Sweeny Family Dental Blog

Dental emergencies happen when you least expect them to. One second you may be happily munching away at your bucket of popcorn during a movie night, and the next you could feel a searing pain after your tooth came down hard on an unpopped kernel. Your first instinct might be to contact your emergency dentist and make an appointment. However, are you wondering whether or not your dental insurance will help you cover the cost of your visit? Read on for the answer!

If you’re missing one or more teeth, this can impact more than just the look of your smile. It can also make you feel insecure and uncomfortable with smiling around other people. Luckily, dental implants can help fill in the gaps in your grin. Read on to learn how dental implants can help you regain your confidence in your pearly whites.

Dentures are the tooth replacement option of choice for roughly 15% of those missing all their teeth. Though dentures allow you to have a full set of teeth once again, it can take a while to adjust to eating while wearing them. To aid in your transition, here are four helpful tips on how to get used to eating with dentures.

Leatherface, Pennywise, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, your dentist…wait a minute, one of these things is not like the other! Your dentist is not a notorious villain. In fact, they are a hero to your teeth and gums.

Even if you’ve had bad experiences at the dentist in the past, don’t let that affect your outlook on future visits. Your oral health depends on it.

Read on to learn about the consequences of dental fear, as well as an option for your exam visits that could change everything.

When you mention to someone where you go for dental care, you likely tell them the name of the primary dentist you see, but there’s a good chance you don’t go into detail about their assistants that work around the office. If you’re not a dentist, there’s a good chance you don’t know exactly what is going on behind the scenes at the dental office you call home. Any dentist would probably tell you that they simply couldn’t do it without their dental assistants, and there’s a good reason why they appreciate them so much. With the first week of March being Dental Assistant Recognition week, there has never been a better time to learn about why your dental assistants are rock stars!