As we look for our nicest, but comfiest, pants in preparation for the biggest meal of the year, we are also looking at the effects all of our Thanksgiving favorites will have on the teeth.  None of this is intended to scare you into not enjoying the holiday.  We just want you to brush and floss before you pass out[…]

At Designer Smiles, we love creating beautiful smiles with porcelain veneers.  Dr. Ann uses her many years of training and high level of skill, combined with her natural perfectionism, to give her patients the smiles of their dreams.  In order for these new smiles to last for decades, there are important steps the patient must take in caring for the[…]

We know that you know that your dentist looks at teeth all day, every day.  We also know that while you know that, you might not consider that this enables us to envision smile changes very easily.  We can look at an imperfect smile, see the exact problems in it, and conjure up an image of what the smile could[…]

There is no doubt that this has been an extremely stressful year.  We are continuing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen natural disasters on an alarming scale, our political climate is more polarized than ever before, and there is unrest in many cities. One of the physical manifestations of this increased stress level is the dental phenomenon of[…]