Periodontal Disease

If left undiagnosed and untreated, periodontal disease can do some serious, irreversible damage to your smile.  Periodontal disease can also compromise your overall health, making you susceptible to serious infection, malnutrition and other serious complications.  Here at our Oyster Bay practice, we’re committed to educating our patients on the risks of periodontal disease and what they can do to prevent its harmful effects.

The best ways to stop periodontal disease before it starts is to practice diligent oral hygiene. That includes daily brushing and flossing, maintaining a sensible and healthy diet, reducing sugar, alcohol and tobacco, and staying current with biannual dental checkups.

It’s also important to be on the lookout for any warning signs that could indicate the early stages of periodontal disease, these include:

• Bleeding of the gums during or after brushing and flossing.


• Redness, swelling, soreness and discomfort that affect your gums on a regular basis.


• Gum recession and exposed portions of the tooth root


• Bad breath or a foul taste regardless of what you’ve recently eaten or even after you’ve brushed and rinsed.


• Loose or easily moveable teeth.


• Changes in bite alignment or the stability of prosthetic dental work

If you notice any of the above symptoms, please contact us promptly and arrange an appointment.

Source:

http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/DataStatistics/FindDataByTopic/GumDisease/PeriodontaldiseaseAdults20to64

Bleaching and Whitening

There’s a reason why we all want our smile to be just a little bit (or even a whole lot) brighter. A stunning while smile give us confidence. It makes us want to smile more.  A whiter smile also inspires us to take better care of our teeth.  And best of all, revealing a bright, happy smile spreads positivity and affects those around us for the better. Here at our practice, we offer Zoom bleaching and whitening to help our patients realize the effects of a brighter smile. We offer Zoom specifically as it’s a very simple and efficient way to achieve dramatic and resilient smile brightening results.

Zoom whitening is a one-time, chair side procedure that takes about an hour in total. It’s a non-invasive surface treatment that doesn’t involve any pain and gives you a chance to relax as you wait for Zoom to take effect.  The results amount to a shade improvement of up to ten shades, which can be maintained with diligent brushing and flossing, as regular oral care checkups.

If you’ve wanted to brighten your smile professional, our Zoom bleaching and whitening services are great reason to finally have your smile enhanced.  We invite you to visit us for a consultation and find out is this whitening and bleaching method is right for you.

Head and Neck Radiation and Impact on Dental Health

If you are to be treated with radiation for cancer of the head and neck, there are many things you should know regarding the effect on your dental health.

As radiation is so effective in eliminating malignant cancer cells and tumors, it can also damage healthy tissues that comprise your teeth, gums, salivary glands and jaw.  Subsequently, you may experience soreness, discomfort, dry mouth, tooth decay, reduction of taste receptors, jaw stiffness and other concerns. As you undergo and complete radiation treatments, you should rely on a prosthodontist to help assess, manage and treat your oral health.  Here at our practice, we’ve helped many patients maintain and restore their dental health as they treat and recover from head and neck cancer.

We offer a variety of preventative and restorative capabilities, as well as treatment experience and expertise, that’s needed to help you save and renew your smile. We also provide surgical and prosthetic options that have helped many head and neck cancer patients regain a real sense of recovery.

To learn how we can help you protect your oral health when undergoing head and neck radiation, we invite you to contact us through our website and arrange a consultation.  

Source: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/Topics/CancerTreatment/HeadNeckRadiation.htm