How a Family Dentist in New York Can Keep Your Teeth in Good Condition

As a family dentist in New York, we can help you and your family to stay in excellent oral health. It is important to visit a dentist that can treat everyone in your family because this will make it easier to schedule your dental appointments. Instead of needing to run from one dentist to the other, we can simply schedule everyone for the same basic time, which will free up your schedule to do other things.

Our priority is to keep our patients healthy, and this starts with education. When you visit our office, we will provide information about the things you can do to keep your mouth healthier in general. This should start with eating a healthy diet that contains green leafy vegetables, crunchy veggies, lean protein, dairy products, complex carbs, and nuts along with drinking plenty of water. This will help to keep your mouth healthy and can also remineralize your teeth.

As a family dentist in New York, we also recommend brushing your teeth with a soft toothbrush three times a day. This will help to keep sugar off of your teeth and reduce the chance of you getting cavities. While you brush, do so in a circular pattern that pushes bacteria and food towards the center of your mouth and away from your gums. You can also use fluoride toothpaste to strengthen your teeth.

During your dental exam, we will look for signs of cavities or other infections and make recommendations for how to treat them and keep your mouth infection free. This is an important preventative measure because teeth cleanings prevent cavities and gum disease while immediate treatment, prevents the infection from spreading.

If it looks like you, or more importantly your child, has oral health problems on a regular basis, we can take steps to prevent them. For example, a fluoride treatment can help to prevent cavities because it places minerals onto your teeth in order to strengthen them. We recommend this for children up to sixteen years of age. Simultaneously, if you or your child has deep ridges in your teeth, we can use sealant to close them and make your teeth smooth. This prevents bacteria from becoming trapped in between the ridges and prevents cavities.

If your tooth has become cracked or chipped, it is also important to fix it right away. Otherwise, you can have ongoing discomfort and your likelihood of getting an infection also increases. One of the ways that we can do this is by using a dental veneer. This is a thin shell that is bonded to the surface of your tooth in order to restore it. If the crack is more severe, we recommend using a dental crown instead since a crown is a cap that will surround the tooth entirely. Once done, your tooth will look natural and it will be difficult if not impossible to tell that any dental work was done.

If you want to keep your teeth and gums healthy or restore a damaged tooth, call a family dentist in New York and schedule an appointment.