Year: 2011

Nightguards
The most common types of professionally fabricated nightguards that I recommend for my patients are the full coverage hard co-polyester with soft polyurethane inner layer or the NTI. The full coverage mouthguard can be warmed under hot water prior to placement to make wearing it more comfortable. The NTI style bite splint covers just the anterior (front) teeth making it easier to tolerate for those who have the tendency to gag.

What are you drinking?
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Some home water filtration systems (like reverse osmosis and distillation) also remove the fluoride in the community water supply, so make sure to do research before installing a filtration system. The optimal concentration of fluoride in drinking water is 0.7-1.2ppm.

Enhance Your Beautiful Smile with Juvéderm® dermal filler

As you age, time, sunlight and other factors reduce the volume of hyaluronic acid (HA) in your skin. The decrease in HA causes your skin to lose its structure, creating facial wrinkles and folds, like those parentheses lines around your nose and mouth.

We now proudly offer Botox® Cosmetic

At Whispering Pines Dental we are able to accentuate your perfect smile by putting your best face forward. Botox Cosmetic perfectly compliments our cosmetic dental treatments and gives our patients an all around image enhancement.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, yet I frequently find myself telling a patient that unfortunately one of their teeth needs to be extracted. No matter how well you take care of your teeth, you may find yourself in this difficult situation. One wrong bite of a sandwich and you could wind up staring at your crown from your root canal treated tooth laying in your hand. You may have followed all of your dentist’s treatment recommendations

Periodontal diseases are infections that affect the gums and bone that support teeth. These areas of concern can become infected with bacteria which, when left untreated, progresses to tissue damage including gum recession and bone loss. Furthermore, the teeth affected will become mobile and eventually lead to tooth loss.

Excerpt from The Morning Journal “I just like to smile. Smiling’s my favorite.” –Will Ferrell as Elf How many of us can really say that? Well, with invisible braces it’s easy to have a beautiful, healthy smile. Invisible braces are discreet orthodontics for any age and I regularly see patients gain renewed confidence when their […]

Excerpt from The Morning Journal Whispering Pines Dental is proud to offer their patients the state-of-the-art CEREC restoration services. CEREC is a superior method of creating precisely-designed, color-matched and durable ceramic restorations. This convenient restoration method allows patients to make a single trip to the dentist rather than have to incur multiple visits. CEREC delivers […]