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993-9317With Sedation Dentistry, Patients with Dental Phobia can Breathe Easy
October 12, 2015
For most people, visits to a dentist can bring them anxiety, but for 9 to 15 percent of Americans, simply the idea of dental visits already terrifies them. When you ask these adults what it is about dentists that they fear the most, you’re bound to get different answers. Some aren’t big fans of their dentist’s tools, while others may have had a bad experience while sitting on the dental chair.
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Missing Teeth? A Dentist Can Use Dental Implants to Restore Your Smile
September 28, 2015
In the past, people with missing teeth either had to learn to live without them or have dentures made. Unfortunately, dentures did not feel or look natural. Even worse, dentures had the tendency to come loose or fall out while speaking or eating. Fortunately, dental clinics like the Advanced Dental Care of Springfield offer a more modern solution: dental implants.
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Modern-Day Dental Implants: Convenient, Comfortable, and Effective
September 14, 2015
In the past decades, merely the idea of having dental implants placed on their mouth was enough to make one shiver in fright. Back then, having implants involved the implantation of various types of devices in the patient’s jaws, particularly between their periosteum and their alveolar or basal bone. Whether these contraptions yielded a huge success rate or not remains to be a mystery, yet these inspired researchers to continually develop and further improve implants.
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Care for Dental Implants a Must to Fight against Peri-Implantitis
August 17, 2015
Dental implants are regarded by everyone as an effective way to solve their dental woes and restore their smiles. With proper care, patients can even see their restored smiles last for a lifetime. Recent incidents, however, show the negative effect of neglecting proper care for dental implants, as dentists are seeing an increase in cases of peri-implantitis, or the gradual loss of jaw bone supporting an implant.
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For a Brighter Smile: The Cosmetic Dentistry Options Available to You
August 3, 2015
Teeth are quite tough—they have to be considering how much punishment they go through day after day. However, even they aren’t completely resistant. It’s unavoidable for teeth to get damaged and stained. This makes people more hesitant to smile and show their teeth. This is where cosmetic dentistry comes in. Springfield, IL residents with teeth that aren’t as pristine as they’re supposed to be can seek help from the likes of Advanced Dental Care of Springfield to undergo cosmetic procedures that will make their chompers look brand new. Here are a few of the techniques available to them.
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