Dental Blog

March 20, 2017

Non-Surgical Bite Correction for Misaligned Bites

Non-surgical bite correction is a term that refers to a spectrum of treatment options. These treatments allow a dentist to correct a misaligned bite without resorting to surgery. A patient with a bite that is not even—called a malocclusion—does not have to live with it. This can be corrected. And, surgery is not always needed. There are non-surgical techniques. With […]
March 14, 2017

Tooth Reshaping Can Help Restore Your Smile

Tooth reshaping is a process where a dental healthcare professional can alter the shape of the teeth. It is most commonly used in situations such as a tooth that is slightly longer. Having a tooth that is longer than neighboring teeth can cause discomfort in chewing or biting. Tooth reshaping is used for cosmetic purposes as well. For example, shortening […]
March 9, 2017

Sleep Disorder Breathing in Children Can Be Treated

Sleep disorder breathing in children can be a very scary thing for parents and children alike. Some sleep disorder breathing is harmless and so mild that parents may not even notice it for months or even years. On the other hand, other forms of sleep disorder breathing are quite noticeable and can cause other issues if left untreated long enough. […]
March 3, 2017

Bruxism Causes & Treatments

Bruxism is the medical term for grinding one’s teeth. Most often it occurs during sleep. It is a fairly common occurrence in adults and children. Some doctors estimate that as many as one out of every three children will have episodes of bruxism. This can happen on a regular basis at some point throughout their development. Frequently, someone who suffers […]
February 28, 2017

Sleep Apnea Treatment – CPAP or BiPAP?

Sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder that causes the sufferer to have brief periods where they stop breathing when they sleep. This disorder is fairly common and many people don’t even realize that they are suffering from it. They just know that they are tired regardless of how much sleep they get. They also get complaints about snoring or snorting […]
February 24, 2017

Headache Therapy You Can Practice Everyday

Headache therapy that is effective and safe is important for headache sufferers, particularly if you get the headaches on a regular basis. Headaches are painful and cause other problems, such as difficulty concentrating. If you get migraine headaches, you may be affected by nausea as well. Sometimes the headaches can be so bad all you can do to rid yourself […]
February 21, 2017

Healthy Start Sleep Disordered Breathing Programs

Healthy Start Sleep Disordered Breathing Programs are designed to correct many of the conditions that arise from having sleep disorders. Research has found that many problems such as bedwetting, snoring, hyperactivity and even ADD/ADHD can be linked to sleep disorders. The Healthy Start sleep disordered breathing programs work to find the root cause of the symptom and then correct it. […]
February 17, 2017

Cosmetic Dentures and their Newfound Popularity

Cosmetic dentures can be seen everywhere – or can they? Sure they can, but they look so much like your real teeth, you probably can’t tell they are dentures. Did you ever notice someone who is a little older looking considerably younger? They may be recipients of cosmetic dentures. Cosmetic dentures can be complete, immediate, upper only, lower only, overdentures, […]
February 13, 2017

Headache Therapy without Any Kind of Medicine

Headache therapy doesn’t have to involve a trip to the doctor or to the local pharmacy to buy over-the-counter pain relievers. The natural world offers a myriad of plants that can relieve your headache pain safely and without the side effects that can come with over-the-counter prescription medications, or the potential for addiction offered by many prescription medications. There are […]
February 9, 2017

Sleep Apnea Treatment Machines Can Help Save Your Life

Sleep apnea is a debilitating condition that prevents you from breathing properly as you sleep. People who suffer from sleep apnea typically awaken feeling tired though they went to bed early enough to get eight hours of sleep. This is because, unbeknownst to them, their sleep has been disrupted by shallow breathing or pauses in breathing that move them from […]
February 1, 2017

Benefits of Healthy Start Sleep Disorder Breathing System

The Healthy Start Sleep disorder breathing program seeks to help children develop teeth and jaw structures that will result in better breathing at night and beautiful teeth. That’s a tall order you may say, but how do you know if your child has breathing problems at night. Don’t all children breathe funny when they sleep? Actually, no they don’t. Children […]
January 30, 2017

Sleep Apnea in Infants

Sleep Apnea is a very serious problem that in infants and is more prevalent if they are premature. There are three types of apnea; central, obstructive and mixed. Any of these can affect an infant, though obstructive sleep apnea is more common. Obstructive sleep apnea is also on the sleep disordered breathing (SDB) spectrum along with snoring and obstructive hypoventilation. […]
January 25, 2017

Can the Healthy Start Sleep Disorder Breathing System Stop Snoring?

The Healthy Start Sleep disorder breathing program is a non-invasive program that can correct badly aligned teeth and jaws. By doing this, many problems children have with breathing at night will go away. If your child snores prior to starting the Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing system, you should notice fairly quickly how lovely and quiet your child’s room is […]
January 18, 2017

Can Healthy Start Sleep Disorder Breathing Help Infants?

Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing is a system utilizing dental appliances that helps children with sleep apnea and other breathing disorders. It to guide the teeth and jaw into their proper positions which, in turn, ensures that the airway is open. This allows children to get the air they need to breathe through their noses instead of their mouths, and […]
January 11, 2017

Sleep Apnea in Infants – A Brief Overview

Infant sleep apnea is common in low-weight premature infants, but is rare in infants that are delivered full term. Sleep apnea is a condition that causes a person to stop breathing when they sleep. This condition can affect anyone from infants to adults and is due to a variety of possible factors. But for infants the one factor that sets […]
January 4, 2017

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Its Consequences

Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition that causes people to stop breathing for short periods of time when they sleep. This condition can be caused by a variety of factors which vary depending on age. For infants the dominating contributing factor is prematurity and a low birth weight. Sleep apnea is present in 84 percent of infants with a birth […]
December 28, 2016

Sleep Apnea in Infants Requires Specific Diagnosis and Treatment Plans

Getting sleep apnea diagnosed in infants can be a bit of a difficult task. It requires that you take your infant to a doctor who specializes in problems with sleep disorders, such as apnea, and get them tested for the disorder. Since most infants grow out of any issue with breathing come 40 weeks from conception, it can sometimes be […]
December 23, 2016

Sleep Apnea in Infants Has Many Risk Factors and Symptoms

Very small infants who are born prematurely often suffer from infant sleep apnea during their early bit of life. In fact, more than 80% of babies who weigh less than 2.2 pounds at birth will suffer from some type of apnea during their development. For babies weighing more than 2.3 pounds, but less than 5.5 pounds, the risk is only […]
December 21, 2016

Sleep Apnea in Infants is Rare, But It Is Something Parents Should Know About

Having an infant with sleep apnea is something that most parents do not need to deal with. However, if you are one of the few that do, it is important that you know all there is to know about it so that you can keep your child safe. Most instances of sleep apnea in infants are short and pass on […]
December 14, 2016

Sleep Apnea Can Appear in Toddlers

Have you ever wondered if your toddler may have sleep apnea? It is not very common, but it is also not unheard of, either. Toddlers have smaller bodies, but they have nearly identical functionality in those little bodies as their adult counterparts. Basically, if an adult can have it, so can a little one. So, if your child is struggling […]