Dental Blog - Houston, TX

When edentulous people look for teeth replacement options, they particularly look at the chosen prosthesis’ lifespan. It’s even more important in the case of full arch/mouth devices as these are wider scale replacements and hence require larger investments. Of course one would want their investment to last long enough to at least justify the treatment cost, […]

Imagine you saw someone with super crooked teeth suddenly turning up with a perfectly straight smile. Upon asking, they tell you they got invisalign (invisible braces), that’s why you never actually ‘saw’ them with braces. Fair enough. You get reminded of how you’ve always wanted to get straighter teeth but couldn’t because you were averse to the […]

Have you been living a life of constant misery ever since you lost all your teeth? Are you seeking a one shot solution to this issue? If yes, then there’s nothing better for you than implant dentures! “But what are implant dentures?” Don’t worry if that’s the first question that popped up in your mind after reading […]

Being fully edentulous (toothless) used to be considered a significant health challenge back in the day. We said edentulism “used to” be a challenge because there was no permanent solution to it for the longest time, and the rest of the available restorative treatments were mediocre at best (only good enough to restore eating and speaking […]

A dental implant method for replacing a full arch of teeth, All-on-4, uses just four implants for support. Patients often want to know how long do all on 4 dental implants last, and the procedure is designed to often avoid bone grafts for efficiency. New teeth are possible in a single day with loading. The […]

All-on-4 implants can change your life through its modern full-arch tooth replacement solution. After surgery, many are unsure of where to begin. After they step out of the surgery room, their best bet is to follow the instructions that the dentist or surgeon gives them. To start, following your surgeon’s specific instructions is the most […]

Dental crowns are perhaps one of the most versatile offerings restorative dentistry has ever come up with. Whether you have a broken tooth, a chipped one, a decayed one — or even if you’ve lost a tooth altogether —  getting a crown would probably be the only solution offered to you. With such a versatile […]

A certain kind of horror surfaces when patients lie in the dentist’s chair and hear the word ‘root canal’. Call it being downright scared or just intimidated, but that’s how the majority of patients react when the term root canal is brought up. And if we dissect this situation a bit, we’d realise that it’s not […]

With tooth loss comes a lot of challenges, and perhaps equal amounts of unsolicited advice as well, especially if the tooth loss is very prominent or widespread.And this isn’t necessarily something to be sad about; sometimes our loved ones give us the best advice — advice that may finally put an end to all our […]