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Dental Implants or Dentures—Making the Best Choice for Your Smile
If you’re missing teeth, you might be wondering what your Oregon City dentists might recommend for replacement. Oregon City Dentistry offers an array of modern options to help you enjoy the look and feel of a full set of healthy teeth. Nearly 1 in 5 adults aged 65 or older have lost all of…
Read MoreDiabetes and Your Oral Health
If you have diabetes, you have a higher risk of developing oral health problems like cavities and gum disease. Patients with diabetes need to visit our Oregon City dentistry more often because the disease can reduce the blood supply to the gums, weakening the foundation of their oral health. Patients over 50 with diabetes have…
Read MoreWhy You Should Consult a Cosmetic Dentist Before Whitening Your Teeth
As a cosmetic dentist in Oregon City, Dr. Sam Greenstein understands just how important many of our patients consider having a brilliantly bright smile. After all, a whiter, healthier looking smile goes a long way in helping make a good first impression. In fact, a recent study found that the state of a person’s smile…
Read MoreParents Using Too Much Toothpaste When Brushing Their Kids’ Teeth
For kids to enjoy a healthy smile for a lifetime, parents need to start practicing quality oral hygiene habits with their kids from a young age. Brushing needs to start once a child’s first tooth develops, with flossing to follow once two teeth touch. Parents also need to schedule a child’s first dental visit by…
Read MoreHow to Diagnose and Treat TMJ
TMJ, or temporomandibular joint disorder, refers to the part of your jaw that hinges and joins the lower and upper jaw together. Since your jaw has to move in such intricate ways; up and down, side to side, forward and back, this joint can get misaligned or even stuck. This often results in a popping…
Read MoreGum Disease Could Increase Risk for High Blood Pressure
In our Oregon City Dentistry blog, we’ve often covered how our oral health can impact our overall health. While it’s easy to think of our oral health as only having to do with our teeth and gums, years worth of research has shown this simply isn’t the case. Today, researchers know that our oral health…
Read MoreThe Surprising Secrets of a Stunning Smile
If you want a brilliantly bright smile that looks fantastic in photos and really helps to light up a room you don’t need Hollywood credentials or to spend hours with your cosmetic dentist in Oregon City, you just need to know a few tricks that will keep your teeth looking and feeling their best. At…
Read MoreWhat’s Really Causing Your Bad Breath
You don’t need to be an Oregon City family dentist to know about the importance of having fresh breath. When our breath turns from fresh to foul, it can cause a number of embarrassing problems. From coworkers electing to meet online instead of in the conference room to family members voicing their concerns over what…
Read MoreSipping Our Way to Poor Oral Health
If you enjoy sipping on a cup of hot tea on a cold winter’s night or savor the sip of a white wine on a hot summer’s day, your dentist in Oregon City may have some bad news for you. A new study suggests that it’s not just what we eat and drink that increases…
Read MoreIs Your Oral Health Harming You?
You may think that you’re doing everything possible to lower your risk of chronic health conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and dementia, but when’s the last time you scheduled an appointment to see a dentist in Oregon City? While research connecting gum disease – also known as periodontal disease – and heart problems has…
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