The team at Create A Smile, PC – Dr. Ken Moore loves to discuss sealants. The team thinks they’re the tops! Q. What are dental sealants? A. Dental sealants are permanent plastic barriers applied to the biting surfaces of teeth. They prevent cavities by filling in the grooves and fissures where food particles are particularly difficult…
Dental health
Watch Out For Hidden Sugar
Categories: Dental health
Today, the team at Create a Smile, PC, in Bloomington wants to discuss sugar and cavities. Because of cavity risks, low nutritional value, and high-calorie content, many parents want to limit the sugar in their children’s diets. Bubble gum, lollipops, and chocolate bars aren’t the only culprits. But there is also sugar lurking in so-called…
Are You at Risk for Bone Recession?
Categories: Dental health
A healthy smile needs decay-free teeth and healthy gums, as well as a strong jawbone. Our teeth need a strong firm foundation to remain healthy and beautiful. At Create a Smile, PC, in Bloomington, we’ve seen a variety of issues in our patients’ jaw health. Today’s post looks at bone recession. Occasionally, a patient experiences bone recession…
6 Good Reasons to Visit The Dentist
Categories: Dental health
Most people visit the dentist about once each year. As many as forty percent of Americans see their dentist less often, and some go for years without a checkup. At Create a Smile, PC, in Bloomington, we strongly recommend against this. Don’t put your dental health at risk! Most dentists recommend a visit to the dentist’s office…
Smile To Improve Your Day — And Your Health!
Categories: Dental health
“IT TAKES MORE MUSCLES to frown than to smile,” the old cliché goes, so you should smile more to conserve energy. Well, it turns out the cliché is false. Smiling takes at least ten muscles, while as few as six are required for a frown. A better expression would be “smile to burn more calories,”…
PLAQUE, TARTAR, AND YOUR TEETH
Categories: Dental health, Gum disease
PLAQUE AND TARTAR are two words that you probably hear a lot when you come in for a dental cleaning. You might already know that they cause tooth decay and gum disease, but do you know what they are? Let’s take a closer look at these two substances that are a constant threat to our…
Dental Crowns At Create A Smile
This message from Create A Smile in Bloomington IN is about dental crowns. Did you know that dental crowns have been used in dentistry for over 2000 years? There is evidence that the Etruscans experimented with crowns as early as 700 B.C., using ivory and bone. By 200 A.D. they began using gold crowns to…
Think It’s Not Necessary To Replace Missing Back Teeth?
Categories: Dental health, Dental implants
Sometimes people who lose a molar wonder whether to replace it. After all, it doesn’t show when you smile and there are other teeth to take over the chewing functions. Why not avoid the cost to replace it and save some money? Actually, at Create a Smile in Bloomington IN, we can think of several…
Protect Your Teeth From Cracks
Ouch! Nobody wants the pain and inconvenience of a cracked tooth. In this installment of the Create A Smile, PC – Dr. Ken Moore dental blog we’re focusing on how to avoid a cracked tooth, a totally preventable problem in the world of general and cosmetic dentistry. The first thing to remember is that avoiding a…
Is Malocclusion Causing Your Headaches?
Do you suffer from chronic headaches? Have you tried medication, diet adjustments, and chiropractic treatment? Perhaps the cause is not related to other common causes, such as stress-induced tension, food allergies, spine alignment, or eyestrain. Maybe the culprit is right under your nose. Bite misalignment or malocclusion is a fairly common condition, yet it generally goes…
