Adult Dental Health for White Plains Smiles

Preventative Maintenance For Your Irreplaceable Smile In White Plains

At The Dental Design Center – Ira J. Handschuh, D.D.S., our goal is preventing dental problems and keeping our patients’s smiles healthy and beautiful. We provide general and family dentistry at our White Plains dental practice. Adult Dental Health As a general and family dentistry practice, we have been treating patients of all ages since…

Implants Prevent Denture-Related Health Problems in White Plains

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25% of adults over 65 have no original teeth. Many men and women with missing teeth or no teeth at all choose dentures. This is understandable. It’s problematic to eat and speak with no teeth in the mouth. And a toothless mouth is not an attractive…

What Can Dental Veneers Do For Your Smile?

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Many men and women are unhappy with the appearance of their teeth. It could be a chip or crack. Perhaps they have yellowed over the years. You Don’t Have to Live With Chips and Cracks You don’t have to live with shortcomings in your smile. In today’s post, we consider one of these solutions: dental…

When Style And Oral Health Collide

Categories: Cosmetic Dentistry

At The Dental Design Center in White Plains NY, we focus on cosmetic dentistry and patient-centered dental care. Today, we wanted to talk to you about the potential health benefits that cosmetic dentistry could bring you! We know that the term ‘cosmetic’ might be fitting, but it can also be misleading. Most cosmetic dentistry procedures…

Two Hints For When You’re Too Tired To Brush

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Too tired to touch a toothbrush? We’ve all been there. At The Dental Design Center in White Plains we have two quick ideas to overcome your exhaustion and pick up your toothbrush. Idea #1 Drag Tongue Along Teeth As you lie there in bed after a long hard day and realize you forgot to brush,…

Bacteria in Brains Suggest Alzheimer’s-Gum Disease Link

Article from Bloomberg July 29, 2013 Bacteria linked to gum disease traveled to the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that dental hygiene plays a role in the development of the memory-robbing illness, British researchers said. Signs of the bacterium, known as Porphyromonas gingivalis, were found in four out of 10 samples of brain…