by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Jan 13, 2020 | Dental Care
Understanding Dental Bridges A dental bridge is an appliance that replaces one or more missing or broken teeth with fake teeth that are called ‘pontics’. To hold the pontics in place, the bridge uses one or more real teeth on either side of the gap to serve as...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Dec 30, 2019 | Dental Care
Surgical and Non-Surgical Choices for Sleep Apnea Treatment In the realm of sleep medicine, here are some of the treatment options for those with sleep apnea. Surgical Treatment for Sleep Apnea Tracheostomy is a cut in the lower throat to bypass the collapsing upper...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Dec 20, 2019 | Dental Care
Rise of Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea affects millions of people around the world and causing its hallmark symptoms – multiple times snoring, stirring, and gasping for air while asleep – to bother most people, including their bed partners. What’s really happening during...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Dec 2, 2019 | Dental Care
What is the color of your tongue? A healthy tongue is light pink in color. That’s perhaps the source of the expression that one is in the ‘pink’ of health. Yet you might wake up one day finding an unexpectedly weird coloring or texture on your tongue that doesn’t seem...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Nov 21, 2019 | Dental Care
What To Know About Kids’ Oral Hygiene So you have young kids and a baby at home and you wonder how you can be protective of their oral health. First you must arm yourself with some basic facts to really understand children’s oral care. Here are some tips specifically...
by Dr. Jill Tetrick, DDS | Nov 8, 2019 | Dental Care
Being One Step Ahead of Tooth Decay You might know that a tooth cavity is the result of a decaying process. It starts when bacteria attacks leftover food particles on a tooth surface turning it acidic. Soon, a buildup of plaque and tartar will weaken that portion of...
