While no one will be sorry to see 2020 pass into the history books, the New Year always brings hope for new beginnings. Why shouldn’t that include your smile? At Implant Dentistry of Florida, Dr. Brown and our team change the smiles of our patients in a single day with what we call Teeth in a […]
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While we give every one of our patients a toothbrush after their twice-yearly exams and cleanings, we’d be happy to forgo those and give you more floss instead. Why? It’s not that we don’t want you to brush, obviously. It’s that we’d like you to consider switching to an electric toothbrush. We’re not trying to have
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In this online age, it’s a crime how a story can get lots of notice despite not being exactly true or even well researched. Such was a story in 2016 whose premise was that there wasn’t any research out there that showed using dental floss improved a person’s oral health. It based the story on the
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One of the reasons we like living in sunny Melbourne is so that we never have to shovel snow. Whether you moved to Florida from the north or whether you’ve always been a Sunshine State resident, not having to deal with a blizzard is a great thing. But it does make it difficult to have
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What are caries? Alex. Not many people would give that question when faced with this answer on Jeopardy: “The clinical term for decay in a tooth.” It’s the most common form of oral disease known to man, dental caries. The process of getting caries is informally known as tooth decay. Most people know caries as
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October is the scariest of months, even here in relaxing, laid back Melbourne. But for many people haunted houses, ghouls, shrimpy goblins begging for candy, and the other accoutrements of Halloween don’t scare them a bit. But tell them they have a dentist appointment in the morning and now they’re shaking as if they’re living
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During lockdown and subsequent weirdness, we’ve all been taking inventory of different aspects of our lives. Our smile didn’t get away un-evaluated. Let’s see…That tooth has a chip. There’s that slight gap between the front two teeth. That misshapen tooth’s always been a bother. And I never got around to replacing that one molar I
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Over this oddest spring and summer any of us has ever been through, we’ve all spent way more time indoors than we would like. After running out of things to watch on Netflix and Amazon Prime, odds are you’ve begun to take inventory of various things around you. Couch? Too much time together. Time for
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There are places where you want fissures and crevasses — maybe on a trip to the glaciers on Mont Blanc, for instance. But you don’t want them in your teeth, especially if you’re a kid in the midst of your cavity-prone years. Unfortunately, some of us simply have deep fissures in our molars, courtesy of
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As we’re heading back to school this fall (hopefully), parents’ thoughts often come down to straightening their teenagers’ teeth. It’s estimated that up to three quarters of American teens have some sort of orthodontic care. And that often entails the metal bands, wires, and associated “metal mouth” comments from peers. Was that your 14-year-old running
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