Avoid These Mistakes When Choosing a Dentist Everyone needs a dentist who can provide the best dental care, but it is not always easy to find the perfect fit, so you need to know how to choose a dentist. While there are many dental offices that are available in Charlotte, choosing the wrong one can …
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Every evening (almost) everybody ends their daily grind, by starting their nightly routine to wind-down and relax from a long day. But once they go to sleep, about 10 to 15% of adults don’t relax as they should and wind-up clenching their jaws and grinding their teeth, this is what I call the #NightlyGrind. Symptoms …
As you know, I’m passionate about the health of my patients. And nothing affects health more than a person’s mouth. When people take good care of their mouth by brushing and flossing daily, they greatly minimize their need for our dental services. But what if there’s no healthy tooth left to save? In that case, …
Are you guilty? At some point in time, all adults must find a new dentist. This can occur when an individual gets kicked off their parent’s insurance, moves to a new home, or desires to change their current dentist. So, you scour the internet and ask our friends for recommendations, but there are multiple factors …
There are many different oral health problems that people can face due to circumstance or develop with age, and while most people are familiar with cavities and gingivitis, there are plenty of other issues that an oral health professional may have to address. One of these issues is missing teeth. The debate between two tooth-loss …
If your dentist has said that you need a sinus lift surgery, it’s probably because you need a dental implant in your upper jaw to replace a missing tooth. Unfortunately, the dentist noticed that there just isn’t enough bone to do the procedure. There is usually one reason for this – your jaw bone dissolved …
I’m often asked by my patients, “I saw it on TV! What’s Invisalign?” Simply put, Invisalign is a set of clear braces that easily slide over your teeth, and will straighten them over time. Also, since it’s clear, you’ll get to avoid the ugly wires and metal brackets that you see on traditional braces. In …
If I told you that there was an amazing new technology that would help you heal quickly and shorten your healing; and if I asked you if you wanted to use it, you’d probably say “YES!” Well, this new technology isn’t something from the latest sci-fi movie – it actually exists. It’s called Platelet Rich …
In my last blog post, I talked about the normal dental x-rays you’ll encounter in the exam rooms of almost every dental office. But today I wanted to talk about some of the newest dental x-ray technology, and I just happen to have it at all three of my offices in the North Charlotte Region. …
Every time a patient comes into one of my examination rooms, their eyes always move to the X-ray machine hanging on the wall. And I understand why — with its long arms, hinges that pivot, and elongated head that houses the X-ray Tube, it can look to patients like an alien or futuristic ray gun. …
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Phone: (704) 810-2231
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Concord, NC 28027
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Charlotte, NC 28269
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While many oral surgeries are routine everyday procedures for your dentist, the recovery period isn’t something you should take lightly. From dental implant placement to
