life.
If you’re suffering from persistent tension headaches,
there’s a chance you’re dealing with an underlying condition known as
temporomandibular joint disorder, or TMJ/TMD.
This condition affects patients even as they’re completely unaware that they
even have it.
The temporomandibular joint is, for all intents and
purposes, your jaw joint. You can feel it by placing your fingers in front of
your ears and opening and closing your mouth.
If your jaw joint is misaligned and causes a bad bite,
problems that start in the area can cascade and cause tremendous discomfort
throughout your body. Headaches are the most common TMJ symptom, but others
include:
- Facial pain
- Upper back pain
- Pain in the shoulders
This list is far from exhaustive. A skilled, experienced neuromuscular
dentist will be able to tell you if your headaches are caused by TMJ. If
they are, he or she will be able to plan an appropriate TMJ
treatment regimen to help.
Please contact us
today to find a qualified cosmetic dentist in your area.
posted by
Andrew
at
5:39 PM
Monday, January 21, 2013
Your Dentist and Your Breath
New Year’s is past us, but you don’t need the excuse of a
brand new year to find someone to kiss. When you do find that special someone
and finally lock lips, you don’t want to be worrying about your breath. The
moment is packed with enough pressure as it is. Fortunately, your local
cosmetic dentist can help if you’re suffering from chronic and embarrassing bad
breath, or halitosis.
What causes bad breath? Well, bad breath is usually produced
from a problem in one of four parts of your body:
- Your mouth
- Your airway
- Your lungs
- Your stomach
Basic dental hygiene can do a lot to stave off bad breath:
brush and floss your teeth at least twice a day and you’ll do a lot to rid
yourself of the bacteria and food particulates that cause bad breath.
But what happens if all that hygiene doesn’t work out and
you still suffer from bad breath? That’s where your cosmetic dentist comes in.
There are a number of treatments he or she can pursue in order to get your
breath to a pleasant, kissable state.
Your dentist will be able to diagnose the precise cause of
your bad breath and proceed from there. He or she might recommend some oral
hygiene products that are specifically formulated to tackle bad breath. If your
problem is more structural and is caused by acid reflux disease or lung
disease, your dentist will be able to refer you to a qualified physician.
Please contact us
today to find a qualified cosmetic dentist in your area.
posted by
Andrew
at
5:36 PM
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
A Crown, A Veneer…And a Facial?
Dental anxiety is a serious problem. Millions of Americans
put off needed dental work out of fear of the pain and discomfort they expect
to experience at their dentist’s office. Well, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida
dentist came up with a unique solution: offer spa services.
Yes, according to an ABC News report, Florida dentist April
Patterson recently started offering services like massages, eyelash extensions
and facials at her office, all in an effort to relieve the anxiety and fear
experienced by many of her patients.
It’s a unique solution to an ever-present problem, but
fortunately most dentists are able to alleviate your worries and reduce
pain and discomfort without resorting to spa services. Advances in the
field of sedation dentistry allow cosmetic dentists to put you into a state of
relaxed, responsive painlessness as they perform the procedures.
Sedation dentistry is especially useful when undergoing a smile
makeover, as it allows your cosmetic dentist to finish more procedures in
one sitting than usual.
Dentists have other ways of ensuring your experience is as
painless as possible. Many dentists are now using lasers instead of scalpels to
work on gums, air abrasion instead of drills to handle relatively shallow cases
of tooth decay and a computer controlled device called “The Wand” which can inject
anesthetic into a single tooth with little risk of human error.
Please contact us
today to find a qualified cosmetic dentist in your area.
posted by
Andrew
at
5:33 PM
