Perhaps when the year began, you had a quick mental conversation with yourself about some of the things you wanted to accomplish for the year in terms of your smile! Like many of our Ankeny, IA patients, this may have included (at least in part) a deadline of the winter holiday season. As the year […]
Category: General & Preventive Dentistry
What Is My Dental Care Actually Doing?
You know that your dental care, which you so lovingly practice in a committed fashion every single day, is doing something very important. If our Ankeny, IA team were to ask you what it is that your smile care accomplishes, you would likely tell us that it’s protecting your oral health! However, do you really […]
Saving Your Smile: 3 Habits To Break Right This Second
If you can take just a moment to think through an entire day, the way you care for your smile throughout that 24-hour period, the foods you eat and drink, and any other detail you can muster up, we suggest one thing at the moment: Take stock of any habits you might be participating in […]
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A Smile-Safe Halloween: Sugar Free Fun!
Yep, it’s entirely possible to find more than just diving into the deep end of sugar consumption on Halloween to be a lot of fun! Not sure that your thoughts at the moment are stretching very far beyond your trick-or-treating plans with the kids, getting to finish off the bag of candy you purchased for […]
Wave Goodbye To Smile Problems For A Long, Long Time
Smile problems are the type of thing that don’t sound so wonderful in theory and that prove to be much more frustrating, costly, time-consuming, and upsetting when they actually arrive! So, you may be wondering: Is there something that our Ankeny, IA team can share with you in terms of protecting your oral health that […]
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Trick-Or-Treat: 4 Ways To Steer Clear Of A Broken Tooth!
There are some very easy ways to steer clear of a broken tooth on Halloween. Why do we say that, you wonder? Well, because there are also some very easy ways to accidentally break your tooth, when you’re out and about, attempting to enjoy an otherwise lovely trick-or-treating experience. While this doesn’t sound too appealing […]
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4 Things You Forgot About Your Smile Care
Smile care is one of those things that just comes with life. If you want a healthy smile, then you have to take care of it, of course! However, since it’s something that’s just always part of your daily experience, it’s easy to sometimes lose sight of the details. You may occasionally feel like it’s […]
What Happens When You Bite Down?
How are things going when you bite down? If this seems like a very simple question, that’s because it is! You’re not missing anything. What we want to know is whether your teeth feel okay, if something feels wrong, if you’ve long had a problem with the way your top and bottom teeth fit together, […]
4 Ways To Better Your Smile Right Now
One of those aspects of dental care that can cause you to feel frustrated, to give into procrastination, etc., is feeling as though making improvements is always going to include a very long road. You want to change something right now to feel as though you’re making your smile better immediately but that sense of […]
Craving Those Autumn Treats: Try This, Not That, For Your Smile!
When fall shows up, the instant you feel that crisp chilliness in the air, all bets are off when it comes to your usual approach to eating. No matter what, you’re going to find yourself craving some autumn treats! Of course, the choices you make and the types of foods you select are well within […]
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