Chicago Dentist for Life

Occasionally we will get clients in our Skokie & Chicago dental offices who don’t understand why we cannot simply treat a cavity with a filling. For over thirty years we have been treating patients, and this issue has come up more than once so we decided to write an eBook called The Crowning Touch – 9 Things You Should Know About Dental Crowns.

In an effort to educate you on the subject of restorative dentistry, we wrote this eBook so that you could learn why your tooth may require a crown instead of just a filling. In fact, this eBook will teach you:

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Are you missing teeth, have irritated gums from dentures or are just unhappy with your smile?

Dental implants can help you obtain a painless and beautiful smile that you’ve always wanted!

In fact, the Chicago dentists at Dental Professionals are ready to help you with all of your dental needs.

Here are 9 tips that can lead you to having the healthiest, most beautiful smile ever:

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Sleep apnea is linked to increased risk of stroke, obesity, and now MSNBC is reporting that it may also increase your risk of developing dementia.

Studies at the University of California, San Francisco by Dr. Kristine Yaffe, professor of psychiatry, neurology, and epidemiology, show that females over 65 with sleep apnea are two times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia in the next 5 years than those who do not suffer from sleep apnea.

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This is the second installment of 9 Things You Should Know About Dental Implants which can also be downloaded as a FREE eBook.

Today’s dental implant technology is the result of the latest advancements in the dental industry. However, the concept of dental implants for missing teeth has been around for thousands of years.

Evidence of implant dentistry dates as far back as the Mayan civilization. They were shown to have used the earliest known examples of endosseous implants (implants embedded into bone) over 1,350 years before a Swedish doctor, Per-Ingvar Brånemark, began working with titanium. In 1931, archaeologists found a fragment of mandible of Mayan origin, dating from about 600 AD. This mandible, considered to be that of a woman in her twenties, had three tooth-shaped pieces of shell placed into the sockets of three missing lower incisor teeth.

Step back in time to see when dental implants began, and how far they’ve come.

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