Expiring Dental Insurance Benefits?
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:00+00:00December 5, 2017|Patient Education|
Use Them or Lose Them! What if someone gave you free money to spend on improving your smile? With one string attached: use it all by New Years', or lose it. Well, for those fortunate enough to have insurance, be sure to take advantage of your plan's benefits before they expire at the end of [...]
Your Health History
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:00+00:00November 28, 2017|Patient Education|
Keep Us Informed of Any Changes! If it's been a little while since your last appointment, then don't forget to update your health history. Your dental care is part of your total health-care package. Have you: experienced any new allergies or sensitivities? quit smoking (or started)? begun taking new medications, even over-the-counter drugs? had any [...]
Antibiotics before Dental Procedures?
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:00+00:00November 21, 2017|Patient Education|
Know the Guidelines If in the past your doctor has prescribed antibiotics before you had dental work, don't assume that your future holds more such meds. The guidelines may have changed since your last appointment… so check with your family doctor or cardiologist to learn if premedication is necessary for you. For years the American [...]
Eating Too Much Sugar…
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:00+00:00November 14, 2017|Patient Education|
The diet of today is the result of a 50-year increase in consumption of the rapidly absorbed sugars—specifically, soft drinks, commercial juices, candy, and easily digested sugar foods such as cakes, cookies, etc. This change has generally gone unnoticed by consumers, until very recently it has been unquestionably assumed that this is "the way this [...]
Can a Musical Instrument Affect Teeth?
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:01+00:00September 12, 2017|Children's Dentistry|
Ever think of asking your dentist which musical instrument you should play? Few people do. But especially for young people, an early dental analysis–before selecting a musical instrument–can be important. Surprisingly, some instruments–woodwind or brass–can actually help some children who have an overbite problem. Yet, the same instrument can make the problem worse in another [...]
The Most Common Affliction?
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:01+00:00September 5, 2017|Periodontal Dentistry|
When it comes to most common, not even winter colds strike as many of us as gum infection (periodontal disease). As many as 75% of adults will be a victim sometime in their lifetime. If this infection could grow on your arm, you'd be horrified. Instead, periodontal disease does its dirty work out of sight: [...]
Dental Tips for Caregivers
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:01+00:00August 22, 2017|Patient Education|
If you're one of the millions of caregivers of an elderly patient who perhaps suffers from dementia or Alzheimer's disease, then you probably maintain a checklist of the many daily tasks necessary to care for them. When making your list, don't forget to include dental health as part of your routine. How Caregivers Can Help For [...]
Are First Teeth Just Born to Lose?
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:01+00:00August 15, 2017|Children's Dentistry|
Kids' teeth—paying special attention to them lays a firm foundation for a lifetime of healthy teeth. They're milestones in your child's development, those first teeth. You mark the date in the baby book when the first baby tooth works its way through the gum. You record the day when that first loose tooth lets go, [...]
Making Sure Dentures Will Look Natural
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:01+00:00August 8, 2017|Restorative Dentistry|
Have you ever looked at swatches of wallpaper or carpeting and tried to imagine how it might look in your living room? Not easy to do. Choosing a denture that fits your face—and looks and feels natural—poses a similar problem. You never really know how they're going to look and feel until you get to [...]
Vending Machines: Cavity Dispensers
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:44:01+00:00August 1, 2017|Patient Education|
Vending machines put out all kinds of stuff. But vending machines at work or school can dispense cavities right along with the candy and soda pop that we love so much in afternoon pick-me-ups. So-called soft drinks don't do teeth any favors. Not even diet soda. That's because sugar isn't the real culprit. It's carbonic [...]
