Keeping your smile healthy and strong is just as vital to your self-image as having a healthy body. Today, our Central Oregon Dental Center team in Bend, Oregon is pleased to offer you easy ways to maintain healthy teeth and gums. Let's take a look! Are your daily foods helping or harming your smile? To give your teeth (and gums)... read more »
Would you like to consider a tooth prosthetic that can be removed as needed? With the use of dentures, you can take out your prosthetics and clean them easily and safely. Not only can dentures be crafted for as little as a single tooth, but they can even be made and fashioned for entire rows of teeth. If you wish... read more »
We use a very strong dental adhesive to cement your dental crown and provide additional strength for the tooth and bite. Though the hold of the cement is very firm, situations such as a blow to the face or the development of gum disease can cause the cement between the crown and abutment to weaken, loosening the crown. You should... read more »
Helping your son or daughter maintain strong teeth and a healthy mouth encompasses many important factors. This includes making sure they brush their teeth each morning and night, as well as flossing between their teeth and along the gumline at least once each day. Furthermore, your routine dental checkups at Central Oregon Dental Center’s clinic are also important for the... read more »
Let's face it, being a new mom is hard! You are so tired, and so overwhelmed with all the daily care of providing for a newborn's needs, that it is tempting to forget to take care of your own needs. Even just finding the time to shower, much less brush your teeth twice a day can be challenging. But unless... read more »
A quick walk through the oral hygiene aisle at your local store will likely reveal a plethora of tooth whitening products clinging to dubious claims about their effectiveness for dealing with significant dental stains. Unfortunately, most of these items lack the potency to full remove stains that have set deep into tooth enamel. It’s also worth noting that excessive use... read more »
Your oral health care should never be taken lightly. It makes the difference between a poor smile and a great one. Even the smallest details can have enduring effects. Here are some questions you’ll want to ask yourself if you desire to have a better smile. - Do you brush your teeth twice each day and floss once daily? -... read more »
Sometimes a tooth is too severely compromised by dental trauma or untreated cavity for a dentist like Dr. Michael Hall to viably treat it with a root canal. In an extreme case like this he might advocate extracting the tooth to help ease the pain and prevent a dangerous infection. Once your gums have fully healed Dr. Michael Hall and... read more »
Brushing and flossing are important, critical ways to strengthen your dental health. If you’re already brushing and flossing daily, we salute you! Have you thought about using mouthwash as well? If you want to improve your oral health, then it’s important to make sure that you’re using mouthwash. Mouthwash, also defined as mouth rinse or dental rinse, is a liquid... read more »
Are you tired of your dull, yellow smile? If so, a teeth whitening treatment might be the treatment for you! With teeth whitening, you can have the bright and brilliant smile you desire. To help you know a little more about teeth whitening in Bend, Oregon, our dentist, Dr. Michael Hall, is happy to share some facts with you. Fortunately,... read more »
