Boyles General Dentistry & Implant Center Blog

Maybe you’re not the most decisive person. Perhaps it takes you forever to look at a menu and pick what you want or choose what to wear for the day. When it comes to improving your teeth, you know that you’ll need more advanced treatment than tooth-colored fillings or composite resin bonding can offer. But you still face an important decision: porcelain veneers or dental crowns. Keep reading to find out more about these treatments and learn how you can determine the one best suited for your smile.

You’ve had a toothache for days. You keep taking over-the-counter pain reliever, hoping this dental emergency will go away. Then, one day your tooth stops hurting! While this may seem like a favorable turn of events at first, it actually isn’t. Yes, you are no longer in pain, but what exactly was the pain trying to tell you? Is the problem fixed just because your discomfort stopped?

Before you get excited over your toothache disappearing, you need to understand more about tooth pain and the potential consequences for waiting to see a dentist.

As a responsible adult, you are concerned about what goes into your body. Maybe you carefully watch what you eat or you stay away from tobacco or alcohol. So when your dentist suggests using nitrous oxide to make your appointment less stressful, you hesitate. Is it safe?

Absolutely! Nitrous oxide at your dentist’s office is great for many patients who struggle with dental visits. If you’re still worried about the risks involved, keep reading to learn more about nitrous oxide sedation and how it can help you feel more comfortable in the dentist’s chair.

Do you hate the way your teeth look? Perhaps you’ve tried whitening your teeth professionally without success. Maybe you have chips or other flaws that you’d like to hide.

If you want to make changes to the way your smile looks, you can take advantage of veneers, which cover the front surface of your teeth, correcting their shape, color, and size. But if you’re unfamiliar with veneers, you should know the basics before going to see your dentist about treatment. Here is more information about the types of veneers and the process of perfecting your smile.

When you get together with your friends, do you tell a lot of big fish stories? It’s normal and fun to embellish some details here and there. However, some stories don’t need much embellishment—take these strange dental emergencies. Having a toothache or a knocked-out tooth can feel dramatic enough, but these stories take dental emergencies to the next level! Read on to learn what these people did and how you can learn from them.

Change can be rough. It often involves adapting to new ways of doing things and requires time and patience as you transition. Getting used to eating with dentures can present a big change, but you can make this adjustment easier on yourself. Keep reading to learn how you’ll need to modify how you eat for your new dentures to be successful.

You’ve put up with your chipped and gapped teeth for long enough, and you want to get your smile and your confidence back. You do a bit of research on your own before talking with the dentist so that you are ready for your consultation. In your reading, you’ve found that the most likely options to correct your imperfect teeth are veneers or same-day dental crowns. They both sound good to you and could give you the results you want, but how can you decide which is right for you? Each choice has pros and cons, so read on to learn some reasons why you should seriously consider these treatments.

As you spit out from brushing your teeth, you expect to taste minty freshness, but instead your mouth tastes bitter, salty, maybe even metallic. Many questions can come to mind at this point. Is this something you should be worried about? What does a bitter taste in your mouth mean? In this post, you’ll learn more about the causes and home remedies for this unpleasant symptom as well as signs that you should visit a professional.

In the immediate aftermath of losing a molar to decay, you expected your smile to look funny and incomplete. However, when you see yourself in the mirror, you don’t really notice a difference. After all, it was a back tooth, which is less visible. You start to wonder if you can get away with not replacing the tooth entirely.

Stop right there! You do not want to consider this train of thought! Tooth loss can have a greater impact on you than just your appearance right after it happens. In this post, you’ll learn three reasons why you need to replace your missing back tooth, even though it’s not seen as easily as other teeth.

If you’re thinking about getting dentures for the first time, you may be wondering how long the process takes. Unfortunately, the timing can vary greatly from patient to patient, and in some cases, a person can receive their dentures almost immediately. Typically, getting dentures takes a few weeks to a few months. The only way to know for sure in your specific situation is to meet with your dentist. During that consultation, they’ll go through the process and let you know what timeline you can expect. In the meantime, here is the general gist of getting dentures, so you have some background knowledge.