Patient Topics

Pain is a late symptom. Decay between teeth, bone loss and root infections are all silent and invisible without imaging. Here is what x-rays show and how often you need them.

Canker sores are inside the mouth and not contagious. Cold sores sit on the lip and are a virus. Here is how to tell them apart, what helps, and when to get one checked.

A clicking jaw usually means the cushioning disc in the joint has slipped slightly out of place. Here is what causes it, when it matters, and what actually helps.

Dry socket is when the blood clot in an extraction site comes out early, exposing bone. It is intensely painful, easy to treat, and mostly preventable. Here is how.