When gingivitis first develops, it can be easy to miss. Though the symptoms are usually noticeable, they aren’t typically obvious at first, and discomfort doesn’t usually occur until the later stages of the condition. Because of this, more advanced gum disease is one of the more common chronic conditions to affect adults’ oral health, and it’s the leading cause behind adults losing teeth. To help protect your smile from the potentially serious consequences of gum disease, it’s important to take gingivitis seriously and have it addressed as early as possible. (more…)
How We Can Help Enhance Your Smile’s Shine
Whether we notice it or not, our smiles gradually begin to fade over time. From our eating habits to our day-to-day activities and so on, our teeth begin to lose their shine and develop a sort of dull, lackluster appearance as we subject them to our daily habits that may, in fact, be putting them in danger. While you may be practicing good oral health habits at home, experts suggest that most people can benefit from a teeth-whitening treatment. At Advanced Dental Concepts in Auburn Hills, MI, we can perform a smile-enhancing treatment either in-office or give you the resources to do so at home to restore your smile’s radiance.
Why Your Preventive Dental Care Hinges on Good Hygiene
The two most important aspects of keeping your smile healthy on a consistent basis or keeping up with good dental hygiene consistently and sticking to a regular schedule of preventive dental visits. However, sometimes, it can be easy to forget how intricately connected both of these aspects are. If you slack in your dental hygiene routine at home, it can make your preventive dental care efforts less successful long-term, and can lead to a need for more extensive dental treatment before long. (more…)
What Replacing Lost Teeth Helps You Avoid
After experiencing tooth loss, the need to restore your smile’s appearance can seem like the most pressing need for replacing the lost tooth. While this is important, the loss of your tooth can also mean several other negative consequences can begin to affect your smile and oral health. In most cases, replacing the lost tooth as soon as possible is important to protecting your smile from these consequences and preserving the rest of your healthy, natural smile. (more…)
Is It Possible to Restore a Tooth with a Crown in One Day?
For many people who experience a problem with a tooth, such as damage to its structure or other significant problems, a dental crown is often the best solution for restoring the tooth. Designed to replicate a tooth’s visible crown structure, which rests above the gum line, a dental crown can be bonded over the tooth to completely cap this structure. For patients who can benefit from a dental crown, we can often design their restorative treatment to be completed in just a single day. (more…)
Understanding Why Your Tooth Needs Extraction
Choosing to extract a tooth can be a more complicated decision than choosing any other dental treatment option. Once the tooth is extracted, all of its natural structure will be gone, and there’s not turning back. However, if your dentist recommends extracting the tooth, then it’s important to consider the reason why. In most cases, the tooth can’t be saved, and its presence poses a continued threat to the rest of your oral health. Today, we take a closer look at what it means to need tooth extraction, and what you can expect for your smile and oral health afterward. (more…)
How Tooth Decay Changes Over Time
Tooth decay is often a simple problem to address. For most people, treatment simply involves cleaning the cavity that has formed in the tooth’s structure and filling it to restore the tooth’s strength and integrity. However, for others, dealing with tooth decay can mean more extensive treatment, such as removing the tissues from within the tooth’s pulp and root canal to stop the infection from getting worse. In many cases, the biggest difference between minor and severe tooth decay is time. Tooth decay is progressive, and the level of damage it causes changes depending on how soon you address it. (more…)
Deciding if Clear Aligners Treatment Is a Good Idea
When your teeth aren’t aligned properly, straightening them is always a good idea. Their proper alignment is an important factor in everything from the state of your oral health and integrity of your teeth to your bite’s ability to function properly, and much more. Fortunately, many patients can benefit from straighter teeth in a more convenient and discreet manner than they might expect. Instead of relying on traditional, metal orthodontic braces, it may be a good idea to choose Clear Aligners clear aligners to provide a more advanced teeth-straightening solution. (more…)
What TMJ Disorder Means and How to Deal With It
Some concerns that you might be worried about when it comes to your dental health, like tooth decay and gum disease, aren’t that difficult to recognize if they develop. For example, the formation of a cavity caused by tooth decay often causes your tooth to hurt, which in turn prompts you to seek treatment for it. If you have gum disease, then you might notice your gums bleeding, or other signs that your gum health is compromised. However, having TMJ disorder isn’t always as straightforward as that, and recognizing it for what it is can be much more difficult on your own. (more…)
Is Your Snoring a Sign of a Sleep Disorder?
When you snore a lot, it might be annoying to your sleeping partner, but it probably doesn’t seem like a problem that could impact your overall sleep quality or systemic health. However, snoring constantly and consistently can have some impact, such as taxing your cardiovascular and respiratory systems. For some people, it can also indicate a much more serious problem than it seems at first, such as a sleep disorder like obstructive sleep apnea. If your snoring is a sign of sleep apnea, then seeking treatment for it could be more important to your sleep quality and overall health than you may realize. (more…)
