The Decatur Smiles Blog

The Decatur Smiles Guide To Veneers

It’s easy to see why people love porcelain veneers. They correct a multitude of cosmetic flaws and deliver brilliant results, and they’re available from Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL. If you are thinking about improving your smile with porcelain veneers, you want a trusted dentist with extensive experience performing this treatment. The porcelain veneer procedure

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Cavity Fighting Chewing Gum?

Dental patients often ask if chewing xylitol gum is an effective substitute for tooth brushing and regular dental exams. Before we answer that question, here is a little bit about xylitol, courtesy Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL: Xylitol is a natural sweetener that was first discovered in birch tree bark but is also found in

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Just Like Natural Teeth (Naturally Perfect Teeth, That Is!)

Porcelain veneers are a minimally-invasive way to correct cracked, stained, or chipped teeth. They’re  available at Decatur Smiles. Porcelain veneers are custom-fitted, glass-like shells that are permanently attached to the surface of the teeth that need correcting. A veneer can beautify a tooth’s color, shape, size, or length. The porcelain closely resembles real life tooth enamel

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6 Reasons To Ditch Your Dentures For Dental Implants

For thousands of years, dentures have been allowing people who have lost their teeth to chew foods and flash some teeth when they smile. Traditional dentures have drawbacks, though, and there is a better solution called All On 4 Implants, available from Decatur Smiles. A dental implant is a titanium post that is fixed in

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Artistic Smile Masterpieces

In this blog post from Decatur Smiles, we are talking about personal transformation. Many people want to reinvent themselves in at least one area of their life. You may be training for a new career, or making better food choices and working out on a regular basis. Maybe you’re giving more attention to personal relationships. At

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Is Grandpa Smiling?

At Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL, we pay close attention to trends in both dentistry and health care. We’ve come across some data about how Americans aged sixty-five and older are doing when it comes to the dental health? The Good News: The rate of tooth decay in the elderly has decreased in the past

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Say Goodbye To Old Amalgam Fillings

Do you remember what your teeth looked like before you had your first dental filling? When you opened your mouth to laugh or yawn, all anyone could see were your pearly whites. Then came cavities and silver fillings. At Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL, we can make those telltale fillings vanish. Well, maybe not vanish.

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You May Have Gingivitis

Everyone’s mouth provides a cozy home for over 600 types of bacteria. If you are devoted to oral hygiene and have healthy gums, these microbes usually don’t influence your health. But if you have gum disease, bacteria can enter your bloodstream through your gums and cause problems. We can treat gum disease at Decatur Smiles

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Quality Dental Care: A Responsible Investment

Preparing to pay for essential dentistry can be daunting. The good news from Decatur Smiles in Decatur AL is that the cost may be less than you imagined. Knowing your needs is crucial to planning your budget for dental work. Trying to Compare Comparing the price of a dental crown for molars versus the price

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How Do You Measure Success?

At Decatur Smiles, we are devoted to success. Each member of our team has the experience, ability, and commitment to dental excellence, and it results in outstanding outcomes every day. For many of our dental patients, success is a routine check-up that reveals healthy teeth and no cavities. For our cosmetic dental patients, success is

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