Local Dental Care for Family Dental Practice
Shoker Dental Inc.
Appointments: (510) 713-7333
Devinder Shoker D.D.S.
Shoker Dental Inc.
3456 Mowry Ave
Fremont, CA 94538
If you need gum disease treatment, Union City area gum disease dentist, Dr. Shoker offers extensive experience. Unhealthy gums can be a risk factor for more serious health problems if not treated promptly.
Our professional team will assess your situation and create a personalized treatment plan. We're committed to your life-long healthy gums and teeth.
Devinder Shoker, D.D.S., provides general dentistry for people of all ages. Dental health is important during your entire life. When your teeth are healthy, it follows that you will be healthier, and your quality of life increases. No matter what your age, Shoker Dental Inc. is here to serve your dental needs in the Union City, California area.
For comfortable dental hygiene treatment in the Union City, California area, Dr. Devinder Shoker is known for having a gentle touch. The friendly team at Shoker Dental Inc. provides teeth cleaning for a whiter smile.
Maintaining good dental hygiene is the foundation for healthy teeth and gums. We're committed to helping you have a lifetime of oral health.
Union City area periodontics dentist, Dr. Shoker offers extensive experience. Gingivitis and bleeding gums can be risk factors for more serious health problems if not treated promptly.
Our friendly and highly-trained team will assess your needs and design an individual treatment plan. We're here to help you maintain healthy gums and teeth for life.
Precious Smiles
Appointments: (305) 532-9114
Isidoros Mereos D.D.S.
Precious Smiles
1315 Alton Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
In order to maintain your oral health, it's important to schedule regular dental check-ups. Don't wait until something is wrong to make an appointment with Miami Beach area dentist Dr. Isidoros Mereos. At Precious Smiles, we provide comfortable and thorough checkups. By catching and correcting a potential dental problem early, Dr. Mereos can save you vast amounts of time, discomfort, and expense.
The friendly, caring staff of Precious Smiles in the Miami Beach, Florida area strive to make you feel comfortable and well-cared for at your dentist appointment. Isidoros Mereos, D.D.S. is committed to serving you and your family's dental needs, year after year. Come and see what we have to offer in a professional setting where top-notch customer service still matters.
Here at Precious Smiles, your comfort is our number one priority. We will do our utmost to put you at ease and keep you feeling relaxed and secure. Under the experienced leadership of Dr. Isidoros Mereos, our dedicated team of professionals is at your service to explain your treatment thoroughly and answer any questions you may have.
At Precious Smiles, we offer quality, personalized care. Serving the Miami Beach, FL area, we're happy to discuss the variety of treatment options available to you. If you're interested in sedation or sleep dentistry options, please schedule an appointment with Isidoros Mereos, D.D.S., and we can provide you with all the information you need.
You're unique, and you deserve quality, individualized care. Dr. Isidoros Mereos believes your dental experience should blend the best of the personal and the professional. At Precious Smiles in the Miami Beach, Florida area, we take the time to get to know you and understand your dental needs. Dr. Mereos and his staff are dedicated to providing you with top-quality dental care designed exclusively for you.
Dr. Bill Davis Family Dentistry
Appointments: (843) 237-8433
Bill Davis D.M.D.
Dr. Bill Davis Family Dentistry
10030 Ocean Highway
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
For patients who need wisdom tooth removal in the Pawleys Island area, Dr. Bill Davis can help. If your wisdom tooth are impacted or need to be extracted, you can trust our highly trained professional team.
Your comfort and long-term oral health are our first concerns. We're committed to providing you with the gentle and skilful care you deserve.
If you need gum disease treatment, Pawleys Island area gum disease dentist, Dr. Davis offers extensive experience. Unhealthy gums can be a risk factor for more serious health problems if not treated promptly.
Our professional team will assess your situation and create a personalized treatment plan. We're committed to your life-long healthy gums and teeth.
