Do you have a missing tooth that is detracting from your otherwise beautiful teeth? Let Staten Island Dental Care fill the gap with a dental bridge, and help you get your remarkable smile back! A bridge includes two or more crowns on either side of the gap created by your missing tooth. These two anchoring…
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Why It’s Crucial To Replace Missing Back Teeth
Categories: Dental Implants, Restorative Dentistry
This blog post from Staten Island Dental Care takes a close look at dental implants, one of the great advances in the history of dentistry. Sometimes people who lose a molar wonder whether to replace it. After all, it doesn’t show when you smile and other teeth can take over the chewing. Why not avoid…
Are Toothpicks Good For Teeth?
Categories: Dental Health, General Dentistry
At Staten Island Dental Care, we always remind our patients how important it is to clean their teeth on a regular basis. Not just the front surfaces, but between the teeth, too. This is essential for good dental health. What’s the best way to go about getting those narrow spaces between teeth? That’s an easy…
Six 10-Second Healthy Tooth Helps
Categories: Dental Health, General Dentistry
It doesn’t have to take a lot of time to improve your oral hygiene. In fact, with these six tips from Staten Island Dental Care you can form a new habit to benefit your dental health in 10 seconds. Find a better place for your toothbrush. Look around. In 10 seconds you can probably find 5…
Help! My Crown Came Off!
Staten Island Dental Care asks you to imagine the following scenario: you are chewing an apple and hear a strange sound, then something in your mouth feels wrong. One of your crowns has come off. Now what? Chances are, the crown (which cost you hundreds of dollars) can be re-cemented. But it’s vital that you…
Check Out The Checkup!
At Staten Island Dental Care 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. There are some very good reasons for seeing us…
Get Those Teeth In Shape!
Categories: General Dentistry
Dental bonding is one of the most popular cosmetic dentistry procedures used at Staten Island Dental Care, and it’s not difficult to see why. Dental bonding can remedy a variety of problems. Bonding uses a very sturdy resin material that is tooth-colored. The material is applied to the teeth while it is soft, much like…
Don’t Let Fear Of The Dentist Compromise Your Oral Health
If you have claustrophobia, you avoid cave exploration. If you have acrophobia (fear of heights), you avoid sky diving. In either case, you can live a fulfilling life without engaging in these activities. And if you have dental phobia, you might avoid the dentist. At Staten Island Dental Care, we don’t want anyone to do…
Smile Like You Mean It!
Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry, Smile Makeover
Have you ever noticed someone who refuses to flash a genuine smile? Even in family pictures they stay tight-lipped. Even if they’re laughing at the funniest joke ever, they cover their mouths. Maybe this person could use a smile makeover from Staten Island Dental Care. There are many reasons a dental patient could be shy…
Trust Staten Island Dental Care For Accurate Dental Info
People are better- informed about dentistry and dental health than ever before, and it’s not surprising that much of their knowledge comes from online sources. This can be good, but at Staten Island Dental Care, we caution our friends and neighbors not to rely on dental information from the Internet until we verify its accuracy.…
