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Cone Beam CAT Scans
Now Cape Dental Care has the most advanced digital radiographs in dentistry today with the Vatech PaX-Duo3D Cone Beam CT. It looks and feels just like the old panorex that circled around your head to get a picture of your whole mouth, but it records a picture in 3D! What’s so special about 3D? Conventional radiographs are…
Read MoreiTero Digital Impressions
Cape Dental Care has found another way to make our patients feel more comfortable at the dental office. As part of our office going green, we have implemented an intra-oral digital impression machine called the iTero. The technology is similar to the laser scanner they use at the supermarket, but this is in 3D! After we…
Read MoreSpace Maintenance in the Pedodontic Patient: May Save You Money in the Long Run
After loosing a baby tooth prematurely, if you don’t use a space maintenance device then you may have to pay more in the long run for straight teeth.
Read MorePeriodontal Disease: Dangerous to Your Health
The World Health Organization reports that 85% of the USA population has some kind of periodontal disease. A small portion is due to genetics, but most is contributed to ineffective oral hygiene and a high sugar diet. Periodontal Disease: A group of diseases that affect the bone and tissues that support the teeth. What this really…
Read MoreHow the Aviary Came to Be
A dental office with an aviary? You may be thinking, “How different”, but most of our patients say, “How relaxing.” The reason why we have an aviary at our office is a long story that I have frequently told to my patients when they ask me who thought of putting an aviary here in the…
Read MoreThe Pregnant Dental Patient
Nine Months! Then they make you take it home with you! Yeah, I know there’s a little more to it than that. A whole lot more. We actually break pregnancy down into pre-conception and three distinctive trimesters: Pre-conception: Stop smoking Stop drinking Stop waiting! Seriously, if you are thinking of or trying to conceive you…
Read MoreRecement Crowns or Bridges: Why Did It Come Off in the First Place?
It is simple. If a crown or bridge comes off, it has failed. Now why it failed is the real question. Not every crown or bridge that fails can be recemented and if they are recemented, the reason why it failed in the first place is usually still there. Reasons Why most Crown/Bridgework Fails: Recurrent…
Read MoreToothaches
Your tooth has been keeping you awake at night for 2 weeks!? Now it is swollen and unbearable and you want me to touch it!? Welcome to the dentist’s world. Cause of Toothaches: Dental decay– The tooth is made in three “layers”: enamel, dentin, pulp (nerve). The enamel is non-living and is the protective covering…
Read MoreDenture Reline: A Common Denture Maintenance Procedure
“Doc. Just pull out all of my teeth so I won’t have anymore problems with them!” Ever hear of jumping out of the frying pan into the fire? Unfortunately, some people loose all of their teeth and have to have dentures made. Many have their teeth removed and the very same day have immediate dentures…
Read MoreDental Post-operative Instructions
The mouth is a unique place compared with the rest of your body. For one thing infections are usually not life threatening and a tooth, in some situations, can actually rot out of the bone without too much discomfort. SUTURES (Stitches): Most extractions do not need to have a suture placed. The gums will heal…
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