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For most people, dental implants are an easy solution to tooth loss. There’s no special care required: just do your normal oral hygiene routine and make your visits to your dentist to ensure your new tooth integrates properly with your jawbone and remains healthy. But for diabetics, it’s not so easy. Diabetics have to take care to […]

There’s a nice little video that teaches you how to spot a fake smile. As Beverly Hills cosmetic dentists whose livelihood depends on crafting smiles that you can’t tell aren’t natural, we were of course intrigued. We found that, although the video is interesting, it’s based on 19th-century science that has since been debunked (and it has nothing to […]

According to new research from Yale University, the more dentists in a place, the lower the rate of obesity. Researchers found that for every additional dentist per 10,000 people in a county, there was a 1% drop in adult obesity rates. But can dentists really lower obesity rates? Correlation Is Not Causation Although this report is […]

Discolored teeth is one of the most common reasons people seek cosmetic dentistry. If you are looking at your smile, you may be concerned if you notice that some of your teeth seem to be different colors from some of the others. This should not be a major concern, as there should be natural color differences […]

Are your gums uncomfortable? Do you experience soreness around your teeth? Are your gums inflamed and red? Chances are good that this is gum disease and you should see a dentist, but there are also some other potential causes you should consider. Nutrition As with any part of the body, your gums need proper nutrition to stay […]

Dental implants are the best tooth-replacement option, but they do have one drawback: they can take a long time to heal. We need to make sure that the dental implant is fully integrated into your jaw bone before we put a permanent crown on it, and this can take up to six months. The good news […]

Your at-home oral hygiene care is an essential part of preventive dentistry (perhaps the most important part), but a new study of international dental organizations shows that even dentists don’t know what is the best way to brush your teeth, leading to a call for more study on this important aspect of oral health. Different Techniques for […]

It used to be there was really only one option for straightening your teeth, and although traditional braces worked well, they weren’t for everyone. Now at Nicolas A. Ravon, DDS, MSD, we’re happy to have a wide range of braces options for our Beverly Hills patients who demand teeth straightening with style. The Right Braces for Your […]

When we wrote earlier about natural supplements that help gum disease, we weren’t aware of the results of a brand-new study published confirming that another natural supplement may help improve your gum health: Omega-3 fatty acids, particularly the DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) variety has recently been shown to provide substantial improvement in the health of gum tissues. […]

In what is probably one of the strongest endorsements ever, Cristiano Ronaldo, the Real Madrid star who scored the last-second equalizer for Portugal against the US in the World Cup, is promoting a Japanese smile exerciser called Facial Fitness Pao, even though it’s pretty clear he doesn’t have a clue how it works, and, after […]

According to a new study, healthcare professionals aren’t doing enough to stop people from smoking, and dentists are the worst. Dentists Missed Opportunities to Help According to the study, released by the Ohio State University College of Public Health in Columbus, doctors, dentists, and others aren’t talking enough to their patients about the risks of smoking and […]

According to new research by a team of German dentists, athletes put their teeth at risk when they train hard. Exertion and the use of sports nutrition products put their teeth at risk of danger that causes their teeth to erode at a significantly faster rate, and the hardest trainers were also at increased risk for […]