Does Your Teen Have Unique Dental Challenges?

Categories: Dental Health
adolescent dental health

The team at Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood DDS wants to discuss teenager oral health and some issues your teen might have. When it comes to oral health, adolescence is a pivotal time. On the upside, the last of the permanent teeth come in providing young men and women with their “adult smile.”…

Root Canal vs Dental Implant

Categories: Dental Implants
Sandy root canals vs tooth implants

The team at Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood DDS  sees this situation quite often.When a tooth’s nerve and pulp becomes infected, a dentist and patient must make a choice of whether to attempt to save the tooth by performing a root canal or to extract the tooth. There are several factors that influence…

Should You Let Your Teen Get An Oral Piercing?

Categories: Dental Health
dangers of oral piercings Murray

An increasing number of Murray adolescents are sporting tongue, cheek, and lip piercings. The team at Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood DDS knows the dental health dangers your teen will face. What if your teen asked you for permission to get an oral piercing? The team at Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood…

Toddler With A Toothache?

Categories: Dental Health

When your toddler complains of mouth pain, you want to relieve it as soon as possible. Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood DDS is a leading family practice that emphasizes baby and toddler teeth and how to care for them POSSIBLE CAUSES OF TODDLER ORAL PAIN Tooth decay Emerging teeth Chipped or cracked tooth…

Is Grandpa Smiling?

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry
elderly oral health Murray

The team at Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood DDS wants to discuss how are Americans doing when it comes to the dental health of the 65+ population. The Good News: The rate of decay in the elderly has decreased in the past thirty years.1 The Bad News: 25% of persons age 65+ have…

Eruption Charts: Not As Scary As They Sound

Categories: Family Dentistry
teeth whitening Murray

Today the team at Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood DDS examines eruption charts. An eruption chart is simply a listing of the different types of teeth in the mouth and when, typically, they come out, or ‘erupt’ from the gums. An eruption chart tells you when you can expect baby teeth to erupt and…

Dental Miracles Seen And Unseen At Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood DDS

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry
white fillings Murray

At Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood DDS  we provide comprehensive full service dentistry for patients in Salt Lake City and surrounding communities. Quality dental care and cosmetic dental procedures can be extremely visible -think porcelain veneers, dental crowns, and teeth whitening. Today, however, let’s talk about some unseen procedures that can contribute to…

Which Type of Toothbrush is Best?

Categories: Dental Health
Toothbrush Wars in Salt Lake City

It may surprise you to know that some people have very strong opinions about which type of toothbrush is the best: manual or electric. The team at Salt Lake Dental Care – Clint Blackwood DDS in Murray hears this question a lot. Is there really one that is clearly better? Most dentists will tell you that…