Welcome back to your trusted Longmeadow, MA dentist’s blog! At Dores Dental, we make it our mission to help the families of our community maintain good oral health and achieve great-looking smiles all through the year, and all through life. Now that we are well into December and the holidays are in full effect, wouldn’t it be nice to treat yourself to a cosmetic dentistry solution that ...

Welcome back to our Longmeadow, MA dentistry blog! At Dores Dental, we are excited to help families maintain good oral health and achieve the best possible smiles. With the holidays approaching, we are ready to address any bothersome aspects of your smile, so that you can move forward into the new year feeling more confident and self-assured that you are working on the smile of your ...

Welcome back to the Dores Dental blog! Here we are well into November preparing to celebrate all the things we have to be thankful for in Longmeadow, MA. As dentists, we can tell you that if you still have all of your natural teeth, you should be extremely grateful. Tooth loss can strike suddenly at any time as the result of an accident or emergency. By nature, these are the sort of situations ...

Welcome back to another autumn edition of the Dores Dental blog! We know that the families of Longmeadow, MA are busier than ever. Between work, school, and extracurricular schedules, life can get pretty crazy around here. Speaking of demands, have you finished piecing together your Halloween costumes? Don’t worry, there’s still time. But the point is that your time is precious, ...

Welcome back to our blog! At Dores Dental, our goal is to make our Longmeadow, MA dental practice a one-stop shop for all your oral health needs. Our services include preventative care, teeth whitening, Invisalign clear braces, fillings, gum disease treatment, extraction and oral surgery, sleep apnea treatment, and more. These days, our team sees an increasing number of adult patients ...

Did you know that by the time you and your generation reach the age of 65, about 25% of you will be walking around with absolutely no teeth? As you age, that percentage will, of course, grow, but 25% of people without teeth by the time they retire is a huge number! While we would never want to admit that we might end up there, it’s very possible that you or someone you love will end up ...

You know that your teeth are important to you. Those pearly whites allow you to smile and be around your friends and family without embarrassment, at least we hope they do! Your teeth have a very big role in the health of your body, as well. Our previous post discussed gum disease and how it affects your body, but today we want to focus on simply having the teeth that you need to chew the foods ...

If you are a suitable candidate for dental implants, there is simply no better option for you. Dental implants are truly permanent; under normal circumstances and with appropriate maintenance, your dental implant will last you for the rest of your life (whereas dentures and dental bridges must be replaced regularly). Dental implants also stimulate the growth of bone in your jaw, bone that was ...

Twenty-five percent of adults over 60 are missing their natural teeth. Over the years, they have lost a tooth here or there until there was nothing left. That’s a lot of gummy smiles! Of course the denture solution has been popular for centuries. You might have heard stories of George Washington wearing wooden teeth (which is a myth, by the way, his dentures were most likely made of animal ...

At the dentist office, we don’t always get to do the things we love. Sometimes we have to make tough decisions with our patients for the good of their entire smile. In the worst case scenarios, that means removing a permanent tooth. When you were a kid, you lost your baby teeth one at a time. You know that the pain isn’t terrible, even without something to numb your gums. The pain comes ...