Sense about Sensitivity
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:53+00:00September 24, 2024|Preventative Dentistry|
When teeth hurt, the sooner we reach the root of the problem, the sooner the pain disappears. What triggers tooth pain? Heat, cold, touch, air, sweet or sour foods. If you recently had a cavity filled, that area may be sensitive for awhile. Other causes of sensitivity are: Erosion of tooth enamel. Gum shrinkage down [...]
Healthy Gums—Healthy You!
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:53+00:00September 17, 2024|Preventative Dentistry|
Fighting periodontal (gum) disease through meticulous daily hygiene and regular dental appointments is brilliant. You preserve your beautiful smile and sweet breath, maintain the health of your teeth and gums, and protect your overall health in the bargain! Periodontal disease—a chronic inflammatory disease that can destroy gum tissue, ligaments, even the bone supporting the teeth—is [...]
Fluoride—You Never Outgrow Your Need
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:53+00:00September 10, 2024|Patient Education|
You grew up with fluoride. Your teeth show it in the very fact that you still have them. Before 1945, by the time your nest was empty, your mouth was often empty as well. But when cities began adding it to water supplies, tooth decay took a nose dive. Most of us never gave it [...]
Who Wants Whiter Teeth?
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:53+00:00September 3, 2024|Patient Education|
Whitening, or bleaching, is a way to lighten teeth without bonding material to the teeth or removing any sound tooth structure. In this respect, it’s one of the most conservative cosmetic procedures we have. Here’s how it works. How does whitening work? Typically for in-office appointments, we'll fit your mouth with a special mouthpiece filled [...]
Sterilization
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:53+00:00August 27, 2024|Patient Education|
Keeping Our Office Safe For You We follow all guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and American Dental Association, particularly sterilization procedures for instruments used in the mouth. This means high speed drills too. Our autoclave is state-of-the-science—it’s monitored regularly by an independent testing laboratory to verify complete effectiveness. All clinical personnel wear [...]
On Guard Against Oral Cancer
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:53+00:00August 20, 2024|Patient Education|
Oral Cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world, it kills about one-third of those diagnosed with it, and 28,000 new cases occur each year. And over 25% of oral cancers occur in people who don’t smoke or have other lifestyle risk factors. Now that we've got your attention—there’s hope. Trouble Spots—Oral Lesions [...]
CEREC®—Restorations as Natural as Living Teeth!
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:53+00:00August 13, 2024|Cosmetic Dentistry|
Now in just one appointment you can have a metal-free restoration as natural looking and strong as an original tooth. CEREC is a computer-controlled system that creates a tooth replacement from a single block of white, biocompatible, plaque-resistant ceramic. The effect on your smile must be seen to be believed! Not only is the restoration [...]
How Valuable are Dental X-rays, Really?
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:53+00:00August 6, 2024|Patient Education|
There’s no substitute for a dental X-ray in seeing everything we need to know about your teeth, jaw and sinuses. We can diagnose decay under old fillings, abscesses, bone loss due to periodontal (gum) disease, cancer and tumors, extra and impacted teeth. We couldn't see these conditions with the naked eye no matter how closely [...]
What’s Your Smile Say?
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:53+00:00July 23, 2024|Patient Education|
The most famous smile in history belongs to Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, the Mona Lisa. Generations of art analysts have speculated over its meaning. Seductive? Bashful? Secretly knowing? Or could it be, given her upturned—but firmly closed lips, that she was ashamed of showing her teeth? Could they have been chipped, stained, crooked or [...]
Crown Considerations
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:39:54+00:00July 16, 2024|Patient Education|
When You'll Need a Crown For whatever reason, your tooth needs reinforcement and restoration. Perhaps it’s an unsightly color. Maybe you cracked it on a popcorn kernel—or it’s been weakened by several fillings. Maybe you've had root canal therapy. You're probably going to need a replacement crown on that tooth. If two or more teeth [...]
