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If you’ve ever suffered through an appointment with a particularly heavy-handed dentist or gotten a cleaning from a dental hygienist who just couldn’t seem to avoid poking your gums, you know how important it is to find the right dentistry clinic. And if you’ve never had such an experience, believe us, it’s one you’d much rather avoid. As with deciding to become a patient with any medical professional, finding the right dentist is primarily a matter of personal preference: no one understands you

1. Smoking: It’s no surprise that the area that has direct contact with a burning cigarette is greatly affected by smoking. Besides the increased risk of developing cancers of the tongue, throat, gums and lips, cigarettes can also stain your teeth, cause bad breath, and lead to plaque build-up.2. Using Your Teeth as a Swiss Army Knife:Under no circumstances should you be using your teeth for anything other than chewing food. It might be easier to rip open that package of frozen blueberries with

The Seven Generations of Bonding AgentsGood things come to those who wait. At least that’s true of many dentistry tools, procedures, and technologies. We live in a time of relative ease, having readily available solutions to any number of dental issues. But many of the techniques, tools, and materials we use today didn’t just appear on their own. They’re the result of decades, sometimes centuries, of progress.The History of BondingAs for bonding agents, the most exciting updates started developi

For as long as children have feared the dentist, the dentist has gone to great lengths not to be feared. Collectively, parents and practitioners have tried everything to make that routine trip as easy and as pain-free as possible. Some waiting rooms have every Lego piece under the sun in easy-to-topple buckets, while others have the latest animated movie playing on loop and stacks of colouring books with every colour crayon ever invented. But one Illinois practice has taken patient stress manage