Loose teeth are uncomfortable, especially when you try to eat food or chew gum. The feeling of the tooth pulling away from the gum is enough to send chills down your spine. It seems like an eternity, waiting for either the tooth to become loose enough to be extracted or strong enough to no longer be a problem.

Dr. Gabriel Doria has years of experience dealing with loose teeth with a very gentle touch.  Teeth become loose because of lost gum tissue, injury, orthodontic treatment, or pressure caused by tooth misalignment. A new technique called periodontal splinting attaches weak teeth together, turning them into a single unit that is stable and stronger than the single teeth by themselves. The procedure is most commonly performed on the front teeth. The procedure is as simple as using composite material to attach, or splint, the loose teeth to the adjoining stable teeth. Tooth splinting is a common procedure that has gained popularity due to its effectiveness. [Read more…]

Are you waking up each morning with an aching sore jaw?  When you take a bite, does it feel like your jaw is lopsided a little bit? If so, you might benefit from Dr. Gabriel realigning your bite.  Over time the alignment of your teeth can have problems.  Common reasons for this are tooth shifting, overcrowding with wisdom teeth or missing teeth no longer holding back the surrounding teeth.

At our Bayonne NJ dentist office we can properly and gently adjust your bite to get rid of that nagging sore jaw causing you suffering.  This will give you an evenly distributed bite with no unfortunate pressure causing pain on your mouth.  The adjustment will make sure your teeth meet properly and help you avoid future dental issues that can happen from ignoring a misaligned teeth. [Read more…]

The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), reports up to 39% of sports related injuries impact your dental health. More than 5 million teeth annually are broken in sports activities. All contact sports have many incidents of dmaged teeth & other dental issues.  Be smart and make sure to always use a mouth guard.

The National Federation of State High School Associations mandated the use of mouthguards for hockey, football, basketball, lacrosse and many more sports. Wearing a guard is important for most any type of sport as its greatly lowers the risk of dental damage. [Read more…]

Are you a teeth grinder? Studies revealed that more than 10% of adults habitually clench their teeth. It is also called bruxism and can cause serious damage and discomfort as it cracks your teeth, causes headaches and results in jaw pain. Bruxism is grinding or clenching of the teeth unintentionally several times during sleep.

Just like snoring, teeth grinding bothers family members who sleep near you as the sound made at night are so irritating and disturbing one’s slumber. Some children also grind their teeth during early ages but the habit is gone by the time they enter into adult stage. Tooth grinding can have many causes: by stress and anxiety, an abnormal bite or crooked or missing teeth and by a sleep disorder such as sleep apnea. [Read more…]

TMJ is the acronym for temporomandibular joint, which connects your lower jaw (the mandible) to your skull at the temporal bone. This joint controls many jaw functions, like chewing. If the chewing muscles or the joint itself are causing you pain you may have temporamandibular disorder, or TMD. TMD can be caused by stress, continual clenching of the jaw muscles, or teeth grinding. [Read more…]