Once all of our permanent teeth have grown in, we expect them to be there for our lifetime. Tooth loss may not be something we expect, but research shows that many adults experience this condition by the time they reach their forties. The loss of...
Improving the smile with cosmetic dentistry procedures is done every day to help patients achieve the smile they’ve always wanted. Whether a patient undergoes a tooth whitening treatment or an extensive smile makeover, Dr. Kumar and the team at SmileMoreToday Dental Wellness Center in Vernon...
Most people understand that just because something has been done a certain way for a long time doesn’t mean that there is no better way to accomplish the same goal. Cars have replaced horse-and-buggy vehicles, tractors have replaced horse-powered plows, vinyl records transformed to eight-track...
Sleep apnea is a family of sleep disorders in which breathing is disrupted. Most commonly, people experience obstructive sleep apnea, in which airflow become physically obstructed. Often, the airway closes off during sleep due to the weight of relaxed muscles and tissues on the windpipe....
Orthodontic treatment offers clear benefits, in both the short and long term. The capabilities of braces to straighten crooked smiles have never really been disputed. At the same time, there are millions of people who chose, at one time or another, to live with misalignment...
Over the course of the past ten to fifteen years, we have seen an enormous shift in how tooth loss is handled in dentistry. The development of dental implants actually began about half a century ago, though this new standard of treatment took decades to...