If You’re Older, be on the Lookout for Root Cavities
Tooth decay is a destructive oral disease, which along with periodontal (gum) disease is most responsible for tooth loss. And as you age, your disease risk goes up. One form …
Prevention and Early Detection of Root Cavities Could Save a Tooth
Tooth decay is one of two dental diseases most responsible for tooth loss (gum disease being the other). In the absence of treatment, what starts as a hole or cavity …
Treating a Baby Tooth with Inner Decay can be Complicated – but Still Necessary
Even though a child’s primary (“baby”) teeth eventually give way, it’s still important to treat them if they become decayed. Primary teeth serve as guides for the emerging permanent teeth …
New Dental Advances Promise Better Outcomes for Treating Decay
Over the last century effectively treating a decayed tooth has often required removing any decayed structure with drilling and then filling the remaining cavity. While this approach does save teeth …
Stop Root Cavities with Prevention and Prompt Treatment
Tooth decay is a highly destructive dental disease, responsible along with periodontal (gum) disease for most adult tooth loss. And we become even more susceptible to it as we get …
Keep Alert to These Signs of Impending Tooth Decay
Although preventable, the occurrences of tooth decay are all too common. Yet decay doesn’t appear out of the blue: certain mouth conditions set the disease in motion. Here are a …
Limiting Refined Sugar in Your Diet can Reduce Risk of Tooth Decay
“Cut down on sweets, especially between meals” is perhaps one of the least popular words of advice we dentists regularly give. We’re not trying to be killjoys, but the facts …