October is designated to spreading awareness about the importance of oral health and caring for your teeth during a month when 600 million pounds of candy is sold for Halloween each year. Halloween actually starts a long season of sweet-centric holidays, like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day so dental care is more essential than ever.
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Dentists have a tough job. It’s not always easy to work in a profession when you know that a good number of your patients are afraid to see you. Fortunately, National Dentist’s Day is coming up, allowing us all to show our dentists a little bit of appreciation for all of their hard work and
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Temporomandibular Disorder, or TMD, is a disorder characterized by pain in the jaw, neck, shoulders, and multiple areas of the face. Traditionally, TMD is caused by clenching your teeth or jaw, jaw trauma, sleep apnea, or growing up with an improper bite. Recently though, studies are starting to question whether jaw issues are the only
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Dental sedation is only one reason why patients experience high levels of dental anxiety. While sedation may be needed for multiple dental services, such as cosmetic dentistry and TMJ treatment, there is now a new and improved way to replace sedation drugs and bring those anxiety levels down. NuCalm treatment, the world’s first and only
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C & C Dentistry is proud to announce that our own Dr. Jaime Ramirez just completed his last Las Vegas institute program from LVI Global. It consists of over 200 hours of advanced training and a written test, which he passed. It adds additional letters to his name, and will now be known as Jaime
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TMD, or Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, affects the facial nerves, jaw muscles, and joints of the mouth and head. If you experience pain in any of these areas, popping or clicking when you open your mouth, sensitive teeth not caused by dental problems, or tender jaw muscles, you may have TMD. One other symptom is mood
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There are two main reasons to visit your dentist this month. If you overate your share of candy on Easter, it may be time to schedule an appointment with C and C Dentistry today! Candy is notorious for damaging your teeth and a dentist visit is sure to slow down the damage caused by sugary
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What is Dental TENSing? It’s a concept that has been used therapeutically as a way to relax your muscles with electricity. It is generally associated with Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD) patients and is a form of Neuromuscular Dentistry. Initially used for headaches and other pains, electrical stimulation has been a method for pain relief for
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A temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder occurs when there is a discomfort or pain in your jaw caused by something gone wrong with your jaw joints and muscles. Injury to the jaw, arthritis, and overuse of the jaw are some of the common causes of TMJ pain. On the bright side, there are plenty of ways
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If you have been struggling with the long-term joint and jaw pain, it might be time for you to visit us at C & C Dentistry. Temporomandibular joint syndrome or TMJ is pain in the joint of your jaw that is caused by a variety of medical issues. Symptoms of TMJ pain include pain or
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