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Creating a community of smiles

ASDA Blog

This opened my eyes to systemic disparities, such as lack of health insurance and limited oral health education, that underserved neighborhoods face in receiving compassionate, essential dental care. In October 2020, we began a phase I clinical trial where we treated patients one day a week via portable dental equipment at the St.

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Choose Root Canal Treatment to Save an Infected Tooth

Broomfield Dentists / MountainAire

Most dental insurance plans cover endodontic treatment. During the first visit, your dentist will numb the area with an anesthetic and then use special dental equipment to remove the infected pulp tissue from within the tooth. Visually Appealing Result: Crowns not only function like natural teeth; they look great, too.

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The Importance of Maintenance.

Denticle

I want to approach the subject from a biology point of view for patients and then I'll discuss the concept for dentists by discussing dental equipment. I didn't have dental insurance so I couldn't come in." Continuing with my thoughts on this, let's now consider the idea of "maintenance".