Age Doesn’t Have To Mean Losing Your Teeth

It is a rumor and a myth that has been floating around for years that as you get older you must lose your teeth. The health of your teeth and gums are determined over a lifetime of habits. Individuals who demonstrate healthy and consistent dental habits have a higher chance of having a healthy, decay free smile that will last a lifetime.

Avoiding bad habits such as chewing tobacco, not flossing, drinking soda or consuming large amounts of carbohydrates and sugar without brushing and flossing can cause damage to your smile that is expensive and time consuming to fix. Dr. Rice recommends that if you engage in any of these negative dental habits that you begin to remove them from your daily life and begin to develop healthy habits. Even if you have not engaged in healthy routine dental habits, you can wake up at any point and decide that today is the day you are going to change your smile.

For more information on healthy dental habits, contact Dr. Denine Rice and her team.

No Need To Wait, Get Help Today

New research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 79% of individuals are faced with gum disease today. Some factors that play a role in the overall impact of periodontal disease are economic status, ethnic minorities, tobacco users and individuals who do not have access to dental care. The number one way to prevent periodontal disease, if you fit into any of these categories, is to floss your teeth. Visiting the periodontist for treatment as soon as possible however, is the only way to get your periodontal disease under control.

The great thing about treatment today is that Dr. Rice and her team have access to an FDA approved periodontal laser that can help clean below the gum line and can decrease your risk of periodontal disease impacting your overall health. Lasers can go below the gum line and clean out the bacteria that is impacting your gum tissue and mean you can get your smile back on track.  Once the laser is used to clean around the infected gum tissue near the root, the laser then gets to work on taking care of the periodontal disease, getting it under control.

Periodontal laser surgery not only improves your dental and general health, but it results in less pain and zero sutures.

For more information on periodontal laser procedures contact Dr. Denine Rice & her team today.