At Roy Dental Care, each dental professional on our team helps us operate smoothly and provide a first-rate level of care. Today’s article focuses on the role of a dental assistant. Dental Assistants Play An Important Role at Our Practice You most likely think of the dental assistant as: “The one who suctions my mouth…
Restorative dentistry
Roy Dental Care Patients Have A Choice In Dental Fillings
With all the talk in West Haven of multi-procedure smile makeovers involving veneers, porcelain crowns, bridges, teeth whitening, dental implants, and invisible braces, sometimes the traditional dental filling is overlooked. If a cavity progresses no further than a filling, Utah cosmetic dental patients can avoid more extensive and invasive treatments. Today, let’s talk about dental…
Roy Dental Care Works To Earn Your Trust
Hello! I’m Dr. Reggie Whitaker, DMD, of Roy Dental Care in Roy. I have been practicing general and cosmetic dentistry since 2013. Dentistry is a challenging and fascinating profession; dentists must have diagnostic skills, dexterity, extensive scientific knowledge, and good visual memory. Dentistry also requires artistic ability. In addition to the technical aspects of dentistry,…
Want to Fill Those Gaps in Your Smile?
Do you have gaps in your smile? Many U.S. adults are missing one or more teeth. You probably already know that missing teeth detract from an attractive smile. You may be self-conscious about your smile. Do you cover your mouth when you laugh? Perhaps you keep your mouth closed when someone takes a picture of…
Not Happy With Your Dentist?
Hello! Whether you stumbled upon this blog by mistake or clicked here on purpose, welcome! In the Roy Dental Care dental blog, we post informative articles about dentistry. This includes general dentistry, cosmetic dental treatments, preventative dental care, and news about our dental practice. Many of my patients visit my blog regularly and I hope you…
10 Terrific Tooth Tips From Roy Dental Care
1. If you have kids and your municipal water supply does not have the recommended level of fluoride, talk to your pediatrician about fluoride supplements. Fluoride strengthens both the teeth you can see and the ones still forming in the jaw. 2. Set a timer when you brush to make sure you spend at least…
We Keep Dental Patients Comfortable
To state the obvious, nobody enjoys pain. doctor Whitaker knows this, and that is why the dental team at Roy Dental Care have made patient comfort our top priority. In conjunction with creating a calm environment, we have various medications that can reduce and even eliminate pain associated with different dental procedures to give you a more…
What’s The Latest With Dental Veneers?
One of the developments in cosmetic dentistry is prepless veneers. Though thousands of smile restoration patients who have received conventional veneers are happy with the results, some dental patients have delayed this procedure because they do not want to give up healthy tooth structure. Veneers Have Advanced Prepless veneers are a less invasive procedure for…
Small Dental Annoyance Or Serious Problem?
Today in the Roy dental blog we are going to talk about stomatitis. Stomatitis is dental-speak for something very common: non-specific irritations found in the mouth. Stomatitis is generally caused by cold sores, gum disease, or even from biting the inside of the mouth (ouch!). Any time the membranes in the mouth become inflamed, they…
Wear A Crown In West Haven
Some Roy residents who have a weak or broken tooth may want to research dental crowns as a solution to improve their smile and overall oral health. A crown is really a cap or covering that is tooth-shaped and when it is in place, it will cover the portion of the covered tooth that is…
