Prevention and General Care
Courtesy ~ Comfort ~ Caring
Imagine that sigh of relief when your anxiety melts away after a comfortable dental experience. We build and honor your trust by ensuring that your visits with us are pleasant and relaxing. Whether it is pampering adults or making children feel at ease, we’re proud of our friendly, professional sevice.
Our “Soft Touch Service” includes:
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Full Body Massage Chairs
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Warm Face Towels
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Your choice of relaxing music
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Blankets and neck pillows
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Complimentary Gourmet Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate and Flavored Waters
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Children’s first visit certificate with picture
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Hand held electronic games
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Stress relief hand balls
8 Things You’ll Love About us!
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Fabulous Facility. Offering you the benefits of modern dentistry.
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Terrific Team! We pride ourselves on cleanliness, organization and great service!
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Dedicated experienced doctors utilizing modern dentistry to help you stay fit for life.
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Guilt free! Leave embarrassment at the door with our encouraging smile-support team.
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Soft Touch. Friendly, comfortable care in a clean, relaxing environment.
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Easy! Convenient, Central Naperville Location! Get in and Get out fast with time-efficient appointments & scheduling.
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A team you can trust. Stellar reputation, serving Naperville for more than 15 years.
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Offering an array of Smile Enhancement Services. In-office whitening, One-Visit rowns, Invisible Braces, Sleep Apnea and Snoring treatment, and many more options to help you create the smile you dream of!
Naperville Dental Patients ask,”What is the best toothpaste to use?”
This question ranks as one of the top 3 questions in the national questionnaire discussed on my last blog. Are all those commercials discussing “most recommended by dentists….” truly a reality? Well, I often chuckle when I come across commercials advertising toothpastes and rinses, because I often wonder who they really ask. I personally have not put in my vote. At the end of our blog we’ll share with you my personal favorite as well as some of our team members’ votes.
Looking from a standpoint as a consumer and a dentist I would agree that the following factors need to be thought of when picking the best toothpaste: good taste, pleasant texture, good thickness-not too runny or too thick, pleasant clean sensation after use and a good protecting factor from cavities and plaque.
Many individuals don’t realize that some toothpaste have all of these factors but can cause increased sensitivity of the teeth, increased chance of canker sores or other gum irritations, and an increase in wear of teeth!
So let’s get to the answer of the question, which toothpaste really is the best? Well, you might not like the answer but there really isn’t any one particular fluoridated toothpaste that is best for everyone. As a dentist I don’t find much value to any of the ‘added whitening and tartar control factors’. If you are brushing correctly-(–which is far more crucial in preventing dental problems), tartar control additives are not needed, and no dentists that I know throw a lot of value on the whitening additives. There simply is no replacement for professional or localized whitening treatments.
An important factor that most consumers are not aware of is that different toothpastes have different levels of abrasiveness or what we call relative dentin abrasivity. Although increased abrasiveness can be tougher on surface stains caused by tea or smoking, it has minimal or no affect on staining ‘within’ teeth or naturally discolored teeth. This increase in abrasiveness can cause an increase in sensitivity especially if even the smallest amount of gum recession is evident by stripping the outer layer of these exposed areas.
So here are the questions I or our hygienists would ask before giving you your best toothpaste pick:
- Are you brushing and flossing correctly?
- Are you using a manual or electric toothbrush? (More on this on an upcoming blog…)
- Do you have any gum recession areas?
- Do you have any sensitive teeth?
- Do you smoke or have external stains or your teeth?
To decide which toothpaste is best for you, discuss the answers of these questions with our team at Sherman Oaks Dental.
Yes, It is Important to Floss Your Teeth Our own Naperville Dentist, Dr. Bryan Weyneth, let’s us in
on the secret of WHY!
My patients often ask me how often they should floss their teeth, and why is it important to floss. And the main reason is your mouth is a dark, warm and moist environment. Your mouth is an almost perfect environment that bacteria can thrive in. What you want to do, is combat these bacteria in any way you can to make it hard for them to survive!
Think of the spaces in between your teeth. They trap food and sugars which bacteria thrive on. Once bacteria have a constant supply of food, they can grow and multiply, exponentially. And as they grow, so do their waste products! Their waste products, or poop, is very acidic. This acid slides from the gum line and space between your teeth, across your teeth and sits. As this acid covers your tooth enamel, it eats away at the surface, breaking the enamel down, little by little and causing a cavity. All it takes is a few weeks or months before you find you need dental treatment.
How do you avoid the bacteria finding a place to grow, multiplying and decaying your teeth? The answer is brushing regularly and flossing once a day. When you floss, you destroy the bacteria’s environment. You take away their food supply, and their waste products do not build up on your teeth!
Effective flossing once a day will help you combat bacteria. But how do you floss effectively?
Follow this great link on about.com, with pictures and step-by-step instructions.
http://dentistry.about.com/od/dentalhealth/ss/how_to_floss.htm
Crest Glide has 4 short steps to follow with important tips to follow:
http://glidefloss.com/smart-tips-flossing-demo.php
Crest also includes special offers on their site, to help you save money! If you have any suggestions on other great sites to save money on dental floss, toothpaste and brushes, let us know. We’ll post your information to share with all of our readers.
Have any more questions? We’d love to help you keep you smiling, call our friendly office: 630 369-5225.
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