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10 Advantages of All-On-4 Dental Implants
If you're interested in a total smile restoration, All-On-4 dental implants are a fantastic solution. Experiencing tooth loss is a very common problem faced by adults over the age of 35. Statistics show that the average American will be missing 12 teeth, wisdom teeth...
How Dental Implants Have Changed in the Last 10 Years
Implants use cutting-edge technology to give patients realistic tooth replacements. Dental implants are the best modern method to permanently replace teeth, providing a deeply rooted prosthetic tooth that looks and feels natural, protecting your overall oral health,...
How to Improve Your Outlook on Life
Transforming your life by changing your outlook. “Age is just a number.” You’ve likely heard—and perhaps scoffed at—this saying dozens of times over the years. Despite what your joints might be telling you, there’s actually truth to it; you can’t stop the aging...
Not All Heroes Wear Capes: Good Deeds During the Coronavirus Pandemic
No matter the circumstances, it’s always a good time to focus on good deeds. “Little candles throwing their beams.” That's how William Shakespeare defined good deeds. We're all walking through a pretty dark time right now, and we need those candles more than ever....
How to Set Yourself up for Success in a Post-Pandemic World
Despite the circumstances, you success is within your reach! Has your daily routine changed dramatically over the last few weeks? Maybe you're used to working in an office every day, and you're suddenly logging into video calls from your living room. Or perhaps your...
10 Tips for Self-Care to Help Relieve Stress & Support Your Health
Take advantage of these stress-relieving self-care tips today. It's no secret that our lives have been upended lately. We're all working to adjust to a new normal where “social distancing” and “quarantine” are household words. Your world got a lot smaller a few weeks...
Uplifting Books That Will Bring Comfort During Hard Times
Books have the power to uplift us during this challenging time. As we reached the end of March, the government, following the CDC's recommendations for flattening the curve, decided we should continue to stay at home as much as possible until the end of April. This is...
TEAM DARK CHOCOLATE
Valentine’s Day is the holiday to celebrate all the treasured relationships in your life. It’s a time to honor love in all shapes and forms with cards, social gatherings, and sometimes even binge eating of sweets. It's hard to look the other way when grocery stores...
FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH
The American Academy of Periodontology stresses the importance of good oral health since gum disease may be linked to heart disease and stroke. Thus far, no cause-and-effect relationship has been established, but there are multiple theories to explain the link between...
WHY DO WISDOM TEETH NEED TO BE REMOVED?
Dr. Bentz and our team at Bentz Dental Implant and Prosthodontic Center get this question a lot. Wisdom teeth are the last teeth to come in, once young people get their adult teeth. Because they are the last teeth to break through the gums, they are often called the...
WHO GETS DRY SOCKETS? SHOULD I BE WORRIED?
A dry socket, known as alveolar osteitis, is a fairly common complication of tooth extraction and is characterized by severe pain. Usually, after a tooth is removed, a blood clot forms in the socket, or the area where the tooth was. As that space heals, gum tissue...
HOW CAN A PROSTHODONTIST RESTORE MY SMILE?
Prosthodontics, or prosthetic dentistry, is an area of dentistry that concentrates on the aesthetic restoration and replacement of teeth to their proper form and function. A prosthodontic specialist, like Dr. Bentz, is experienced and broadly educated in specialized...
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