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Oral Health Tips: How Often Should You Change Your Toothbrush?

Change is an axiom of life. And that should absolutely include your toothbrush. Based on the standard recommendation of brushing and flossing your teeth twice daily, a toothbrush is used at least 60 times a month and at least 720 times a year. Calculate that out for 2 minutes of brushing per use (a generous […]

Charles F. Orth, DDS/PA
Periodontics and Implants

Oral Health Tips: How Often Should You Change Your Toothbrush?

Bone Grafting for Implants

Today, bone grafting procedures have become almost an integral part of implant reconstruction at our office in Dallas. In many instances, a potential implant site in the upper or lower jaw does not offer enough bone volume or quantity to accommodate a root form implant of proper size or in the proper place. This is usually a result of bone resorption (shrinkage) that has taken place since the loss of the tooth. Bone grafting procedures are utilizes to re-establish bone dimension. We now have the ability to grow bone where it is needed.