NYC Smile Design Cosmetic Dentistry Blog

Trusting your dentist is a desirable thing, and so is following their recommendations. But, in real life, you have to ask some questions, even of a dentist you trust. For instance, what if I told you that the advice you've been getting may be completely wrong when it to comes to staying cavity-free? Let's begin with the biggest lie: "If you limit your sugar intake, you can virtually eliminate cavities."  Sugar is only a very small portion of a much bigger problem--because sugar is actually food for the bacteria that causes cavities. And it gets worse: it isn't just sugar that feeds the bacteria. If you really wanted to limit cavities by...

Dentistry has come such a long way, even over the last few years, making procedures quicker, less painful, and more effective than ever before.  However, understandably, going to the dentist may still be a stressful experience for you. Imagine you have moved into a new city looking to establish yourself with a new dentist or maybe you have outgrown your regular dentist and are looking...

You've read about it more than once --- fluoride is not safe for you. Fluoride, a common element added to your water supplies and many dental products like your toothpaste, causes more harm than good when ingested. Now, studies show that fluoride not only fails to prevent tooth decay, but it can also cause cancer, too.

Several previous studies have been published on the plausibility of fluoride causing cancer, and added to these is the recent submission by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. This study shows that fluoride increases the risk of bone cancer in boys and...

For many of our patients, the work required for their smile makeovers can be done in a short time. But for Bonnie, after a detailed consult, we knew that the extensive makeover she wanted would take serious time: it meant correcting mistakes made by previous dentists who had opted for cosmetic procedures alone to disguise deeper problems. Some of them had to do with her teeth, while others had to do with the structural misalignment of her jaws. So, although Bonnie looked good, covered up, the problems continued to get worse.

As Bonnie vividly put it, “One of my bottom teeth, that had been supporting a bridge, fractured; it...