Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Reveal Your Smile with Invisalign

It is never too late to correct your smile, but the idea of wearing metal on one’s teeth dissuades most from pursuing it. There reason being that they are not in middle or high school anymore; they are a grown adult working in an office environment. However, these days, even the young folks are not big fans of wearing the metal thing in their mouth. Do away with braces, they say!

Their crooked or misaligned teeth force them to visit Dentist Spring to consult about the very thing despise, and this goes for both adults and kids. When they show their displeasure, we tell them about Invisalign or as we like to call it here, your perfect solution! Here are some of things we tell our patients about Invisalign:

1. Acts as a Protective Gear for Your Mouth

After you are done wearing Invisalign for dental cosmetic purposes, you can use it as a protective gear for your teeth. You can wear it at night to prevent you from grinding your teeth, to keep them straight, and to whiten them. They also work as a mouthguard during sporting events. Now, that is money well spent!

2. Increases the Effectiveness of Dental Cleanings

If you used to go for dental cleanings to your dentist before, do you remember how long it took him/her to clean your teeth. With crooked and chipped teeth, dentists find it harder to clean the buildup of bacteria and plague from the teeth.

Although they manage, not all the bacteria and plague is removed successfully. By wearing the clear braces, your teeth will straighten, aligning properly. All your future dental cleanings will be quicker and more effective than before.

3. Reduces Food Impaction

Don’t you hate it when food is stuck in your teeth? The situation of food being lodged in your teeth is worse when you are at a restaurant. The only way to remove it is to use your tongue, excuse yourself to go to the bathroom, or use a toothpick to get out the food. Only then, you will be able to enjoy your evening. The longer the food stays stuck in the teeth, the greater harm it will do to your gums. If you do not want to metal, Dentist Spring recommends you to get Invisalign.

4. Heals Jaw, Neck, and Facial Pain

If you suffer from the symptoms of TMD, you want to consider wearing Invisalign, as they will relieve the symptoms associated with it. If you have the habit of grinding your teeth or have sore facial muscles, Invisalign is an option you should seek out.

5. Improves Gum Positioning and Bone Architecture

Crooked teeth affect the bone architecture and gum positioning, which means that you bone will also be crooked and in the long run, it will lead to complications.

Saifee Family Dentistry welcomes you to visit its practice to learn more about the advantages of wearing Invisalign. Make an appointment with Dentist Spring and have your smile back.

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Why People Hesitate to Get Root Canal?

Why do people run away screaming when they hear the word root canal? At Dentist Spring, we have seen patients who hesitate and are unwilling to go through the procedure of a root canal. Even though they ultimately go through with the procedure, some still act wary. We attribute their distrustful attitude towards the root canal procedure to the common myths they might have heard growing up.

We are here to dispel some of those myths to help people deal with the possibility that the only way out of the pain is to get a root canal. Here are four myths that have sprout up overtime:

1. Root Canal is a Painful Procedure

People who do not have a tolerance for pain are the first ones to get out of the dental clinic, and never look back, until the toothache becomes too grave to handle. Don’t you see the irony of it all! Root canal is performed on a person to alleviate pain yet, people fear the procedure because of the pain. Our dentists will numb the area around your tooth so you feel the minimalist amount of pain when we perform the procedure. If you get it performed sooner, we might be even able to save your tooth.

2. Root Canal Will Make You Sick

Some people make the argument that root canal promotes the occurrence of health risks such as kidney disease, heart disease, and more. None of that it true though. You would be at risk of developing diseases and infections if you went to a dental clinic that did not use quality and standard procedures during the root canal. Dentist Spring can assure you that we only use the best and most modern tools to ease the pain.


3. Root Canal is Not Needed, as There is No Pain

The excruciating pain associated with an infected tooth can lead to several sleepless night, but why even let it get to that point. If you regularly visit your dentist for cleaning and examination, he/she will be able to catch the signs of tooth decay early on. If your dentist recommends you to get a root canal, you listen to him/her, even if your tooth has not begun to pain yet.

4. Root Canal Takes a Long Time

Most people tend to skip the root canal procedure because they think that it takes a long time and they do not have the time to make all the routinely visits to the dental clinic. It usually takes only visit to complete the root canal procedure, but it also depends on the number of teeth that require the procedure. After the main procedure is completed, you will only be requested to come back for a follow-up visit so the dentist can see that everything is normal.

For all your dental problems, visit Saifee Family Dentistry. Have a word with one of our qualified dentists at Dentist Spring to educate yourself on the benefits of getting a root canal done sooner than later.