Family Dentistry

No matter your age, the team at Allen Park Dental Care encourages you to have regular cleanings and checkups. Along with daily brushing and flossing, it’s the best way to stay on top of your dental health. Knowledge is Power Sometimes people put off their next checkup because they don’t think they’re all that important. […]

Chronic bad breath can happen even when you do everything right: brushing and flossing after meals, using mouthwash, and regular checkups at Allen Park Dental Care. If you are doing everything right but still coping with bad breath, don’t make any changes right away. Brushing longer and more forcefully isn’t likely to make much of […]

For most of us, getting a cavity filled may not be the highlight of the day. But thanks to modern anesthesia, like what we use at Allen Park Dental Care, it’s more an inconvenience than anything else. Some people, though, are resistant to local anesthesia like lidocaine. That makes something that is usually simple, like […]

Good dental health means having healthy teeth and gums. Maintaining it is something that you have to work at every day. It can be a real balancing act: using the right oral care products, your personal oral care habits, and seeing us at Allen Park Dental Care twice a year. Your dental health strategy should […]

At Allen Park Dental Care, we want to see each one of our patients for a cleaning and checkup twice a year. Most of the time we try to get you to schedule your next appointment even as you leave the office from your latest one. There are some very good reasons for that. Along […]

In this post from Allen Park Dental Care we address the unpleasant topic of halitosis, also known as bad breath. While poor dental hygiene is the most common cause of halitosis, many factors can contribute to it, or even make it worse. One of these is the lack of saliva, or xerostomia. Saliva and Oral […]

Plaque is that filmy stuff that forms on teeth. Since it is caused by the breakdown of the foods we eat, plaque formation is a constant process. And that’s why we keep reminding our patients to brush and floss twice a day, at Allen Park Dental Care. The plaque process goes something like this: Bacteria […]

Proper nutrition can benefit you in many ways: increased energy, improved immunity, glowing skin, mental clarity, and a lower risk of heart disease and stroke. At Allen Park Dental Care we ask: How often do you consider how your diet affects your dental health? Your diet influences your risk of cavities, enamel health, and gum […]

Life gets busy for all of us, and at times there just aren’t enough hours in the day. Maybe you’ve been putting off fixing a leaky faucet for as long as you can remember. Lots of things get put on the back burner, but at Allen Park Dental Care, we urge you not to let […]