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Category: Tooth Decay/Cavities

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Proven Treatments For Stopping Tooth Decay

When was the last time you made an appointment with your dentist for a general checkup and cleaning? By staying on top of a biannual visitation schedule, you give yourself the best support for maintaining a healthy smile. At each of your visits, your dentist can inspect the results of your oral hygiene efforts at […]

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Preventing The Spread Of Tooth Decay

Are you staying on top of regular visits to your dentist for checkups and cleanings? If it has been a while since your last appointment, we suggest scheduling a visit twice per year. Routine examination allows us to inspect the health of your mouth and assist the oral hygiene practices you perform at home. Your […]

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Reliable Treatment For Your Cavity

How long has it been since you last visited the dentist for a routine checkup? We suggest scheduling an appointment twice a year to examine the health of your mouth and assist your hygienic efforts at home. Each examination allows us to check for signs of tooth decay that you may not notice on your […]

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Fighting Cavities With Dental Fillings

Have you ever felt uneasy about seeking treatment for tooth decay? When you ignore the presence of cavities, you risk infection and other complications such as tooth loss. By attending regular visits to your dentist, you fight decay with both preventative methods and timely treatment of existing conditions. Routine cleanings remove cavity-causing bacteria in your […]

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How to Tell if Your Toothache Has a Cavity

There are many reasons why a tooth can start to ache, but cavities are one of the most common causes. Because more than 90% of people experience cavities at least once in their lives, it’s natural for you to wonder if your toothache means that your tooth is developing one, too. However, cavities aren’t the […]

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Ways You Realize You Have A Cavity 

For some patients, there’s not really any upset in terms of finding out that tooth decay is present. After all, you are well aware that we offer comprehensive restorative care (that looks beautiful), so you know we can help you get your smile back into lovely shape. Instead, the area of cavity formation that causes […]

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Don’t Ignore Your Kids’ Cavities! 

You may not necessarily feel the urgency of seeing our Ankeny, IA team when your child needs a dental filling. Maybe you aren’t too worried about consistent dental checkups just yet because your child still has baby teeth (more on that later!), you may assume you have lots of time to treat tooth decay, and […]

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Toothache Relief: Immediate, Soon, Long-Term 

One moment, your smile isn’t really registering in your thoughts because it’s fine. The next? It’s nearly all you can think about because you have a toothache, which is a very unique type of pain that often takes over your entire existence until things are better! The result of this sensation, of course, is that […]

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The Things Your Ignored Cavity Interrupts

You may figure that you can just ignore that cavity that we have diagnosed (or that you are fairly certain you have) for a while. In fact, it’s just decay, you think to yourself, and this is something that happens to lots of people! So, you probably have a while before it’s really that big of […]

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Say Goodbye To That Toothache In 4 Steps

A toothache can strike on any day, at any time of day, and sometimes it’s surprisingly convenient. Other times, you wonder how you could possibly have developed discomfort at such an inopportune moment. Whatever the particulars of the experience, one thing is always true: It feels quite terrible and you really want a solution as […]

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