Do you feel strongly about your community and love doing your part to see it remaining a beautiful place to live? If so, you may be thrilled to find out about the upcoming Adopt-A-Flowerbed Open House. It’s your chance to pitch in (without too much effort) to make sure Ankeny remains lovely and vibrant. […]
Month: February 2017
Chewing Gum For Dental Hygiene?
Have you ever thought about adding chewing gum to your dental hygiene? Of course, we don’t mean chewing it during a brushing and flossing session. Instead, we mean adding it as a possible way to clean your teeth when you don’t exactly have access to your brush, paste, and floss. You might be thinking to […]
Tooth Size Problems: What To Do?
Patients are often worried that they will have trouble finding a way to improve their smiles because their main concern is the dimensions of their teeth. Does this describe your current dilemma? Perhaps your teeth look too short and you assume they’re stuck that way. Maybe the opposite is true. Perhaps you think your teeth […]
Focusing On Dental Hygiene For Kids
Surprise! February is National Children’s Dental Health Month! As a result, we thought now is as good a time as ever to focus on best practices for your child’s dental hygiene. To make sure you feel comfortable and confident about the choices you’re making for your son or daughter’s smile, we would love to walk […]
Harry Potter Writer’s Group
Does your son or daughter talk about Harry Potter quite a lot? Do you find that even after finishing the books and movies that the stories and characters seem to provide a never-ending source of excitement and inspiration to your children? If so, this upcoming Harry Potter Writer’s Group may be something your little ones […]
Bonding And Contouring: Conservative Treatments
Have you been hoping to make changes to your smile with cosmetic care but you’re always worried you’re going to do some amount of damage to your teeth? You will be pleased to learn that our efforts in improving the esthetic quality of your smile focus both on improving its appearance and keeping your tissues […]
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3 Things To Remember If You’re A New Patient
When you’re looking for a place to call your own and you make your way to our dental practice, we are sure you will be pleased with the comprehensive services we offer (and hope you are equally pleased with our approach). To help get you started as a new patient, we encourage you to remember […]
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Questions To Ask Us About Dental Hygiene
One of the things we encourage most at our practice is for our patients to ask questions. While we find that patients are often comfortable asking questions about problems and big concepts, they’re not always as forthcoming with questions about dental hygiene and issues they think are less important. The truth is, everything that goes […]
Dental Bonding: Q&A About Time
We have discovered that even if a patient has a solid understanding of how dental bonding works and the benefits it offers, there’s still something on everyone’s mind: How long does it all take? We know that finding the treatment that will work for you is very exciting but worrying about how it might affect […]
Is A Deep Cleaning Always Enough?
When you learn that you need a deep cleaning to address your gum disease, you may assume that it will fix everything. However, it’s important to recognize that depending on the severity of your periodontal concerns, this advanced cleaning may be all that you need or it may act as the starting point for more […]
