The Lewisville Dentist

THANK YOU TO our awesome administrative professionals for all they do! 🤩 We couldn’t keep this place as organized and running smoothly without you.

HAPPY EARTH DAY! 🌎 We love this Earth we live in and want to keep it clean and beautiful!

WE WOULD LOVE to know how you think we’re doing! 😃 If you have a few minutes to leave us a review, it would mean so much to us! Thank you for your support.

WE WOULD LOVE to be your dentist if we're not already so give us a call to make an appointment today! 😀

WE ARE WISHING you all a wonderful and Happy Easter! 🌸

DENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS are on the front lines of the fight against oral cancer. 👊We encourage our patients to join the fight by staying informed about symptoms and risk factors, and we want to pay special attention to this issue during Oral Cancer Awareness Month.

Most people know to***co use is a major oral cancer risk factor. Frequent, heavy alcohol consumption is another. Men are twice as likely to develop oral cancer as women, and people over 45 are more at risk. Less obvious risk factors include HPV, neglecting oral hygiene, and getting too much sun (which can cause lip cancer). Children are less at risk, but that can change if they start using to***co — just one more reason why parents should discourage their kids from smoking or va**ng. 🚫

Symptoms of oral cancer include a sore that doesn’t heal, red or white patches, an unusual lump, a strange thickness in the cheek, a persistent sensation of having something stuck in the throat, numbness of the mouth or tongue, difficulty chewing or swallowing, and chronic bad breath.

The survival rates for oropharyngeal cancers have been increasing over the last thirty years, and we can continue that trend with awareness and early detection. 👍Oral cancer screenings are often part of routine dental exams, and the dentist may spot the signs of oral cancer before the patient notices any symptoms!

IT’S NATIONAL PET DAY! 🐶😺Show off your pet by posting a pic of them to your social media and share your pet’s name with us in the comments below!

LET US KNOW what your tooth fairy name is! 🧚‍♀️

REMEMBER TO BRUSH your teeth regularly but make sure to be soft and not aggressive! 👍

APRIL IS ORAL CANCER AWARENESS Month. Make sure to watch your mouth and most importantly, get screened regularly at your dental checkups! 👅

WE KNOW THEY meant flossing but brushing with someone sure does make it better too! ☺️

OUR DOCTOR IS amazing! 🤩 Come in for a visit and see for yourself!

KEEP IN MIND how much sugar soda contains and try to limit your daily soda intake. 🥤 This will not only keep your daily sugar intake healthy but also your teeth! 😁

THE TOOTH FAIRY is a prominent figure in the magic of childhood, and it’s fun to look at how cultures have approached lost baby teeth differently throughout history. 🧚‍♀️

Long before the Tooth Fairy was sneaking teeth out from under pillows, she was digging them out of the ground. Medieval Europeans would burn or bury baby teeth because they believed that a witch could control people if she got hold of their teeth.

In addition to protecting themselves from witches, kids would burn their baby teeth to help ensure a peaceful afterlife, because they might be doomed to an eternity of searching for their teeth as ghosts if they didn’t destroy them! That sounds pretty intense. 😬

Unlike their neighbors to the south, the Vikings considered baby teeth to be good luck in battle — so much so that they would buy them so that they could wear necklaces made out of children’s teeth! That could either be very intimidating or very strange-looking — or maybe both.

The Tooth Fairy doesn’t look like Tinkerbell in every culture. Many Latin and European countries have a Tooth Mouse instead! She’s called Le Petit Souris in France, which translates to “the little mouse,” and like the Tooth Fairy, she swaps out teeth hidden under pillows for money or small gifts. 🐭 In many Spanish-speaking countries, the Tooth Mouse is Raton Perez.

JUMP INTO SPRING with a fresh smile! 😄 Come see us for a dental spring cleaning!

IT'S MARCH MADNESS! 🏀 Comment your final four below!

ACT ON MOUTH health for World Oral Health Day! Make sure to prioritize your oral health to help keep your overall health well! 😃

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! Are you wearing green today? 🍀 If not, make sure you don’t get pinched by a leprechaun!

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH is a great time to shine a spotlight on two pioneers of women in dentistry. 🔦 These women laid the path for many other women to follow in their footsteps and even branch out into other dental specialties like pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, and endodontics.

In the mid-1800s, dentists didn’t always receive formal degrees. Emeline Roberts Jones, born in 1836, was such a dentist (though she probably would have been rejected by the all-male dental colleges). She married a dentist at age 18, but he scoffed at the idea that she could learn his trade.

She proved him wrong by training herself behind his back with extracted teeth. 💪 Eventually, he recognized her skills and made her his partner. When he died, she continued to support their children by practicing dentistry, traveling around Connecticut with a portable dentist’s chair until settling down in New Haven.

The first woman to receive a formal degree in dentistry in North America was Lucy Hobbs Taylor, born in 1833. 🎓 She found a professor to teach her privately when dental schools wouldn’t accept her, and she opened a practice at age 28.

Her skill and gentle chairside manner impressed her male peers and she was finally accepted into the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, where she graduated in 1866. She married a Civil War veteran, who she trained to be a dentist, and they established their successful practice in Lawrence, Kansas together.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S Day! 💜 We love the women in our office and want to give them a shout-out today!

WE WANT TO give a big thank you to our wonderful dental assistants for Dental Assistants Recognition Week! 💚

DO YOU PREFER talking or texting to communicate over the phone? 📱 Let us know your preference below!

SEE IF YOU can find all 5 differences between these photos! 👀 If you find them all, comment below!

​​HAVE YOU FLOSSED today? 🤔 If not, make sure you take the time to floss. It reaches the spaces that your toothbrush can’t.

COMMENT ON THIS post if you ever had a transparent device like these ones! 💬

IN CASE YOU didn’t know our doctor that well, we wanted to give you the chance to get to know them a little bit better! 😃 If you have any questions about the doctor, comment them below and we’ll have them answer it!

ONE OF OUR GREATEST weapons against gum disease and tooth decay is a good flossing habit. 👍 Here are a few tips to help parents teach their children how to floss effectively:

1. Explain the importance of flossing. If they understand why it matters, they will be more motivated to do it.
2. Emphasize that flossing is a Big Kid skill. 😀 Like learning to tie their shoes and ride a bike without training wheels, they’ll be eager to prove how grown up they are by flossing their own teeth.
3. Use flossers or floss picks if traditional floss is too tricky.
4. If using traditional floss, show them how to pull out the right amount (a foot and a half) and loosely wrap it around their middle fingers, leaving just an inch or two to slide between the teeth.
5. Show them how to effectively clean by using a back-and-forth motion without snapping the floss down onto their gums. Curve the floss around each tooth in a C-shape to make it more gentle. (Flossing shouldn’t hurt!)
6. Teach them how to move down so they use clean floss on each tooth. We want to get rid of the plaque, not just move it around!

IT'S THE MONTH of love so we wanted to share this fun fact. 💋Kissing increases saliva which can help repair early tooth damage and decay.

YOU MIGHT GET a sweet tooth this Valentine's Day but just make sure to brush your teeth after eating anything sugary. 😋