Our Dental Blog
Whether you are an existing patient or searching for a dentist in the Norwich, CT area, we’re excited you are here. With the dental industry advancing, we recognize the importance of keeping our patients and visitors up to date with all of the new and exciting technologies taking place in our practice.
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If You’re Considering Braces, Here’s How They Work
If you or a family member has problems with teeth alignment or your bite, you may be considering braces. This tried and true method can straighten out most smiles — but there's more to braces than you may realize.For one thing, orthodontic treatment wouldn't work if...
Nancy O’Dell on Making Oral Hygiene Fun for Kids
When Entertainment Tonight host Nancy O’Dell set out to teach her young daughter Ashby how to brush her teeth, she knew the surest path to success would be to make it fun for the toddler.“The best thing with kids is you have to make everything a game,” Nancy recently...
Seek Immediate Treatment for this Advanced Form of Gingivitis
It takes only a short time neglecting your oral hygiene before you begin to notice some unpleasant things with your gums: swelling, redness or even bleeding. These are all signs of gingivitis, a periodontal (gum) disease that arises from bacterial plaque, a thin...
Cosmetic Dentistry Procedures
There are a number of cosmetic dental procedures that can give you the smile you want. Procedures such as Invisalign, dental implants, veneers, sealants and teeth whitening can all dramatically improve the appearance of your teeth and your smile. A dentist who...
Expert Advice: Vivica A. Fox on Kissing and Oral health
Is having good oral hygiene important to kissing? Who's better to answer that question than Vivica A. Fox? Among her other achievements, the versatile actress won the “Best Kiss” honor at the MTV Movie Awards, for a memorable scene with Will Smith in the 1996...
Choosing a Screw or Cement to Attach an Implant Crown
If you've lost a tooth, you have a number of options for replacing it. Perhaps the best choice in terms of lifelikeness and durability is a dental implant.All implants have the same basic architecture: a titanium metal post imbedded in the jawbone to replace the root;...
Kathy Bates Plays It Smart With Professional Teeth Whitening
Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates knows how important it is to present your best face to the world — and one of the most important features of that face is a beaming smile. But there came a point when she noticed something was a little off. “I've always had...
Cleft Repair can Restore a Smile, Change a Life
Oral and facial clefts are among the most common and heartbreaking of birth defects. Clefts make feeding or even breathing difficult and can affect speech development.But there's one other profound effect: an “abnormal” face caused by a cleft can have devastating...
Dwight Howard: A Bright NBA Star With a Smile to Match
Have you started orthodontic treatment recently? Are you having a little trouble getting used to your braces? If so, you are not alone: Everybody goes through an adjustment period during which they momentarily wonder if they’ll really ever get used to this. Don’t...
What Dental Implants Could Do For You
Missing or damaged teeth can make anyone feel as though their smile is not up to par with those around them. However, instead of replacing missing teeth with bridges or dentures, you can now fill in your gaps permanently with dental implants. But what can dental...
Custom Oral Appliances Could Help Stop Sleep Apnea
For millions of Americans, sleep apnea is a serious health condition. Not only can it impair your day-to-day living, you might be more susceptible to high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke.Sleep apnea occurs when you stop breathing for short periods while...
A Royal Fix
So you’re tearing up the dance floor at a friend’s wedding, when all of a sudden one of your pals lands an accidental blow to your face — chipping out part of your front tooth, which lands right on the floorboards! Meanwhile, your wife (who is nine months pregnant) is...
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