Smile Design Dental

Dear Patients: We are so very excited to announce that we are once again able to provide dental services for you, our valuable patients. Smile Design Dental will reopen on July 7, 2020. While things are certainly not business as usual, we wanted to let you know we are here for you in our clean, comfortable, and safe environment. Our standards are well above and beyond what the American Dental Association and Centers for Disease Control recommend. We love what we do and ...the people we do it for. We are always here for you. This high level of service is just one of the many ways that we are supporting our community, and it is included in the excellent work that we do...we go through a comprehensive disinfection after every patient is cared for. Dr. Petrosino and all team members here at Smile Design Dental will continue to go above and beyond for our patients...it is second nature. For this and many other reasons, many of our patients have trusted their care with us for years. We very much look forward to seeing you, your family, and your friends very soon. Sincerely, Dr. Geraldine Petrosino Smile Design Dental

TEETH ARE A LOT more complicated than they might seem from the outside, which is why we’re going to have a quick dental anatomy lesson, from crown to root. The crown is the part above the gumline. The outermost layer is the enamel, the hardest substance in the human body. Beneath the enamel is dentin, which is a lot like bone. It contains microscopic tubules that run from the pulp chamber to the outer enamel. That’s why we can feel temperature in our teeth. At the core o...f each tooth is the dental pulp chamber. The pulp includes the blood vessels that keep the tooth alive and nerves that provide sensation including pain receptors that let us know when something is wrong. The root is the long part of the tooth that connects to the jaw bone. Tiny periodontal ligaments hold each tooth in place, and gum tissue provides extra support. The roots are hollow, with canals that link the nerves and blood vessels in the dental pulp to the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Roots don’t have enamel, but they are protected by a thin layer of cementum and the surrounding healthy gum tissue. #dentalanatomy #toothanatomy #education #dentist

WE DON’T JUST smile when we’re happy; the act of smiling itself actually helps us feel happier! Starting your day smiling will give you a better chance of having a great day! #dentistry #smiles #positivity #happy

CONGRATULATIONS GRADS! With so many of our followers and patients graduating this year, tag a grad in the comments below to wish them congrats and good luck! #graduation #graduation2020 #classof2020

WHOA! Beaver teeth become orange over time due to the iron in their food, which means the younger the beaver, the whiter the teeth! #funfact #didyouknow #cuteanimals

DECADES OF PSAs and instruction have been pretty effective at stripping traditional cigarettes of their cool facade, but modern kids and teens aren’t as wary of vaping. Vaping is often portrayed as a much healthier option to traditional smoking, but the vapor still contains nicotine and ultra-fine toxic chemicals and heavy metals. Nicotine reduces blood flow, affecting teeth and gums, potentially causing gum recession and death of gum tissue. It can also reduce saliva pro...duction, leading to dry mouth (which causes all kinds of problems, from bad breath to tooth decay), and it can trigger teeth grinding, which damages teeth. Kids who don’t smoke cigarettes may still be vulnerable to vaping because of all the messaging that it’s not as unhealthy as traditional smoking not to mention the brightly colored vape pens and candy flavors the liquid comes in. As parents, we should talk to our kids about the effects of vaping and help them understand that they don’t need a harmful and addictive habit to be cool and grown up. #vaping #smoking #oralhealth

WE WANT TO PLAY a game of never have I ever with our followers, so share something you’ve never done in the comments below! #letsplay #neverhaveiever #fun

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! We want to thank and remember all those who have sacrificed their lives while serving in the armed forces! #memorialday #thankyou #armedforces

IT'S TIME TO PLAY DENTAL FAMILY FEUD! The top 8 answers are on the board. Can you guess what they are? #familyfeud #fun #guess

IT'S EASY TO HELP kids in need, especially on Red Nose Day! Head to rednoseday.org to learn more about how you can participate and even donate to end child poverty! #rednoseday #rednose #endchildpoverty

SMILES ARE A work of art, so we feel pretty lucky that we get to help patients have beautiful healthy smiles every day! #artwork #smilesareaworkofart #healthysmiles

HAPPY ARMED FORCES DAY a day to honor those who've served in the armed forces. #armedforces #armedforcesday #thankyou

TODAY WE’RE THINKING about what we would pick as our go-to karaoke song. Do you have a song you always sing for karaoke? Share it in the comments below! #karaoke #music #fun

NOT EVERYONE HAS wisdom teeth. According to one study, as many as 40% of people get less than a complete set of third molars, if they get any at all. But why do the people who have wisdom teeth often end up needing to get them removed? If wisdom teeth are going to show up, they usually do so between ages 17 and 25. Many of us simply don’t have room in our jaws for third molars, which could be because modern diets don’t stimulate enough jaw growth to give them the space they... need. Without that space, wisdom teeth can become impacted (meaning they remain trapped beneath the gums, where they may form cysts or burrow towards the roots of neighboring teeth) or cause a lot of crowding. They’re also harder to keep clean and free of tooth decay. Symptoms of problem wisdom teeth that teenagers and people in their early twenties can watch for include pain towards the back of the dental arch, redness, swelling, or tenderness. It’s important to keep up with regular 6-month dental appointments so that impacted wisdom teeth can be addressed before they start making trouble for the other teeth. #wisdomteeth