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Amazing Teeth in the Animal Kingdom
Apr 25, 2019 | Dental Facts
At the Yuba City Dentistry Group, we pride ourselves in our knowledge of teeth and how to take care of them. We constantly seek out the best methods to maintain and improve your smile with new dental techniques, emergent technologies like VEL Scope, and new procedures...
A Different Kind of Toothbrush
Apr 18, 2019 | Oral Health, Oral Maintenance
Oral health is simple to maintain when a local store has all the equipment you need. Getting a decent soft-bristled toothbrush, toothpaste, and maybe some floss and mouthwash might cost you as little as ten dollars or less and last for many months. Some countries...
The Two-Minute Warning
Apr 11, 2019 | Oral Health, Oral Maintenance
Brushing Your Teeth Has Benefits Many people live in a way that values microwave ovens over stovetops. Others don’t have the time to make a lunch or even go out for a midday meal, so they have it delivered to the office. Some risk a red light ticket to shave seconds...
Five Parts to a Great Smile
Apr 4, 2019 | Cosmetic, Implants, Invisalign, Oral Health, Oral Maintenance, Orthodontics, Restorations
There’s no denying the benefits of a great smile! It can brighten a room, impress a date, seal a job interview, calm a nervous heart, and even improve your health. As with the rest of the human body, your smile requires regular attention to maintain. There are...
Myths About Aging and Teeth
Mar 21, 2019 | Cosmetic, Dentures, Implants, Oral Health, Oral Maintenance, Restorations, Sensitive Teeth
Despite entertaining stories and endeavors to the contrary, not a single living human can avoid aging and its effects. As a result, many circumstances like receding hairlines or sore muscles are summarily chalked up to getting old. This happens in the dental field...
To UV or Not to UV
Mar 7, 2019 | Oral Health, Oral Maintenance
One item in the arsenal of oral hygiene products is the ultraviolet light sanitation device, or UV light. The manufacturers of these devices say that cleaning your toothbrush with a UV light is the best way to keep it, and you, safe from microorganisms, viruses,...
Seven Months to Straight Teeth
Feb 28, 2019 | Case Study, Cosmetic, Invisalign, Oral Health, Oral Maintenance, Orthodontics
Invisalign Helps a Yuba City Dentistry Patient Meet a person with a beaming smile and it often makes you smile along with them. Thankfully, the Yuba City Dentistry Group offers many ways to achieve that kind of great smile. One of those ways is with Invisalign...
Same Day Crowns in Yuba City
Feb 21, 2019 | Case Study
A Real Life Story at the Yuba City Dentistry Group The Yuba City Dentistry Group provides a wide variety of treatments to improve the oral health, smile, and lives of our patients. Though some cases are subtle or take time, others are more immediate. A perfect example...
Express Orthodontics for Yuba City and Marysville
Feb 14, 2019 | Cosmetic, Oral Health, Orthodontics, sleep apnea
Many people with smiles that could be improved don’t get that improvement, often because they hate the idea of wearing a mouth full of braces. The irony is that they are holding off on getting a better smile to avoid braces, when the Yuba City Dental Group offers many...
Fluoride is Helpful
Feb 7, 2019 | Cosmetic, Oral Health, Oral Maintenance
Back in 1945, workers in Grand Rapids, Michigan added powdered sodium fluoride into the city’s water supply. This was a federally-sanctioned trial to determine the dental benefits of fluoride. A year beforehand, the teeth of local schoolchildren were examined as a...
Breakfast and Brushing
Jan 31, 2019 | Oral Health, Oral Maintenance
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” That phrase started out as a marketing slogan for breakfast cereals in the mid-nineteenth century, and since then has become something of a cliché. Nevertheless, it is true that dietary research shows significant...
Is 3D Printing Ready for the Dental Industry?
Jan 17, 2019 | Cosmetic, Dental Profession, Dentures, Implants, Orthodontics
Prosthetic arms, keychains and spare keys, shipping pallets, monkey wrenches, web camera covers, shoes, plate ware, cars, even full-size office buildings – truly, the items you can make with a 3D printer seem to be limited only by imagination. That’s because instead...
Getting to the Bone About Teeth
Jan 3, 2019 | Oral Health, Oral Maintenance
In the past, many people believed that teeth were the only bones of the body that are external, designed to function in an exposed state, while other bone stays fully in the body. But is that true? Are teeth and bone the same thing? Well, there are some similarities,...
“Bracing” for Pain
Dec 20, 2018 | Cosmetic, Orthodontics, Restorations
With many things meant to improve our lives – weight lifting, learning a new skill, overcoming bad habits, and others – there is a measure of discomfort involved. The same is true with repositioning your teeth by using braces. The staff at Yuba City Dental Group...
Detecting Gum Disease
Dec 6, 2018 | Oral Health, Oral Maintenance, Sensitive Teeth
Gum disease is more common than you might think. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, half of adults age 30 or older suffer from some form of gum disease. From what we see at the Yuba City Dentistry Group, we have to agree. The challenge with...