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Soothe Your Joints…
Soothe Your Joints…

Periodontal Dentistry

Soothe Your Joints…

Love Your Gums! Treating gum disease can actually reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. Arthritis sufferers may soon be jumping for joy. Yes—in case you needed another reason to nip gum disease in the bud, researchers are demonstrating a link between periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The good news is, treating gum disease can go beyond creating a healthy foundation for your teeth and actually reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. It makes sense. In both diseases, unchecked inflammation eats away at [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-03T09:58:50-07:00October 8, 2024|Periodontal Dentistry|

The Basics of Flossing
The Basics of Flossing

Preventative Dentistry

The Basics of Flossing

One of the simplest preventive hygiene exercises you can do for yourself is something you've heard of before. It bears repeating: floss. Every 24 hours, bacteria contribute to a new batch of plaque. Brushing, no matter how well or how long, won’t get all the “bugs,” especially between teeth and where your teeth meet gum tissue. Flossing before or after brushing should be a part of everyone’s home care program. The kind of floss—waxed, unwaxed or tape—doesn't matter. Just choose what you’re comfortable with [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-03T09:58:24-07:00October 1, 2024|Preventative Dentistry|

The Shading of Your Smile
The Shading of Your Smile

Cosmetic Dentistry

The Shading of Your Smile

Regardless of what your smile needs (cosmetic improvement, tooth restoration, even dentures), there’s one thing you’ll want when we’re done: attractive, natural-looking teeth. Getting teeth to look their natural best comes from the shape and color assessments we make throughout the procedure. Color depends of tooth size and thickness, location in the mouth, your skin and eye coloring—even your age. Aren't Natural Teeth “white”? The best looking teeth, like gems, exhibit many different tones and hints. They’re lighter towards the front and center, deepening [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-02T14:53:33-07:00September 24, 2024|Cosmetic Dentistry|

How Are You Sleeping?
How Are You Sleeping?

Patient Education

How Are You Sleeping?

We have informational brochures in our office concerning snoring and sleep apnea. If you suffer from these problems or are losing sleep because of someone who does, answering these simple questions may help you identify your symptoms. A Sleep Quiz I have been told that I snore. I have been told that I snore loudly, every night and in all sleep positions. I have been jolted awake gasping for breath during the night. I fall asleep at inappropriate times like when driving a car [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-02T14:53:01-07:00September 17, 2024|Patient Education|

Tooth Watch: Early Detection
Tooth Watch: Early Detection

Preventative Dentistry

Tooth Watch: Early Detection

Why Early Detection is so Important Wouldn't you say that the best dental treatment is the one you never had to undergo in the first place—because it was caught and corrected in time? We sure would! We’re always on the lookout for a potential problem that can be avoided. That’s why during any checkup, we specialize in early detection to let you know about any problem areas we might see, and are of course happy to demonstrate proper brushing/flossing techniques anytime. Often, you can [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-02T14:51:23-07:00September 10, 2024|Preventative Dentistry|

About Nitrous Oxide

The search for a substance that would let a patient slip into merciful oblivion during surgery has been one of mankind's goals for centuries. In North America, we can thank a dentist, Horace Wells of Connecticut, for the development of nitrous oxide as a form of dental anesthesia. During the early 1840s, Dr. Wells was looking for ways to make his patients more comfortable during procedures. While watching a demonstration of a popular intoxicant, a drug called "laughing gas," Dr. Wells saw the possibility [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-02T14:50:16-07:00September 3, 2024|Patient Education|

Trouble Spots—Oral Lesions

During the course of a day, you’re likely to have a look inside your mouth and briefly survey the landscape. We hope so, anyway. Aside from the stray loose filling or that crown that will need repair soon, fuss over the soft tissues in your mouth—the mucous membrane, the skin. Are there any red or white spots you haven’t noticed before? Maybe you have taken a wait-and-see approach to a small sore you found last week. Any unexplained swelling? Discoloration that doesn't hurt a [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-02T14:49:40-07:00August 27, 2024|Preventative Dentistry|

How Old Is Your Smile?
How Old Is Your Smile?

Patient Education

How Old Is Your Smile?

The concept of dental age is surprising to people when they first ear it. Dental age is independent of chronological age. From a biological stand point, we are youthful until we reach maturity around thirty, we are adults from thirty to sixty years, and elder from sixty on. From a dental stand point, we are youthful at any age as long as we have close to a full compliment of teeth or its equivalent and the supporting tissues are in good health. An adult [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-02T14:49:13-07:00August 20, 2024|Patient Education|

What is Sleep Apnea?
What is Sleep Apnea?

Patient Education

What is Sleep Apnea?

Sleep apnea is a potentially dangerous disorder with fairly benign symptoms—loud snoring at night, and morning headaches or daytime bouts of sleepiness. The cause? Intermittent periods throughout sleep when an individual actually stops breathing. Breathing cessation, or apnea, lasts from seconds to nearly a minute. When breathing resumes—the brain senses lack of oxygen and wakes you up—snoring is loud, sometimes explosive. In the morning, the build-up of carbon dioxide in the blood causes headaches. And the lack of deep, relaxing sleep has you drowsy, [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-02T14:48:41-07:00August 13, 2024|Patient Education|

Xerostomia (Dry Mouth)

News to Make a Mouth Water… A thick, juicy prime rib of beef surrounded by a baked potato—all the trimmings—asparagus with drawn butter, fresh apple cobbler a la mode. Got your mouth watering? Good. Your salivary glands have been stimulated. And saliva’s a whole lot more important to you than helping you enjoy that special meal. A Few Other Things You Might Find Good to Know About Saliva... It has a critical role in the health of your mouth—and your body. It's a natural [...]

By Diamond Dental of Sacramento|2024-09-02T14:48:11-07:00August 6, 2024|Restorative Dentistry|

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