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What Is Lurking Under Your Gumline? Your overall dental health depends on healthy teeth and gums. Along with regular checkups at Inspira Dental Care in Mocksville and Winston-Salem, regular brushing and flossing helps keep everything in good shape. You already know how to brush your teeth, of course, but there are best practices you may

  Looking for a new dentist? It’s easy to find one. A quick Google search, a Yelp review or two, and you’ll have a short list of possibilities. The trick, of course, is finding the right dentist –one you’re happy with, and will stick with for years to come. At Inspira Dental Care in Mocksville

When you have a toothache, that’s all you can think about. It makes it difficult to handle your everyday tasks. At Inspira Dental Care in Mocksville and Winston-Salem we can relieve toothache pain in one office visit. The most common cause of a toothache, by far, is decay. Better known as cavities, decay happens when

  It has now been over 150 years since the first dental license was issued to Sir John Tomes.  Dental patients should be grateful for the advances made in dentistry during the past century and a half. There was a time when blacksmiths and wig makers would also extract teeth with forceps to make a

  At Inspira Dental Care, everything we do is for the well-being of our valued patients. We are devoted to delivering quality, compassionate dental care tailored to each patient’s singular needs. We know that optimum oral health is a vital element of complete physical health and that dentists do more than just “drill and fill.”

  At Inspira Dental Care children and teens with serious mouth and tooth injuries that could have been prevented had they been wearing a mouthguard. When a tooth is knocked out or broken, speaking, eating, and smiling can become very difficult. I recommend that parents encourage their children to wear mouthguards when participating in team

Your child’s first dental exam at Inspira Dental Care should occur when the first teeth are in, usually between six months and one year of age. During your child’s first check-up at our office, we can discuss sealants, a clear layer of plastic applied to the grooved surfaces of the teeth. Sealants protect the teeth

  Though we don’t often think about it, youngsters as young as 9 or 10 months of age can be infected with cavity-producing bacteria, which can cause decay. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that almost 20% of children 2-5 have untreated cavities, and the number rises in children over 6. Tooth

Tooth replacement has been a highly requested dental procedure at Inspira Dental Care. When my patients want information about tooth restoration, I typically tell them about fixed (or traditional) dental bridges and tooth implants. A dental bridge is an artificial tooth which replaces a missing tooth. The false tooth—called a pontic—is fused to porcelain crowns

Facial injuries occur all too often in the Clemmons, Lewisville, Kernersville, and Lexington area. Little Leaguers get hit by inside pitches, construction workers suffer falls and other accidents at the worksite, and motorists sustain injuries in harmful collisions every single day. Accidents at home can also result in serious injury to the face. Serious facial

6 Dental Tips at Inspira Dental Care   6. Be a Builder Not a WreckerBacteria is constantly trying to build an empire in your mouth, give it what it wants: juice, soda, chewy candy for the small crevices and hard to reach surfaces! 5. Let Acid Rock It!Energy drinks, diet soda, red wine, coffee, tea.