One common reason given by people who don’t floss their teeth is that the practice is difficult to fit into their daily schedule. If you’ve found this to be true, Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL has some suggestions for fitting this vital dental health habit into your day. The most common time…
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4 Ways To Get Your Teeth In Line
Categories: Cosmetic dentistry, Orthodontics
Perhaps getting everything lined up for a breathtaking smile can take a bit of work. Often, teeth can become misaligned, overcrowded, or abscessed. In any one of these cases, restorative and cosmetic options from Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL can help! We offer clear braces, which can help you restructure your teeth…
Is Malocclusion Causing Your Headache?
Categories: Cosmetic dentistry, Orthodontics
Do you suffer from severe headaches? Have you tried meds, diet adjustments, and chiropractic treatment, to no avail? Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL might have the answer. Perhaps the cause is not stress-induced tension, food allergies, spine alignment, or eyestrain. Maybe the culprit is right under your nose! Bite misalignment – or…
Preventing Gum Disease
Categories: Dental health, General dentistry
This message from Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL is about gum disease, and how you can prevent it. Run your tongue along the gum-line behind your lower front teeth. Do you feel a ridge? This is probably tartar, which is hardened plaque. Even if you brush and floss regularly, plaque and tartar…
Is It All About Flashy Smiles And Trendy Styles?
If you can’t be in Paris, then bring fashion home. Facial fashion, that is. The pouty, the flashy, the sultry, the glamorous, the gleeful. At Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL we offer cosmetic dentistry to keeping you looking great and feeling confident. Few of us were born with perfect teeth. Cosmetic dentistry…
No Cavities? Thank Your Parents!
Categories: Dental health, General dentistry
At Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL, we stay on top of new discoveries in the exciting field of dentistry and occasionally share interesting facts with our patients. Today’s post focuses on new findings in a compelling field of research: genetic dentistry. According to Mary L. Marazita, director of the Center for Craniofacial…
Smart Brushing Beats Aggressive Brushing
Categories: Dental health, General dentistry
Most people brush their teeth every day (at least we hope so). However, there are many who brush incorrectly, not realizing it may be contributing to oral problems. Here are some smart brushing tips from Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL: One of the most important things to remember is to use a…
The Perfect Guide To Dental Veneers
Categories: Cosmetic dentistry, Porcelain veneers
It’s easy to see why so many of our patients at Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL love porcelain veneers. Veneers can be used to address many flaws, and deliver brilliant results. If you would like to improve your smile with porcelain veneers, you want a trusted dentist with extensive experience performing this…
The Rate of Bone Loss After Extraction Can Be Slowed or Stopped
A serious side effect of losing a tooth by extraction, accident, or disease is the potential for bone loss. This can be minimized, or even avoided outright, with a dental implant from Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL. The Alveolar Bone The bone surrounding the teeth is called alveolar bone. Its main job…
3 Reasons Not To Skip A Dental Checkup
Categories: Dental health, General dentistry
Life gets busy. Sometimes it seems impossible to keep up with all your responsibilities. At Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL, we understand that. But we encourage you to think twice before you cancel or postpone a dental checkup because you think it’s less important than the other twenty items on your to-do…
