Remember when being a five-year-old with a few missing teeth charmed friends and family? When a lisp was considered adorable and endearing? Doesn’t really work for adults. At The Hills Dental Spa in Austin TX, we can restore missing teeth with lifelike dental implants. A single-tooth dental implant consists of three parts: the implant itself, […]
A New Reason To Eat More Fish
This may sound like an unlikely cause and effect, but research suggests that eating fish with high levels of polyunsaturated fats can lower the risk of gum disease, a condition we see far too often at The Hills Dental Spa in Austin TX. As you may know, gum disease is a leading cause of tooth […]
The importance of removing impacted wisdom teeth
Many patients delay having their wisdom teeth removed from the smile unless they become problematic. These teeth, which are the third molars and the last to develop in the smile, are notorious for becoming an issue for many patients. Our mouths are smaller than in the past, which means there is less space for four […]
Oral Cancer: Early Diagnosis Makes A Big Difference
Cancer remains one of the scariest diagnoses anyone can get. Oral cancer is especially frightening, because it generally has a higher mortality rate than other cancers. Please keep reading this post from The Hills Dental Spa in Austin TX, because we actually have some encouraging things to tell you. The reason that the death rate […]
How Can You Improve Your Smile Quickly?
With porcelain veneers from The Hills Dental Spa in Austin TX, you can revamp your smile without any extensive dental work. Porcelain veneers are glass-like, wafer-thin covers that are attached to the front of your teeth. The material has been used in dentistry for many years because no other restorative material is such an excellent […]
Understanding the signs of dental abscesses
An abscessed tooth is a tooth that has been exposed to a bacterial infection inside of the tooth itself. While an infection around the tooth in the gum tissues is known as gum disease or “periodontal disease,” an infection inside of a tooth is a completely different story. It requires patients to have certain treatment […]
