If you explored our website before landing on this blog, you have may noticed the term “general dentistry” on the menu, along with other services. “General dentistry” may sound bland, but it isn’t. At Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL, it’s your assurance that we can diagnose and treat your most essential issues, and ensure your…
Dental health
Been A While Since You Had Your Teeth Cleaned?
At Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL we want to see each one of our patients for a cleaning and checkup twice a year. Most of the time we try to get you to schedule your next appointment even as you leave the office from your latest one. We know some patients don’t like seeing us…
Signs Of Oral Cancer: What Not To Ignore
This blog post from Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL focuses on a very serious subject, oral cancer. The medical community categorizes oral cancer as a subset of head and neck cancers. Oral cancers can occur in the following locations: The tongue The roof of the mouth and under the tongue The inside of the cheeks…
Our Dental Team Takes Care Of You
At Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL, each member of our team plays an important role in helping us operate smoothly to provide excellent dental care to each patient. This blog post focuses on the dental assistant. You probably think of the dental assistant as: “The one who suctions my mouth while the dentist is working…
Preventive Dentistry At Decatur Smiles
At Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL, we emphasize the importance of good dental health to each one of our patients, every time one of them sits down for a checkup. We stick to the basics: brush and floss twice a day, and see us for a checkup twice a year. Good dental health prevents tooth…
How Does Your Overall Health Affect Your Smile?
At Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL, the dental health of each of our patients is important. Too often dental health is not taken seriously enough, even by people who should know better. But there is a link between your dental health and your overall health. In this post, we are going to review some of…
How Do Implant Dentures Work?
A dental implant fom is a state-of-the-art replacement for a missing tooth. Multiple implants, like the All- on-4 implants available at Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL, can support a set of dentures. This post answers the most frequent questions about implant dentures. The first thing to know is that a fixed implant denture is called…
Healthy Lifestyles For Healthy Lifesmiles
Dental health and a brilliant smile depend on more than simply brushing regularly. In this post from Decatur Smiles, we present a quick refresher on important lifestyle practices that affect oral health. You are probably familiar with most of these recommendations, but it is helpful to get a reminder once in a while. We encourage…
Gum Disease Linked To Alzheimer’s: Keep Those Gums Healthy!
Gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss among adults. That alone should motivate you to brush and floss every day. It’s a preventable condition, but also treatable at Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL. Now comes word that scientists have found a connection between a bacteria that causes gum disease, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Porphyomonas gingivalis…
3 Reasons Not To Skip A Dental Checkup
Categories: Dental health, General dentistry
Life gets busy. Sometimes it seems impossible to keep up with everything you need to do. At Decatur Smiles, we understand that. But we urge you to think twice before you cancel or postpone a dental checkup because you think it’s less important than the other twenty things on your to-do list. Twice-yearly dental exams…
