Peppermint is known as a popular Christmas flavor, but is synonymous with dental care year round! With its refreshing and invigorating flavor, peppermint has a long history in oral care. Dating back to ancient civilizations, this aromatic herb has been used to maintain oral hygiene and freshen breath. Here's a glimpse into the journey of peppermint in oral care.
In the world of sports, safeguarding your smile is paramount. One essential piece of equipment that often goes overlooked is the athletic mouthguard. This unassuming piece of gear is a gamechanger in ensuring both safety and optimal performance for athletes across various disciplines.
An athletic mouthguard is more than a dental appliance. While it does an exceptional job in safeguarding your ...
Have you heard of a dental implant, but aren’t quite sure what one is? Dental implants are the gold standard treatment option for replacing missing teeth. Implants can be used to replace a single, missing tooth or multiple teeth so that the replacement teeth are permanent and non-removeable. They can also be used as a way to secure removeable partials and dentures.
The implant ...
Exciting things are happening at The Dental Loft! At the Chicago Midwinter meeting earlier this year, Dr. Hauswirth purchased a Fotona Lightwalker dental laser. This laser can be set to differing wavelengths, which allows it to be used for a multitude of things, including gum surgery, periodontal treatment, tongue and lip tie release, biopsies, esthetic facial treatment, snoring treatment, photobiomodulation, sterilizing root ...
Root canals are known to have a bad rap. But did you know that root canals actually help you get out of pain?
Root canal therapy is a treatment option allowing patients to save a tooth that would otherwise need to be removed due to extensive decay and/or infection.
So what can be expected during a root canal?
You should expect to ...
Since dental offices in Iowa were allowed to reopen in early May 2020, we have been operating under the mandatory “Board Guidelines for the Safe Transition Back to Practice”, which is tied in with the Governor’s Proclamation of Disaster Emergency. Earlier this week, the provision requiring this compliance has now expired. What that means is that dental offices are no longer mandated ...