New and safe sedation dentistry with Pawleys Island area sedation dentist Dr. Bill Davis means you can have years of dental treatments done quickly while you're lightly sedated, with little or no discomfort. If you've been putting up with discomfort, hiding your smile, or delaying scheduling dental work because you're too busy, your life is about to change. Make a sedation dentistry consultation appointment today with Dr. Davis.
If you're looking for dentures that look great and last, look no further than Dr. Bill Davis Family Dentistry located in the Pawleys Island, SC area. Bill Davis, D.M.D. will assess your needs and fit you with durable, comfortable, natural-looking dentures - at a price you can afford.
Bill Davis, D.M.D., provides general dentistry for people of all ages. Dental health is important during your entire life. When your teeth are healthy, it follows that you will be healthier, and your quality of life increases. No matter what your age, Dr. Bill Davis Family Dentistry is here to serve your dental needs in the Pawleys Island, South Carolina area.
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Dental Waterlines
Have you heard about biofilm? Our dental office monitors it daily. Possibly you'll catch something on TV about biofilm as some sort of newly discovered health threat. It's neither, really. Here are the facts:
Most of our dental equipment is connected to long, flexible tubes that deliver water to your mouth. We call these tubes dental waterlines. Every day, fresh water rushes through them. But overnight or over the weekend, water trapped in these long tubes has the potential of being colonized by a thin layer of microorganisms.
Those microorganisms are biofilm. It's just as important we keep our waterlines free of biofilm as it is you keep your teeth free of plaque through regular brushing.
We've known about biofilm for years. Every morning, all our waterlines are cleared before the first patient arrives. Our dental chairs are equipped with check valves that make sure waterline delivery goes only one way-into the mouth and down the drain.
All this to combat a health hazard that is so far only theoretical-we have no evidence of illness related to water from a dental waterline. Even if it existed, the marginally higher bacteria counts wouldn't necessarily pose a hazard to healthy patients. Bacteria is everywhere-in drinking water, the air we breathe. Getting rid of it is the job of our immune systems.
News organizations love to discover what they believe to be health threats, because it keeps viewers tuned in. But biofilm (if it exists at all) is something we've known about and protected patients against for years.
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Root Caries: A Significant Dental Problem
People are living longer and keeping their natural teeth more than ever before. The advances in tooth retention, the desire to look one's best, and higher expectations about oral health have raised dental awareness among older adults.
With the significant increase in the older portion of society, with even greater increases expected, more older adults will have more teeth that are susceptible to root caries. Root caries may emerge as one of the most significant dental problems among older adults during the next decade. A recent study conducted by the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) showed that over half of older adults have decayed or filled root surfaces. The frequency of root caries is strongly age-dependent and will continue to be a major dental problem among the elderly.
Root caries lesions can be caused by new or primary root caries, caries around existing dental fillings or recurrent caries, and abrasion or erosion of the root surfaces. Root caries progress quickly due to the relatively soft nature of the root surface, as well as the risk factors associated with the incidence of root caries.
Risk factors associated with the high prevalence of root caries among older adults include decrease salivary flow or xerostomia, exposure of root surfaces due to periodontal (gum) disease, chronic medical conditions, radiation treatment for head and neck cancer, physical limitations, and diminished manual dexterity due to stroke, arthritis, or Parkinson's disease, cognitive deficits due to mental illness, depression, Alzheimer's disease or dementia, Sjögren's syndrome (an autoimmune disease), diabetes, poor oral hygiene, multiple medication use, and changes in dietary habits. One or more of these risk factors or life changes, which are more common among older adults, can increase root caries in an individual who has not had dental caries for many years.
Root caries can be a challenge for the dentist to treat depending on the size and the type of root caries lesion, the extent and rate of caries activity for that person, the physical and mental condition of the individual, and where the root caries are located in the mouth. Many root lesions have limited accessibility and visibility, are often more complicated by pre-existing extensive dental work, and are difficult to isolate from oral fluids during the restoration process. Also, many people who have widespread root lesions have limited tolerance for dental treatment because of medical conditions, illness, and mental health problems.
By Denise J. Fedele, DMD, MS
