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  • Dental Visit Tips: Making the Most of Your Trip

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    With today's daily grind getting busier and busier, it's hard to get an extra minute. So trying to get a doctor's appointment in between work and play can be difficult-you have to make every moment count.

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  • What Is "Orthodontics," and Why Do People Get Braces?

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    Orthodontics is a special discipline of dentistry concerned with aligning the teeth and jaws to improve one's smile and oral health. "Ortho" means correct or straight, and "Odont" means tooth.A dentist usually recommends braces to improve the patien

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  • Dental Amalgam

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    Most people recognize dental amalgams as silver fillings. Dental amalgam is a mixture of mercury, and an alloy of silver, tin and copper. Mercury makes up about 45-50 percent of the compound. Mercury is used to bind the metals together and to provid

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  • What Is a Composite Resin (White Filling)?

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    A composite resin is a tooth-colored plastic mixture filled with glass (silicon dioxide). Introduced in the 1960s, dental composites were confined to the front teeth because they were not strong enough to withstand the pressure and wear generated by

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  • What Are Crowns?

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    A crown is a restoration that covers, or "caps," a tooth to restore it to its normal shape and size, strengthening and improving the appearance of a tooth. Crowns are necessary when a tooth is generally broken down and fillings won't solve the probl

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  • What Is a Root Canal?

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    Underneath your tooth's outer enamel and within the dentin is an area of soft tissue called the pulp, which carries the tooth's nerves, veins, arteries and lymph vessels. Root canals are very small, thin divisions that branch off from the top pulp c

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  • What Is a Dental Implant?

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    A dental implant is an artificial tooth root (synthetic material) that is surgically anchored into your jaw to hold a replacement tooth or bridge in place. The benefit of using implants is that they don't rely on neighboring teeth for support, they

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  • What Is a Denture?

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    A denture is a removable replacement for missing teeth and adjacent tissues. It is made of acrylic resin, sometimes in combination with various metals. Complete dentures replace all the teeth, while a partial denture fills in the spaces created by m

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  • Improving Your Smile

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    From subtle changes to major repairs, your dentist can perform a variety of procedures to improve your smile. There are many techniques and options to treat teeth that are discolored, chipped, misshapen or missing. Your dentist can reshape your teet

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  • How Can You Brighten Your Smile?

    01/01/03, Academy of General Dentistry

    Your wedding is coming up and you want your smile to be its brightest. Or maybe you have an important speaking engagement. Whatever the reason, tooth bleaching isn't just for the movie stars, and it isn't just for one day. Many people have had their

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