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Good Oral Hygiene and Regular Dental Care Can Help You Avoid Gum Disease You might get away with having very few symptoms of gum disease in its early stages, but sooner or later, the telltale signs will appear. We hope that you never see those signs because you’ve heeded our near constant recommendations about good…

Talk to Your Dentist About Prophy and Periodontal Cleaning If you visit this blog with any regularity, you know that the professionals at Downtown Dental Associates of Portland feel strongly about the importance of preventative dental care. In fact, we think it can’t be overstated: Good home care and regular cleanings and dental exams will…

How To Take Control if You Have Bad Breath It’s every Romeo or Juliet’s nightmare, but bad breath doesn’t have to ruin your life — or your dating life. There are simple ways to take control of the situation and ways to know when you can address the problem yourself and when to seek help…

If Saving the Tooth is Not Possible, There are Permanent Solutions To Save Your Smile We often talk about the importance of a beautiful, healthy smile in this blog, but sometimes the unthinkable happens, and a front tooth is knocked out. Obviously, our first choice at Downtown Dental of Portland is to save the tooth,…

Off-The_Shelf Mouthguards Save Money Up Front But Can Cost Dearly In The End Saving money is a good thing. No doubt about that. And sometimes it’s perfectly ok to go with the knockoff version of a product to do just that. Who cares if your pen comes from the greatest pen maker in America? And…

Good Dental Hygiene is Even More Important When You Have a Retainer or Bridge We preach about flossing and good dental hygiene a lot at Downtown Dental Associates of Portland, but we know it’s not the highlight of your day. We do it because we also know what a big difference it makes in the…

Ongoing Dental Care is Critical for Early Treatment and Preventing Problems As with so many other things in life, it’s the same with cavities: You can choose to spend a little time and money now maintaining your teeth, spotting cavities early and having them treated. Or you can wait until the cavity grows in size…

The Truth is More Complex Than Simply Stating That Flossing Doesn’t Lead to Better Dental Health Maybe you heard in recent news reports that flossing is no longer necessary for dental health, thanks to studies that report the evidence supporting the need for flossing is weak. To be clear, in case you only read the…

Regular Dental Exams Protect More Than Oral Health The eyes may be windows to the soul, but it’s dental health that is often a window into the general health of a person. That’s why a dentist is often the first healthcare professional to notice the telltale signs of an underlying medical condition that a patient…