Valley View Dental Blog

Halloween starts off the busy holiday season where the nights get longer, the days grow cooler, and festivities begin. If you are wearing braces, Halloween may be a little tricky for you this year. Resist temptation by only keeping treats that are safe for you to eat and letting yourself enjoy them, guilt-free!

Holistic approaches to dental care take into account a patient’s entire body, not just their mouth. The Valley View Dental team’s goal is to help you improve both your oral and overall health by prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of oral diseases.

Halloween is lurking around the corner, but so is the coronavirus, making traditional Halloween parties trickier. This year, big parties and parades, creepy haunted houses, and gathering in crowds to trick-or-treat are off the table for many, or at the very least, downsized and held outdoors while social distancing.

Do you find yourself with a painful jaw whenever you open your mouth to speak, bite, or chew? If so, you may be experiencing temporomandibular joint pain (TMJ). It can happen if you have an injury to the mouth and jaw, suffer from arthritis, or even when you’re just trying to chew a piece of gum!

September is National Gum Care Month, so let’s talk about everything related to gums. This month is a good time to reflect on your dental health and commit to taking better care of your gums. Sometimes, we forget your gums help keep your teeth in their place and functioning at top capacity.

The mouth is home to millions of bacteria, some of them good and some bad. In fact, half of the bacteria in your mouth can lead to bad breath! National Fresh Breath Day is observed every year on August 6th to create awareness of oral hygiene in the fight against bad breath.

If you have been wanting to straighten your teeth for a healthier, more beautiful smile, you have come to the right place! We love straightening smiles and aligning bites to give our patients the smiles they have always wanted.

Mouthwashes or oral rinses are a liquid product you can use to clear harmful bacteria off your teeth, gums, and a mouth that lead to tooth decay and gum disease, oral ulcers, and bad breath. Mouthwash complements your twice-daily brushing and once-a-day flossing dental hygiene routine.

Our orthodontic clear aligner treatments are precise, so you can straighten your teeth while looking natural whenever you smile. It’s also much easier to eat and clean your teeth. With traditional braces, you have to avoid certain foods that can damage your braces components.

Did you know that the leading cause of tooth loss is gum disease, and that plaque is the primary cause of gum disease? When patients ask us if they can safely put off getting their routine teeth cleaning, we are quick to tell them that’s a bad idea.

If you have been experiencing discomfort in or around your mouth, call Valley View Dental to get it checked. If the pain is moderate or severe, and you have an urgent need to be seen as an emergency patient, we can get you in quickly.

Our skilled teams at Valley View Dental in Romeoville, Naperville, and Montgomery, Illinois, offer dental emergency care during our normal business hours. This means you or a family member don’t have to wait to be seen on another day for your dental emergency.

Healthy teeth aren’t damaged, decayed, or infected. To keep your teeth healthy means practicing good daily oral hygiene habits and seeing your dentist twice a year for cleanings and exams. But what if a tooth is infected? In most cases, it is best to save a tooth rather than replace it.

Your toothbrush is one of the most important dental tools you have in your home to help keep your pearly whites healthy and beautiful. Used properly twice a day, your toothbrush will help you ward off tooth decay, gum disease, and even bad breath.

Straightening your teeth for a healthy, properly aligned, and a beautiful smile takes time and effort and is worth every second! So is taking good care of your teeth along the way so that when the braces come off, your teeth are as healthy as they were when you began!