At Lifetime Family Dental in Gilbert, we believe that tooth pain should never be taken lightly. Tooth pain can range from uncomfortable to incapacitating, and can get worse in a matter of hours. It can distract you from your everyday duties and make simple tasks,...
The short answer is no—not if you’ve been keeping good oral hygiene habits. That is, brushing twice a day, flossing daily and maintaining biannual cleanings and exams at your local Lifetime Family Dental office in Gilbert. If you're an exemplary dental patient, however, an underlying...
At Lifetime Family Dental, we aim to provide the highest level of excellence in dental healthcare. One key factor in keeping this commitment to you is by helping you to avoid gum disease, which affects nearly half of all Americans over the age of 30....
Patients of Lifetime Family Dental will sometimes come in with questions or complaints concerning dry mouth, or xerostomia, a condition which occurs in about 10% of the population. It is most common among the elderly, likely due to the fact that many elderly people are...
At Lifetime Family Dental, we often start seeing children as young as one years old, or within six months after a child’s first tooth breaks through. It’s normal for parents to have questions when their kid's baby teeth start falling out, or perhaps when their...
At Lifetime Family Dental in Gilbert, we work to keep your mouth disease-free. The worst thing you can do for your teeth is to consume sugar. We all know the dangers of sugar consumption, and we have said it before, but it bears repeating—sugar can...
As you know, Lifetime Family Dental in Gilbert is big on oral hygiene. But did you know that one of the basic practices of good oral hygiene that many people overlook is the need to clean our tongues? Along with brushing and flossing, this should...
When you have a dental visit coming up, remember that we are here to help you. We have a few simple things you can do to prepare for a successful checkup. First, we want to ease any anxiety you may have about the condition of...
At Lifetime Family Dental in Gilbert, we are serious about oral health—not just when problems arise, though. We are especially concerned about oral disease prevention, whether it’s dental caries or gum disease, or something worse. Good overall health begins in the mouth with diet and...
We’ve all been told how bad refined sugar is for our bodies. At Lifetime Family Dental in Gilbert, we have posted many times about the harm sugar can cause to your teeth. And it seems that the more we think about sugar, the more we...