Bellevue Family & Cosmetic Dentistry Blog

You find yourself in the kitchen looking for a wine opener, and your search is proving to be unsuccessful. Suddenly, you decide there’s enough of the cork sticking up that you can pull it with your teeth. Bad idea! It’s instances like this that can cause serious damage to your pearly whites. Our teeth were never meant to be used as tools. Do they shred? Yes. Do they grind? Yes. But all of this happens when consuming our food, not opening a bag or pulling a cork. In honor of Dental Hygienist Appreciation Week, make yours smile by choosing to avoid these 6 bad dental habits.

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When January comes around, you know it’s time to make those New Year’s resolutions. What should you try to do this year? You want it to be something important but also something that you’ll actually be able to accomplish. How about improving your oral health? You can do that! From a dentist in Bellevue, here are 5 ideas for resolutions that you can make and keep to succeed this year. (more…)

There are many devices used in dentistry today, but there are few quite as common as dental crowns. Also known as caps, dental crowns serve a wide variety of purposes. Whether you’re having a dental emergency or receiving a routine treatment that requires their use, dental crowns are an essential tool for dentist around the world. Without them, there would be a lot more oral disease and tooth loss.

To learn exactly what dental crowns in Bellevue are and why you’d need one, keep reading!

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