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Proper care improves longevity of dental implants

Proper care improves longevity of dental implants

Following a dental implant procedure, it is important to plan on the healing process taking a few weeks. During this time, it is recommended that patients stick a soft-food diet and gradually reintroduce harder foods as sensitivity and tenderness diminishes. If your implant was performed due to an injury related to sports, it is also important to strongly consider wearing…

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What you need to know about wisdom teeth?

What you need to know about wisdom teeth?

Why are wisdom teeth called wisdom?   Although formally known as third molars, the common name is wisdom teeth because they appear so late – much later than the other teeth, at an age where people are presumably “wiser” than as a child, when the other teeth erupt. Wisdom teeth, which are also known as third molars, usually appear between ages 17 to 25. They’re…

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