Many of us use our smiles and other facial expressions every day! Even without realizing it, we are using our smile to help communicate with people around us, and it makes a big difference in the messages we give to people we talk to. Studies of people with a rare type of facial paralysis show both [...]
No, we’re not thinking about taking up hair styling here at My Hills Dentist. Instead, we’re calling attention to one of the many genetic factors that can increase your risk for oral health problems. In this case, variations in your genes that cause minor problems with your hair are probably a sign that you’re at [...]
We’ve talked about it before: smoking increases your risk of tooth loss, and can put your dental implants at risk. Many of the effects of smoking can be very long-term or even permanent, but will quitting smoking help preserve your teeth or make it so that your dental implants will properly integrate? A [...]
Dental implants are a remarkable technology, but they depend on your body to build bone around them. In order to do that, your body, in turn, depends on you to make sure you get enough nutrients to fuel the process of bone building. When you’re recovering from the dental implant procedure, consider increasing [...]
