August 2013 / MONTHLY ARCHIVES

Woodlands Family Dental takes pride in our desire to educate as well as provide top notch dental services. To that end we are beginning a series of posts called Dental Health 101 where we'll be covering some of the more common issues folks deal with on their way to a happy, healthy smile. What Are Cavities? Cavities (also known as dental caries or tooth decay) are soft spots or holes in your teeth. Cavities can can start in the hard outer enamel and can go all the way down to the root of a tooth. What Causes Cavities? We all have various strains of bacteria in our mouths and they all need to eat. Whenever certain types of bacteria eat fermentable carbohydrates like sucrose, fructose and glucose (sugars) they produce acids that can begin to remove the minerals...

Most of us might think it's time to replace our toothbrush when it starts to look frayed and worn. However, waiting until the bristles are mangled and fuzzy is too late. As bristles wear down they lose their effectiveness, reducing their ability to scrape off plaque from the teeth and gum line. A good rule of thumb is to replace the brush every three to four months. This keeps you using the brush until the bristles just start to lose their effectiveness. On the flip side, if your brush isn't looking used in four months, you may not be brushing long enough. Two minutes is the recommended time for a thorough cleaning and for fluoride uptake by enamel. Germ Warfare Everyone gets sick sooner or later. Hopefully, if you do happen to have a virus, you continue to...

At Woodlands Family Dental, we like to focus on providing the best dental care to The Woodlands, Spring, Conroe and the Greater Houston Area. Day in and day out we simply try to provide you with the best customer service, the most comfortable and stress free dental experience and the friendliest staff in the area. Your comfort and satisfaction are our number one priority. We generally don't like to toot our own horn, but when someone else will do it for us, we cheerfully let them! Recently Woodlands Family Dental was recognized by Houstonia as one of the Top Dentists of 2013, by Talk of the Town as a four-star, Excellence in Customer Satisfaction winner, and a Best of Business Nomination from the Small Business Community Association. Wow!