Keeping Your Child’s Mouth Healthy All Summer Long

Keeping Your Child’s Mouth Healthy All Summer Long

Back-to-school is right around the corner, and that means it’s time for health physicals, immunizations, and an equally important appointment – dental checkups. Until then, summer is the time when many kids slip out of their usual routines and perhaps even put their...
When is the Best Time for Braces?

When is the Best Time for Braces?

Millions of people are undergoing orthodontic treatment at any given time, ranging in ages as young as 7 to adult. With so many different types of treatment and techniques that seem to evolve rapidly, many people wonder what age is best for getting braces. At Briter...
Oral Health and Aging – What to Expect

Oral Health and Aging – What to Expect

By the year 2030, approximately 20 percent of the U.S. population will be age 72 or older. It is a number that is growing rapidly, meaning more and more of dental patients are and will be of advanced age now and in the years to come. While the risk of oral health...
You Have an Impacted Tooth. Now What?

You Have an Impacted Tooth. Now What?

After weeks of off-and-on jaw discomfort, you decide to visit the dentist to find out the source of your symptoms. After a few x-rays and a quick exam, the dentist informs you that your wisdom teeth are impacted and will need to be surgically removed. >How did this...
Regular Dental Visits

Regular Dental Visits

Haven’t Been to the Dentist in Years? Here’s What to Expect Despite recommendations for dental check-ups every six months, we often see people in our Katy dental office who have not been to the dentist many years – sometimes decades! Chock it up to dental anxiety, no...