Help Yourself to a Healthy Pregnancy
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:18+00:00July 17, 2018|Periodontal Dentistry|
Oral Health can be Compromised During Pregnancy It used to be conventional wisdom that a woman would lose a tooth for each child that she had. Thankfully with modern dentistry this is no longer true, but there's some factual basis for it. Your teeth and gums are affected by pregnancy, just as other tissues in [...]
A Change in Looks Can Change Your Life
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:18+00:00July 10, 2018|Cosmetic Dentistry|
A healthy, beautiful smile should be part of your everyday wardrobe. If you're looking for some self-improvement, don't forget that your smile is a vital part of your total image. Your smile is often the first impression people have of you. Psychological studies have shown that a person's physical attractiveness is judged by "the mouth, [...]
When Somebody’s Snoring
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:18+00:00July 3, 2018|Snoring & Sleep Apnea|
Identifying (and Responding to) Sleep Apnea Besides the sound of your house being sawed in half, what happens when you snore? Your tongue's so relaxed, it caves in to the throat, blocking air passages. In rare cases, when snoring is extreme, sleep apnea is the diagnosis. The Greek word apnea literally means without breath. Three [...]
Uh-oh! A Dental Emergency
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:18+00:00June 26, 2018|Emergency Dentistry|
A child learning to ride a bike loses their balance and falls, or perhaps even an adult on a "misadventure" gets in an accident and knocks out a tooth. What do you do? If the tooth is replaced in the tooth socket immediately, the chances are good that this tooth can be maintained for many [...]
Your Teeth Age Too!
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:18+00:00June 19, 2018|Restorative Dentistry|
Special Concerns for Older Adults Along with those gray hairs and inevitable smile lines, your mouth undergoes natural changes over the years, as well. Among them: Cutting edge of teeth are worn flat by chewing or grinding. Remember to keep regularly scheduled hygiene appointments to check for cavities. Consider dental sealants to prevent decay, or [...]
An Ounce of Prevention…
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:19+00:00June 12, 2018|Preventative Dentistry|
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. You've heard that a million times—because it's so true! Our office really wants you to avoid painful, costly dental procedures. The way you can do this is through regularly scheduled dental exams. The idea is to discover a problem when it's large enough to be [...]
The Long & Short of Gum Disease
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:19+00:00June 5, 2018|Periodontal Dentistry|
Surprising but true: the major cause of tooth loss in adults is not decay, but periodontal disease. More than half of all people over age 18 have at least the early stage of periodontal disease. After age 35, about three out of four adults are affected. Some people seem to be more susceptible to gum [...]
Dental Myths, Fabrications, and Falsehoods
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:19+00:00May 22, 2018|Patient Education|
Originally, these ideas held because no one really knew how to maintain a great smile over a lifetime. Unfortunately, "popular wisdom" still prevents some people from recognizing how modern dentistry can keep teeth natural, attractive and pain free. Do any of the following notions sound familiar? If so, get ready for a little relief! A [...]
Crown and Bridge Treatment
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:19+00:00May 15, 2018|Restorative Dentistry|
Maintaining the integrity of your mouth Teeth are tough. Formed from the hardest substances in the body, they're harder even than bone. But they're not indestructible. Throughout life teeth are subject to injury—maybe it will be a blow from a hockey puck in your twenties. Or a luckless chomp on an unseen popcorn kernel in [...]
When Diseases Cause Oral Complications
By Margaret Bobinski, DDS|2025-05-28T22:43:19+00:00May 8, 2018|Patient Education|
We have come a long way in the treatment of serious, life-threatening systemic diseases. Part and parcel of healing more aggressive diseases are—more aggressive therapies. And sometimes as a result of forceful care, complications arise that demand attention of their own: oral problems. When an individual is very sick, nutrition becomes more important than ever. [...]
