Williamsburg Dental Blog

The holidays are just around the corner, which means dentists are likely pushing people to maximize their dental insurance. However, many families don’t have dental insurance, even if they could really benefit from receiving dental care. Fortunately, Williamsburg Dental offers an alternative to dental insurance: an in-house membership savings plan!

Membership savings plans operate much like dental insurance, but without deductibles, annual maximums or waiting periods. If dental insurance is too expensive for your family and you want an alternative, keep reading to learn how our plan from a dentist in Lincoln can benefit your family’s oral health!

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Now that Halloween has ended, chances are you have a surplus of candy from a long night of trick-or-treating. While all your chocolate is probably eaten by now, there’s a good chance that you have many candies leftover that are high in sugar content, especially hard candy. Many of these candies don’t just put your teeth at risk of decay, but also cracking! A cracked tooth is considered a dental emergency, whether it’s a natural tooth or a restoration.

To learn which candies you should avoid to prevent emergencies, how to keep your teeth healthy, and what you should do if an emergency occurs, keep reading!

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Many people do not realize that having gum disease doesn’t only put you at risk of tooth loss and infection. In fact, research indicates that having gum disease puts you at risk of systemic diseases as well! This mouth-body connection is often lost among patients, which is why we’re taking action.

To promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, we’re wearing our pink shirts every Wednesday! You can get your own by stopping by for an appointment. We’re also going to talk about why having gum disease is nothing to scoff at in this blog post. Keep reading to learn more!

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Has dental insurance gotten too expensive for you to pay for? Are you not getting the benefits that you deserve? Is it going away once the incoming year begins? When traditional dental insurance just won’t cut it, you don’t have to skip your dental visits, nor put off scheduling appointments for your family.

By joining the Membership Savings Club, you can get the benefits you need at an affordable rate, all without sacrificing quality! Learn more from your dentist in Lincoln today.

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If you’ve ever drank a hot cup of coffee or eaten a spoonful of ice cream, chances are you may have felt a weird tingling sensation in your teeth afterwards. Feeling it momentarily and having it disappear is normal; most people experience this sensation on a regular basis. However, it’s a bigger problem when that sensitivity lingers and doesn’t go away.

What could have caused this? According to a dentist in Lincoln, many people are simply brushing their teeth too hard! To learn how it’s harmful and how to fix it, keep reading!

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If you look up videos of parents helping their children pull out loose baby teeth, you may be surprised by how creative some parents get. From using a door tied to a string to using a Nerf bullet tied to a string, these methods can be entertaining to some. Of course, that doesn’t mean they’re the safest way to remove baby teeth. For one, these methods are not particularly sanitary. The last thing you want to do is introduce new bacteria to your child’s developing mouth.

Instead, consider these steps from a dentist in Lincoln to remove loose baby teeth safely.

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Thanks to years of research, dentists now understand that oral health has the unique ability to inform us about the status of an individual’s overall health. Chances are that if something wrong is occurring in the mouth, it’s more than likely indicative that something wrong is happening in the body overall. This is just another reason why routine visits to the dentist are so important.

To learn how tooth decay can dramatically affect your overall health, keep reading!

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People may think that they can get away with skipping dental visits, but their oral health is only going to catch up with them eventually. It won’t only be cosmetic issues that appear either; you can easily develop gum disease, decay, and even severe conditions like tooth loss and oral cancer. For these reasons, it’s always worth it to visit your dentist regularly for cleanings and exams.

Take a moment to learn more about these conditions in more detail!

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Sometimes it can be difficult to find a dentist that understands that you have unique needs. This is especially true if you have a condition that puts you at higher risk of developing dental disease, including Type I and Type II diabetes. Whether you’ve been going to the dentist regularly or it’s been a few years, your dentist wants you to know that they take diabetes and dental care very seriously.

To learn how your dentist takes the extra initiative to help patients with diabetes, keep reading!

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When we think about caring for our oral health, we usually think about brushing twice a day, flossing daily, and making regular visits to our dentist. But when was the last time you considered making adjustments to your diet? Did you ever stop to think that the foods you eat and the supplements you take can make a difference?

Today, your dentist offers five vitamins for teeth and gums that can really give you a healthy advantage against bacteria.

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