Today’s message is for new parents or couples planning for children sometime in the future. An Epidemic of Tooth Decay in Young Children The statistics on early childhood tooth decay are sobering. According to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 42% of U.S. children between 2 and 11 years old have in their…
General Dentistry
Are Floss Picks As Good As Regular Dental Floss?
Are floss picks as good as regular floss? While it’s better to floss with a floss pick than to not floss at all, it’s important to note that floss picks can only clean a part of the tooth’s surface. Doctor Habashi recommends traditional floss or dental tape. Here’s why: A floss pick holds just a…
Remake Your Smile With Bonding And Shaping
Hello Las Vegas friends of Summer Dental – Kids|Adults|Braces! Getting into shape doesn’t always include your teeth and they are probably not the first body parts that come to mind. But your Las Vegas dentist may be able to improve your smile with bonding and enamel shaping, and you won’t even have to join a…
Why a Water Flosser Might be a Good Idea
Categories: Dental Health, General Dentistry
Water flossers have been around for more than fifty years, and there have been at least that many studies on their effectiveness. At Summer Dental in Las Vegas, we’re using this space to present what is known about water flossers, and whether they’re better than ordinary string floss in preventing tooth decay, gum disease, and…
Beating Horrible Halitosis
Bad breath is no fun at all, but there are things you can do to combat it. If bad breath is an issue for you or a loved one, talk to us about it at Summer Dental in Las Vegas. Common, garden-variety bad breath is caused by the things we eat and drink. Food debris…
How Tooth Brushing Prevents Gum Disease
Categories: Dental Health, General Dentistry
Why should everyone brush their teeth at least twice a day? In this post from Summer Dental in Las Vegas, we’ll talk about why this is so important. Brushing and flossing is the best way to prevent tooth decay and gum disease. Brushing with fluoride toothpaste and carefully flossing removes food debris from teeth and cleans…
Two Hints For When You’re Too Tired To Brush
Too tired to touch a toothbrush? We’ve all been there. At Summer Dental in Las Vegas we are committed to helping patients maintain erxcellent dental health. In this blog post, we offer two great ideas for brushing and flossing, even when you’d rather just hit the hay. Idea #1 Drag Tongue Along Teeth After a long…
5 Critical Oral Cancer Facts
At Summer Dental in Las Vegas, we encourage all of our patients to come in twice a year for a dental checkup. If you’re tempted to skip one because you don’t think you have any cavities, maybe getting an oral cancer screening is a more persuasive reason. Oral cancer is something we take very seriously, and you…
3 Problems Which May Require A Root Canal
The idea of root canal therapy can strike fear in the most courageous dental patients. It is important to know what is happening during this anxiety-inducing though routine procedure, which we perform at Summer Dental in Las Vegas. At the center of each tooth is a very small tissue called the pulp. Any of the…
Three Reasons Not to Skip a Dental Checkup
Life gets busy. Sometimes it seems impossible to keep up with everything you need to do. At Summer Dental in Las Vegas, we understand that. It gets busy for us, too! But we encourage you to think twice before you cancel or postpone a dental checkup because you think it’s less important than the other…
