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Dr.
Krueger believes that patients should be given the
opportunity to learn as much as possible about their
own oral health and about dental procedures and techniques.
To help you get started, we’ve included this
small library of articles on dental care. Please let
us know if there are other topics that you’d
like to see covered.
Sometimes chronic stress or high-pressure
situations can cause people to develop a damaging
habit known as bruxism, or unconsciously biting down
with
too much force at non-mealtimes.
Some people may believe that the loss of a tooth is
no big deal because they can still chew, however missing
teeth can be risky to your overall health.
Although most people are aware of
the reasons behind proper, daily tooth brushing,
few people realize that clean teeth and healthy gums
can
protect against a wide variety of other general,
even life-threatening, health problems!
Find out what causes dental pain,
how to avoid it and how to solve this aching problem.
When
people lose permanent teeth due to accident, injury,
disease or extraction, dental implants can
be a secure, functional replacement option.
"Mini
implants,” a one-step procedure that involves
minimally invasive surgery with no sutures, are developed
to provide greater denture stability.
Oral cancer, which has a high mortality
rate unless caught in the very early stages, is painless,
sneaky and often undetected until it’s advanced
far beyond what's successfully treatable.
TMJ disorder or TMD can cause a wide
variety of mild to severe symptoms, from jaw clicking
and minor discomfort to sharp pain in your temple,
ear, jaw and teeth; it can also "lock" your
jaw open or shut, or dislocate the jaw altogether.
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