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Articles and tips from our team on keeping your smile healthy between visits. Search by topic, or start with the latest.
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Gum Health
Ingredients of Toothpaste : Abrasives
Abrasives constitute 8-20% of a typical toothpaste. These insoluble particles are designed to help remove plaque from the teeth. The removal of plaque…
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Restorative Dentistry
Toothpaste
Toothpaste is a paste or gel dentifrice used with a toothbrush to clean and maintain the aesthetics and health of teeth. Toothpaste is used to promote oral…
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Restorative Dentistry
Patient Services : Crowns
Crowns cover and strengthen broken or decayed teeth. Crowns look natural and give you a healthy smile. When the size of a filling exceeds a certain…
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Restorative Dentistry
Patient Services : Fillings
Replace your old, blackened mercury fillings with the new, safe tooth-colored replacements. These advanced materials make your mouth look and feel natural…
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Kids & Family
Meet The Team
our dental team graduated from Seaside High School, Seaside, CA in 1972. She earned her B.A. in biology from Yale University in 1976, and received her D.D.S.…
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Dental Health
Developmental Disturbances of Teeth
The absence of third molars is very common, occurring in 20–23% of the population, followed in prevalence by the second premolar and lateral incisor.…
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Nutrition & Lifestyle
Nutrition and Tooth Development
As in other aspects of human growth and development, nutrition has an effect on the developing tooth. Essential nutrients for a healthy tooth include…
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Dental Health
Tooth Eruption
Tooth eruption occurs when the teeth enter the mouth and become visible. Although researchers agree that tooth eruption is a complex process, there is little…
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Kids & Family
Formation of the Periodontium : Periodontal Ligament
Cells from the dental follicle give rise to the periodontal ligament (PDL). Specific events leading to the formation of the periodontal ligament vary between…
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Gum Health
Formation of the Periodontium
The periodontium, which is the supporting structure of a tooth, consists of the cementum, periodontal ligaments, gingiva, and alveolar bone. Cementum is the…
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Dental Health
Hard Tissue Formation : Cementum
Cementum formation is called cementogenesis and occurs late in the development of teeth. Cementoblasts are the cells responsible for cementogenesis. Two…
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Restorative Dentistry
Hard Tissue Formation : Dentin
Dentin formation, known as dentinogenesis, is the first identifiable feature in the crown stage of tooth development. The formation of dentin must always…
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