You’re out with friends, enjoying a few moments of relaxation after a tough work day when someone across the room catches your eye and smiles. Your heart gives a flutter of excitement, and a shot of adrenaline goes coursing through your veins. You begin to smile back, and then you remember them: the obtrusive metal… Read More
If you develop a toothache, what do you do? Do you ignore it? What if it lingers for a couple of days? Do you begin to take it more seriously? Toothaches can be tricky. Somewhat often, a toothache is nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, other times toothaches can offer a warning about a serious problem… Read More
A healthy mouth starts with a well-informed caregiver, and since you are the primary caregiver of your own teeth, it is important that you have the knowledge to care for them properly. This dental quiz from your Waco dentist, Dr. Corbet Locke, will test your knowledge about your teeth and homecare.
Unhealthy gums can have a devastating impact on the health of your mouth. Before you know it, inflamed gums can develop pockets filled with bacteria that attack teeth and their supporting ligaments and tissues below the surface of the gums. If left untreated, teeth may loosen, shift, or even fall out, lowering quality of life…. Read More
Are your gums red or puffy? Are they sore or sensitive to the touch? If so, you may have developed gum disease. Typically caused by the presence of bacteria near the gum line, gum disease is a persistent disease that often becomes more damaging without treatment. This tendency to progress into a more damaging form… Read More
If you have a dental phobia, you may be considering getting some necessary dental treatment by means of sedation dentistry. As the name implies, sedation dentistry keeps patients relaxed during their time in the dental chair so that their fear will remain at bay, allowing them to receive dental treatment. It sounds like, and is,… Read More
Are you afraid of sitting in the dental chair? Unfortunately, a surprising number of people are too afraid to receive the dental assistance they need. They are simply unable to deal with the fear responses they feel when confronted with dental work. Such fear responses can lower the quality of their lives because of poor… Read More
If you’ve been considering a dental implant as the solution to your missing tooth or teeth, you’ve probably been wondering just what the dental implant process will involve. Not knowing the specifics of a procedure seems to set people on edge and keep them from fully committing to the treatment. Thankfully, any questions you may… Read More
The days of false teeth and removable bridges are waning. In their place has risen the future of restorative dentistry: the dental implant. This marvelous dental miracle is as close as medicine has come to replacing a missing tooth with another living tooth. But just what is it that makes the dental implant special. Your… Read More
Is there something you don’t like about your smile? When you look in the mirror, does it catch your eye and hold it? Both small and large changes can make a major difference in the appearance of a smile. Thus there are many cosmetic procedures that work to improve the appearance of small and large… Read More