Improve the Look & Health of Your Smile
with Dentists in Red Deer

Summer music festivals are a perfect way to spend your evenings and weekends. The flavour of tunes wafting through the air can only be matched by the wonderful foods available. Imagine the wings with your jazz or the dark beers with your country music. Caution must be taken that you avoid over lading your mouth with too many sugars while dancing in the summer breeze.

How was that hamburger at yesterday’s cookout? Was it tender and juicy? Maybe the answer is a resounding “no” because when you bit down, an extreme pain shot through your tooth and gum. Now that you think about it, eating has become a painful chore. You have noticed that your gums are continually swelling in one area of your gum line. None of this should be a surprise. Your last visit to the dentist was 2015, or was it 2005? Either way, it has been too long, and now you may be looking at a root canal.

Since you were little, you have often heard about the importance of good dental hygiene. The daily regimen includes brushing after meals and sugary snacks, and flossing. There is also a myriad of over the counter products to aid in keeping your teeth clean and fresh. Manufacturers have ensured we can clean our teeth with seventy different kinds of toothpastes, dozens of types of mouthwashes, and bubble gum flavoured floss. Did we mention that you can whiten your teeth at home? With all of these products available, why do we need to go to the dentist?