Spring Lake Dental Group

Cheri Lindstrom, RDH, explains the 10 reasons why we, at Spring Lake Dental Group, take your blood pressure when you come in for your dental visit: The check for hypertension. As dental professionals, we see you at least twice a year for your professional cleaning and exam, whereas, you may only see your physician every […]

SLDG is excited to announce that it has given its hygienists new techniques for managing gingivitis and periodontal disease, as well as better maintenance of its patients who have invested in implant restorations! Air Flow therapy is a technique that incorporates fine particles of glycine powder propelled by compressed air and water. When directed at […]

     As a Registered Dental Hygienist, my main goal in patient care is education and prevention. Nutrition plays an integral role in the prevention of dental caries aka cavities (sugar bugs for the kids). In particular, frequent exposure to carbohydrates and acidic foods and drinks are the most damaging to our healthy tooth enamel.  […]

Dr. Alison Vitelli-Rodriguez, DMD talks about the importance of mouthguards and why we recommend them to our patients: Why do we recommend athletic mouthguards and night guards?  Simple!  We need to protect our dentition!  Sportsguards are designed to wrap around top and bottom teeth and targeted for athletes in the type of sports that are […]

Daily flossing is something we always recommend to our patients as part of your daily oral health routine. But if you are one of the people who might not enjoy flossing as much because it could be awkward, difficult or messy there is another option to traditional flossing that will still take care of your […]

Author: Kimberly N. Powell, DDS, MS On my drive home for Christmas, I passed a billboard that read, Chicken Have No Teeth.  Don’t Be A Chicken.  The advertisement was for Peterson Dental in Leeds, Alabama.  What a hilarious, clever, and true marketing strategy!  Fear of the dentist has prevented a number of patients from seeking dental […]

  Dr. Allison Vitelli-Rodriguez, DMD speaks about the importance of accurate medical history recording in our patients treatment: Unfortunately, many times it is not well understood why we as Dentists need to know past medical history as well as medications being taken by our patients.  Here is the thing; the mouth is in direct contact […]

  Author: Dr. David G. Dickerhoff, DDS, MAGD Is it a cavity or isn’t it? Have you ever had the opportunity to get an opinion from multiple dental offices? Why is there such a great degree of variability for recommendations made from one dentist to another? They all graduated from dental school, didn’t they? We […]

IF THERE’S ONE THING we can all agree on, it’s that nobody likes sensitive teeth! Tooth sensitivity can cause discomfort during daily tasks such as brushing, flossing, eating, drinking, and even breathing in a cold gush of air! If you are experiencing tooth sensitivity, there are measures you can take to relieve pain and treat discomfort. […]

Author: David G. Dickerhoff, DDS, MAGD, FOCOI You would have to have been living in a cave for the last month to have missed the titillating coverage of most media outlets and social sites that reveled in the claim that the Associated Press reported on the lack of evidence that flossing is a benefit to oral […]