Your overall dental health depends on healthy teeth and gums. Along with regular checkups at The Sugar House Denteist in Salt Lake City regular brushing and flossing helps keep everything in good shape. You already know how to brush your teeth. But there are best practices that you may not be aware of. Bearing in…
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Do You Eat A Tooth-Healthy Diet?
Categories: Dental Health, Family Dentistry
Maintaining healthy teeth is an important concern to us at The Sugar House Dentist in Salt Lake City. We want all of our patients to enjoy healthy teeth and gums. Keeping your teeth healthy requires thorough brushing and flossing, every single day. Regular cleanings and checkups are also necessary for preventing cavities and maintaining good…
What is Patient-Centered Dental Care?
Categories: Dental Health, Family Dentistry
A question from the team at The Sugar House Dentist in Salt Lake City: What is your perception of the patient-dentist relationship? Would you characterize it as one-sided? In other words, the dentist examines the patient’s teeth, chooses the course of treatment, and performs the procedure-while the patient is just a participant? It Starts With…
A Dentist’s Indispensable Tool: The X-ray
At The Sugar House Dentist in Salt Lake City, providing first rate dental care is much easier when we have thorough information about our patients’ dental health. Pictures are more accurate than written notes. Since they show what’s going on below the surface, they’re worth even more than a thousand words. Along with a thorough…
How Tooth Brushing Prevents Gum Disease
Categories: Dental Health, Family Dentistry
Why should you brush your teeth at least twice a day? At The Sugar House Dentist in Salt Lake City, we’re using this space to discuss why it is so important. The first, and most obvious benefit, is that brushing and flossing prevents tooth decay. It removes the food debris from teeth and clears away plaque,…
Saving Teeth
Categories: Dental Health
When the nerve inside a tooth is infected by bacteria, we try to save it with root canal therapy. This procedure scares a lot of people. But at The Sugar House Dentist in Salt Lake City, we want you to know that root canals are not nearly as bad as their reputation. In fact, they…
How Does Your Overall Health Affect Your Smile?
Good dental health means having healthy teeth and gums. Maintaining it is something that you have to work at every day. It can be a real balancing act: using the right oral care products, your personal oral care habits, and seeing us at The Sugar House Dentist in Salt Lake City for regular checkups. Did…
Amazing Dental Implants
Categories: Dental Implants, Restorative Dentistry
Dental implants are state-of-the-art in tooth replacement, and they are available at The Sugar House Dentist in Salt Lake City. A dental implant, sometimes called a tooth implant, is a metal (usually titanium) post surgically placed into the jaw to replace a missing tooth root. An artificial tooth is securely and permanently attached to the…
Why Sports Drinks Put Teeth At Risk
Categories: Teeth Whitening, Cosmetic Dentistry
This post from The Sugar House Dentist in Salt Lake City looks at the risks posed by those ubiquitous sports drinks. Many health-conscious people drink them regularly for hydration during workouts. While it’s true that they help maintain electrolyte levels in the body (and pose fewer health risks than energy drinks), their acidity can erode…
To Chew Or Not To Chew
Categories: Dental Health, Family Dentistry
Hello gum chewers! In this post from The Sugar House Dentist in Salt Lake City we’re going to talk about that sticky wad in your mouth. You know that it can freshen your breath, but can it really help guard your smile from tooth decay? It really depends on the type of gum. Chewing regular…
