At Porter Dental Health Clinic, patients often ask what they should be doing to prevent teeth discoloration. The truth is that maintaining a pearly white smile takes work. A good amount of staining can be avoided if you are willing to make some moderate lifestyle adjustments. Dr. Lance Porter and Dr. Will Warren offer the following tips for keeping your teeth white:
Temporomandibular joint disorder, better known as TMJ, is a common condition that affects over 10 million Americans. If you have TMJ, you probably experience frequent pain or soreness in your jaw joint or muscles that control the jaw. Dr. Lance Porter, DDS and Dr. Will Warren, DDS, regularly treat patients with TMJ, helping to find ways to alleviate the discomfort associated with the disorder. Among their suggestions are:
The best way to help your kids to have healthy teeth and gums that last a lifetime is to instill proper dental hygiene habits at a young age. Unfortunately, getting children to brush on their own is not always easy. To make this activity more fun for your kids, Dr. Lance Porter and Dr. Will Warren offer the following suggestions:
Nearly half of all adults over the age of 30 in the United States have some stage of gum disease, although this subject is rarely discussed outside of dental offices. This inflammatory disease can lead to a myriad of health problems inside the mouth, as well as increase one’s risk for stroke, heart disease and diabetes. In this blog, Dr. Lance Porter and Dr. Will Warren of Porter Dental Health Clinic explain the stages of gum disease so that their patients have a better understanding of periodontal health.
Whether you need inlays or onlays depends on the location and size of the cavity and the tooth’s overall damage. Dr. Lance Porter of Portal Dental Clinic in Hot Springs explains the advantages of inlays and onlays for patients with tooth decay.
Even if you brush and floss your teeth consistently, tooth decay can still strike. Dental fillings are necessary to stop more damage. Dr. Lance Porter of Porter Dental Clinic in Hot Springs discusses the reasons fillings are such an important part of dentistry.
After a year of mask wearing, there is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Teeth are visible in public once more, and people really have something to smile about as normal life resumes. Dr. Lance Porter of Porter Dental Clinic in Hot Springs explains options for whitening your smile.
The team at Porter Dental Health Clinic are no strangers to seeing patients with a missing tooth, but it never ceases to amaze them how long some people will wait to take care of the problem. Dental implants have benefits that go well beyond just the obvious aesthetic ones, which is why it is a good idea to get that gap filled sooner rather than later.
When it comes to dental implants, dentists have traditionally utilized an implant for each individual tooth. Then came implant-supported dentures that attach larger sets of teeth to a patient’s jaw via six or eight implants. Over time, doctors introduced the All-on-4 variety, which expands a patient’s options by getting the job done with just — you guessed it — four implants.
Some people have misperceptions of porcelain veneers due to misinformation that has been passed around. Though they are popular, they are not well understood.
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