It's That Time Again!!!

Good Oral hygiene is important, not only for looks, but for general health as well. Did you know poor oral hygiene can lead to a variety of dental and medical problems such as gum disease, infection, bone loss, heart disease, strokes, and more! Your routine check ups are what prevent these problems!

Here are ten reasons for why you should make it a priority to have your routine dental cleanings and check ups:

1. To Prevent Oral Cancer: According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, someone dies from oral cancer every hour of every day in the United States Alone!
2. To Prevent Gum Disease: Your gum tissue and bone are what keep your teeth in place. If you don’t take care of your teeth it is more likely for you do have gum disease and infection.
3. To Help Maintain Good Physical Health: Recent studies show that heart attacks and strokes to gum disease, resulting from poor hygiene.
4. TO KEEP YOUR TEETH: Isn’t that reason enough alone? Keeping your teeth means better chewing function and ultimately, better health.
5. To Detect Dental Problems Early: Your hygienist can detect cavities, broken fillings, and gum disease is easily treatable. If they go untreated it can lead to root canals, gum surgery, and removal of teeth.
6. To Maintain Good Oral Health: Visual examinations and previous dental x-rays/check ups.
7. To Use Your Dental Insurance Plans: Your dental insurances pay for all or most of your cleaning! So why not take advantage of it?
8. To Have a Bright and White Smile: Your hygienist can remove most tobacco, coffee and tea stains. During your cleaning you will also get your teeth polished!
9. To Prevent Bad Breathe: Dental studies show that about 85 percent of people with persistent bad breath have a dental problem to blame. Good oral hygiene is essential in preventing bad breath.
10. Free Whitening for Life: That’s right! Dr. Mohtashami will extend this great offer to all of his patients that come in for their routine dental cleanings. The result? A whiter and brighter smile!

So please call your dental office today! Set up an appointment for your routine dental cleaning (702)220-8046.

What is Neuromuscular Dentistry?

Did you know that the way you upper and lower teeth come together is part of a system of teeth, muscles and joints?

This also means that if you have a misaligned bite your muscles and joints work hard to get them together. This often leads to your muscles being overworked, leading to various painful conditions.

This is where Neuromuscular Dentistry comes in. Neurosmuscular Dentistry considers the entire system that controls the positioning and function of your jaw. You want your dentist to be able to establish a jaw position based on a harmonious relationship of the three main factors affecting occlusion - the teeth, muscles, and jaw points.

NMB will help relax your muscles and will also prevent your jaw from being misaligned again. If you suffer from head/neck pain you might be a good candidate for Neuromuscular Dentistry.

Now there are a lot of treatments to help improve your smile, correct your misaligned bite, or to releive the pain. Speak to your dentist to see what options are available to you.

Happy 2010 from All Bright Dental!

Dear Readers,

Ah! January 1st, a day to say, "Out with the old and in with the new!". I think we all make resolutions for the New Year but don't always set small attainable goals along the way to encourage and motivate ourselves to stick to them. We can easily defeat ourselves by looking long term instead of short term. The same could be said about dealing with pain!

We should all think of one positive resolution to dealing or coping with our pain and list your first small goal to reaching it! Whether its promising yourself to come in for your routine cleanings this year or maybe just to take care of that one tooth that has been bothering you for quite sometime now. Let's be creative and help each other get there!!!

I want you all to respond to me one small goal you want to acheive in year 2010 whether its related to dentistry or not. I will post these resolutions to our blog to help motivate each other in making 2010 a year to remember. What better way to start with giving each other positive energy?

1st Goal: My goal is to wake up every morning and before doing anything else, I am going to smile because that will make the decision that I will have a good day today!

Sincerely,

All Bright Dental

Season's Greetings

Wishing you...

every happiness this Holiday Season and prosperity in the New Year. Thank you for being our patient. We look forward to continuing our relationship in the coming year.

Holiday Party

A small reminder about our holiday party... If you would please RSVP with us by Monday, December 14, 2009 so that we are aware of how many patients will be joining us we would really appreciate it!

***Holiday Treats, Raffles, Prizes and much much more!***

Last chance to come in for your periodic exam this year and address any issues you might be having!
All the best to you and your family

All Bright Dental

TOY DRIVE!!!

All Bright Dental will be hosting the Princess Lee Foundation Toy Drive this season!!!

All Donations are greatly appreciated and will bring a smile to a child's face on Christmas Day!

We will be accepting donations up until December 25, 2009

Princess Lee Foundation Toy Drive

The Princess Lee Foundation For Child Abuse And Neglect



All Bright Dental Will be hosting the Princess Lee Foundation Toy Drive This Season!!!

Please stop by our office at:
7510 West Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89117

(We are located diagonally across from the Honda dealership in the Sterling Park Business Center)

All donations are greatly appreciated and will bring a smile to a child's face on Christmas Day!

As a personal thank you from All Bright Dental, Dr. Mohtashami will be giving a gift certificate for free whitening to all new patients.

We will be accepting gifts up until December 25, 2009

You may reach us at (702)220-6668 if you have any questions!

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How to Manage Dental Erosian Caused by Everyday Beverages

On a recent article that I read on science daily.com I learned what can be done when acidic beverages have caused damage to your teeth.

There was a recent study that appeared in the May/June 2009 issue of General Dentistry, that showed the outlined acidic contents of beverages like soda, grapefruit, orange juice, etc. This also gave us three steps to rehabilitate teeth that suffer from dental erosion as a result of the excessive consumption of these products.



The three steps are :

First Identify the problem (Usually, would need the help of a dental professional)
Second Understand how this can cause damage to your teeth
Third Minimize consumption of this beverage/food

Now you might be wondering, "Well, What is Dental Erosion?" Dental Erosion is a demineralization process that affects hard dental tissues (like your enamel or your dentin). This will eventually cause your tooth structure to wear away due to the effects that acid has on teeth.

Some people done even realize a problem exists in their teeth is actually early signs of dental erosion.

This is just another reason why visiting your dentist twice a year can help maintain healthy teeth as well as uncover and prevent future problems.