General Dentistry

This is a short Q&A about the fluoride in our drinking water!

So you’re looking for a new dentist… Here’s what you should be asking, AND HEARING when you make that first phone call.

Don’t believe all you read; what you can’t see is what’s written between the lines. The truth about this new phenomenon is the research wasn’t done well.

Yeah! Dental insurance…or so you thought, right? You have chosen the option to pay a company to handle your dental bills at a premium and then, Wowza! You got billed.

Have you been to the dentist recently and he/she said: “Hrmph, it looks like you have a cavity we need to fix”? And then did you think to yourself, “Great, just what I needed” Don’t get too down on yourself, it isn’t completely your fault; there are many factors that go into cavities forming.

Easily define; fluoride helps prevent tooth decay by slowing demineralization and increasing the remineralization process.

You’re never too young or too old to go to Dr. Tenaglia. Pictured here is Dr. Tenaglia’s grandfather, he has been going to her since she graduated from dental school in 1992 and can you believe it he still has all his teeth.

Are you a good candidate for sealants? These are great for protecting the pits & fissures of molars that are or can be susceptible to decay due to diet or poor homecare.

Did you know? Wisdom teeth come in when we’re considered wiser, read on the see the details our ancestors put in place.

Gold crown’s are in the metal family- inducing expansion and contraction, over the years decay can creep in and around a crown’s original seal.