Rubal Dentistry Blog

After a tooth extraction, you’re probably hoping for a smooth recovery with minimal discomfort. But there’s one common complication you’ll definitely want to avoid—dry socket. It’s painful, it’s frustrating, and it can delay healing. However, it’s also preventable with a few simple practices. Here’s how to keep your healing on track and your pain levels low.

You’re curled up in your favorite armchair, ready to enjoy a cold, tasty treat after a long day. But this ends up being more of a struggle than you bargained for! As soon as the ice cream touches your teeth, pain shoots through your dental roots and ripples over your gums.

This is tooth sensitivity: a situation where teeth are tender to overly hot and cold sensations. It can be extremely bothersome, so patients often have a hard time knowing whether their experience is a dental emergency or not. Keep reading, and this post will help you learn how to tell the difference.

Let’s say you chip a tooth – it’s not loose, and it hasn’t fallen out of your mouth, but a heavy impact or hard object has caused some breakage. Would you know what to do?

If not, don’t worry! Not many people do. This post will walk you through the best way to proceed so that if this dental emergency ever happens to you or a loved one, you’ll be ready to leap into action.

As you likely already know, it isn’t odd to occasionally taste something bitter, sour, or just plain bad. That kind of experience is a normal and harmless part of day-to-day life. Even so, you should take a persistent bitter taste in your mouth more seriously. This oral sensation could point to a serious dental issue, which would put your smile at risk. To learn more, here’s what a bitter mouth taste can mean and why it deserves a dentist’s help.

Proper preventative care strengthens your enamel and connective tissues so they’re more resistant to decay, disease, and other types of damage. However, there’s no guarantee you won’t have an emergency at some point. Many patients with urgent oral issues know they need to be seen quickly but are unsure where to get the right help.

If you’ve developed a problem in your teeth, gums, or jaw, you might wonder whether it’s better to head to an ER before seeing your dentist. Continue reading to learn what types of concerns constitute and emergency and what to do about them!

Your teeth play a crucial role in your ability to bite into food and pulverize it enough to be easily swallowed and digested. Unfortunately, when some go missing, you can develop gastrointestinal problems from ingesting overly large pieces or malnutrition from sticking to softer, less wholesome meals.

Your dentist can provide lifelike dentures to replace missing teeth and improve your bite force, but many patients wonder how this might also affect their nutritional health. If you’re asking yourself whether you can eat normally with your prosthetics, keep reading to learn more!

Missing teeth become a bigger problem the more you lose. Even missing one or two can disrupt your ability to eat, smile, and carry on conversations. For centuries, dentures have been a go-to solution for tooth loss, and they work very well. However, modern dentists can use dental implants to make them even better! But does attaching denture prosthetics to dental implants really make that much of a difference? Continue reading to learn all about implanted dentures and how they can improve your quality of life!

Dentures are hardy restorations and will last you a good while when well-maintained, but if you happen to drop them and they hit your sink in the exact wrong way, they could snap.

What do you do if your dentures break? Is this something you should call your dentist about right away, or can it wait? To find out the answers to these questions and more, keep reading!

According to the American Dental Association, 1 in 4 adults avoid smiling because they don’t like the appearance of their teeth. If you’re unhappy with the way your teeth look, it can affect your self-esteem and quality of life negatively. Cosmetic dentistry can help you achieve the smile of your dreams. Here are just a few reasons to consider getting a smile makeover.

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Growing older changes your body in many ways, and your smile is no exception. Senior adults are more prone to aesthetic imperfections in their teeth, such as chips, cracks, and stains. While it’s natural to want to address such aesthetic flaws, some patients avoid being treated because they think it’s too late to upgrade their grins.

Thankfully, there’s no expiration date when it comes to dental cosmetic services. Continue reading to learn more about 3 popular treatments that can enhance your appearance regardless of your age!