When you go to your drugstore or supermarket looking for toothpaste, mouthwash, teeth whitener, or another oral care product, be sure that the product you decide on displays the American Dental Association Seal of Acceptance. Today, we look at 4 ways the ADA seal can help you make good oral care choices for you and…
Dental health
Are Floss Picks As Good As Regular Dental Floss?
Are floss picks as good as regular floss? Floss picks vs regular floss? While it’s better to floss with a floss pick than to not floss at all, it’s important to note that floss picks can only clean a part of the tooth’s surface. doctor Whitaker recommends traditional floss or dental tape. Here’s why: A…
3 Reliable Steps To Find The Best Roy, Utah Dentist
Looking for the best dentist in Roy? You can click around on the computer or watch for postcard ads in your mailbox. Even then, the outcome is shaky at best. Finding the best dentist in Roy truly hinges on what you are looking for. Are you looking for consistent, professional evaluation? Are you looking for…
Roy Dental Care Guide To Healthy Tooth Enamel
Tooth enamel is one of the strongest substances in the body, but it is non-renewable so it is vital to not neglect or abuse our teeth. Proper oral hygiene is the first step in protecting your enamel. Even though every drug store carries hard bristle brushes, we guide our patients to brush with a soft…
Royalty At Roy Dental Care
When doctor Reggie Whitaker crowns one of our patients, the coronation is a celebration of a stronger smile. The necessity of a dental crown is usually readily apparent. Based on how much tooth is available to hold in a filling, sometimes a crown is needed to add more support and to keep the tooth from…
Do You Grind Your Teeth While You Sleep?
Here is the Roy Dental Care guide to treating teeth grinding. Understand Most teeth grinding will occur while sleeping. Consistent teeth grinding might be suspected with a sore jaw and dull headache in the mornings. Anxiety or stress are not the only reasons grinding may appear. It can also be related to an abnormal bite…
How Do Implant Dentures Work?
Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental health
Many people know that a permanent tooth implant is an ideal tooth restoration. Some don’t realize, however, that two or more can support a partial or full denture. This can be a more affordable option than having numerous implants while still providing many advantages as compared to conventional dentures. Today’s article answers the most common…
Is Malocclusion Causing Your Headache?
Do you suffer from persistent headaches? Have you tried drugs, diet adjustments, and chiropractic treatment? Perhaps the cause is not stress-induced tension, food allergies, spine alignment, or eyestrain. Maybe the culprit is right under your nose. Bite misalignment or malocclusion is a fairly common impairment yet usually goes undetected. Nature intended the front teeth to…
Let’s Take Care Of Those Tooth Stains
The effectiveness of teeth bleaching depends partly on the types of stains. Extrinsic tooth stains are the simplest to remove. These surface stains have not yet penetrated through the enamel into the dentin. Extrinsic stains are caused by dark-colored foods and liquids like blueberries, carrots, coffee, red wine, and cola. And nicotine is no better…
Replace Old Silver Fillings
Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental health
Superficial cuts in the skin disappear without a trace, infections are killed with antibiotics, broken bones mend, and inflamed tissues recede. Our teeth, unfortunately, can’t regenerate. Decay can be halted in its progress, but scientists are still years away from actual enamel regeneration. That’s why the team at Roy Dental Care strongly emphasizes preventative dentistry.…
