Patient Education

Have you ever looked at your toothbrush and realized you couldn’t really say whether you’d been using it for a few months or maybe over a year? Have you ever walked by the toothbrush section at the drugstore and thought, “Wow, I really don’t know if I need a new toothbrush yet or not” and […]

Bad breath is one of those things that just about everyone experiences at one time or another. However, when you realize that you’re not having your usually successful go at making it go away with a round or two of brushing and flossing, you can start to become worried. Are you doing something to promote […]

One of the strange things about dental hygiene is that even though you can completely time out the brushing portion to ensure you’re giving each quadrant equal amounts of time, thereby providing yourself with exceptional cleansing, this doesn’t mean you’re actually relying on time. Instead, you may find that getting through brushing is feeling more […]

Thinking about dental floss may not always be the highlight of your day. In fact, you may try to convince yourself that you can leave it behind! However, you really do need to incorporate this product into your daily oral health care. With that said, there are also some things that our Saxonburg, PA team […]

You may want to know: What might cause you to need a tooth extraction? Is it always something that you can avoid? Are there some extractions that have nothing to do with your oral health care but that simply become necessary due to the natural development of your smile? Of course, we are aware that […]

When you’re not experiencing absolute success with your oral health, you may find yourself trying to predict what you will need to do to make things better. You may imagine that you need some type of complex dental treatments or that you will really need to overhaul your dental hygiene approach. What you might not […]

Do you need a long, drawn out explanation about calcium and your oral health? Nope. You’re just curious about whether you should be thinking about how much you’re taking in on a daily basis, how much that should be, where you can get this essential mineral, and what it means for your smile! Fortunately, these […]

Since we don’t know what type of dental insurance plan you have, we can’t speak directly to the type of coverage it gives you. We’re also unaware of the benefits you’ve signed up for. What we do know, however, is that if you’re not familiar with the details either, you may be looking at missing […]

If you’ve never really investigated dry mouth before, even though you’ve certainly heard someone reference it, it may not have ever affected you. However, if you begin noticing that you are experiencing some annoying symptoms, that your mouth feels like it really need a huge surge of moisture, and you’re not sure what’s going on: […]