Spokane Dental Blog

2021, what a year! Once again this year, Dr. Smith and our Spokane Dental team feel so privileged to serve Spokane and the Inland Northwest with exceptional dental care. As always, our focus was on you, our amazing patients, this past year as we continued to provide preventive and restorative dental care for the whole family.

Dentures were once thought of as dental mastery that was only saved for elderly patients who needed full sets of teeth removed. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, nowadays there are many patients, young and old, who get dentures. Times have changed and dentures come in a variety of styles, sizes, and specific models.

As you may be aware, millions of people enjoy sodas. They're served with almost every meal in America, and there are so many different flavors to pick from. It's difficult to stay away from them! If you're like up to half of the population in the United States, you may have had a sugary drink lately - and chances are it was soda. But great risk comes with all that flavor. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, and weight gain are all linked to drinking high-sugar soft drinks. And those are just a few of the downsides of having too many sodas.

Looking for the perfect stocking stuffer that will actually get used? Or that present that won’t sit on the shelf and collect dust all year? Spokane Dental has you covered with our 2021 Dental Gift Guide full of presents that will get used every day. We rounded up some picks to make life easier for everyone on your list, and 2022 the healthiest year yet:

Without teeth, a person is confined to life with applesauce diets and bendable straws. While people often dismiss dental healthcare as something to take seriously, teeth are what give us the ability to enjoy a variety of flavors and textures in food. Teeth give is a unique way to explore the world. Teeth are important and they deserve to be treated as such.

This is a delicious time of year: a bag full of candy trick or treating, caramel apples at the pumpkin patch, hot cocoa and holiday cookies, New Years treats , and Valentines chocolates. As we gear up for a yummy winter, your Spokane Dental team has some tips and tricks to keep the whole family’s teeth healthy this season:

Is this your child’s first dental visit? If so, then you may want to read on. You will learn exactly what to do to help prepare your child for their first dental appointment.

There are endless reasons our patients end up with a gap in their smile. Maybe it was a necessary extraction, a dental accident, or advanced periodontal disease. Inevitably through the process, many wonder: do I really need to replace my lost tooth?

Maintaining good oral health isn’t as simple as brushing and flossing at home. In order to keep your smile looking beautiful, regular visits to your dentist are crucial. The challenge comes when it’s time to find a new dentist. Whether you just moved to the Spokane area, your dentist retired, or you’re just looking for a dentist that’s the right fit, it can be hard to find the right dental office.

Have you ever walked into the dental aisle at the grocery store or pharmacy and just stood there, overwhelmed? Even to the most dentally-inclined person, the amount of options out there for toothbrushes, floss, toothpaste (not to mention all the other stuff) can just seem like too much.