Feb 21, 2019 | Dental Profession, Oral Health, Oral Maintenance
Don’t Let Fear Keep You Away! Ever since moving pictures became popular, dental visits have been a common target for comics and screenwriters. Dental scenes have even been in scary movies (lookup Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man for an example). Over time,...
Feb 7, 2019 | Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental Products, Dental Profession, Oral Health
For more than a century, millions of individuals have used amalgam fillings to protect themselves from tooth decay. Amalgam silver is a tough, rigid, long-lasting material that dentists use to fill cavities. Usually, amalgam includes mercury, silver, tin and copper....
Jan 31, 2019 | Cosmetic Dentistry, Crowns, Dental Implants, Dental Products
When you take an airline flight, you go through a security checkpoint. Along with frowning agents, x-ray machines, and waiting lines comparable to the DMV, one inevitable part of this procedure is the intimidating rectangle everyone walks through — the metal detector....
Jan 24, 2019 | Gum disease, Oral Health
One of the best things you can do for your body is feed it a healthy diet. Thus it stands to reason that one of the best things you can do for your oral health is eat well. Even so, teeth and gums benefit from different vitamins than your stomach or heart. But before...
Jan 17, 2019 | Gum disease, Oral Health, Oral Maintenance
Habits are part of daily life. Everybody has at least one or two, even the dentists at the Placerville Dental Group. We attempt to build good ones and avoid bad ones. But sometimes a bad habit will creep in unnoticed. Many of these habits develop in or around the...