Total Care Dental

Total Care Dental Trusted Natural And Biological Dental Office. Dental Care with Your Health and Wellness in Mind
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At Total Care Dental & Wellness, we strive to create the best experience you will ever have visiting the dentist in American Fork, Utah (UT), every time. Whether you are seeking a general dentist solution for tooth or jaw pain or a completely different holistic and health-based approach to dental care, we are here to provide results. Total Care Dental has a team of forward-thinking dentists that s

trive to provide the latest in dental technology and healthcare. Whether you prefer to sleep through your dental treatment or are seeking a more natural solution for dental care, Total Care Dental gives you options. We have specialized in treating not only your oral health but also your whole-body health. From our friendly team that greets you warmly to our advanced technology to accurately diagnose and treat your dental health concerns, our purpose is to provide you with the most enjoyable dental visit you will ever have, every time! Feel free to visit our American Fork, Utah dental office to experience the Total Care Dental & Wellness difference for yourself!

09/06/2026

A narrow nose and poor sleep might share the same root cause: bone structure.

The floor of the nose and the roof of the mouth are the same bone. A narrow roof of the mouth means a narrow nasal floor, which limits airflow.

This connection is often visible on a child's face well before it becomes a bigger issue in adulthood, including issues with sleep.

Understanding the bone structure behind the breathing is where real answers start.

Learn more in our bio.

09/05/2026

She almost sold her practice.
Four young kids at home. The practice was the family's entire livelihood. And she was getting sicker with no explanation for it.
Dr. Michelle had never had a filling in her life. What she had done was spend years drilling out other people's amalgam fillings.
When she finally found her answer, she was told that saying it out loud to a patient could cost her her license.
That is why this practice looks at the whole person instead of one tooth at a time. Could how you feel be connected to what is in your mouth? It is a fair question to ask.
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09/05/2026

Pay attention to the twinges.
This patient described a twinge on one tooth. Not pain exactly. It just did not feel right.
The scan showed the start of infection at the end of that root. The tooth above it had a much larger abscess, with a slight break in the sinus floor where it had begun draining into the sinus.
There was one more detail. A small extension past the end of the root at a different density than the filling material, most likely a piece of an instrument left behind during the original root canal.
Small signals are still signals. That is exactly what a 3D scan is for.
Save this and share it with someone who has been ignoring a twinge.

09/04/2026

The Indian Health Service just announced it will stop using mercury fillings by 2027, and the EPA has opened a formal review of amalgam.

Symptoms of mercury exposure can be easy to miss because they mimic so many other conditions: fatigue, memory problems, numbness, loss of fine motor control. Could your dental health be connected to how you feel?

Testing is the only way to know for sure.

Mercury in a filling is more stable than the v***r released during removal, which means the removal process itself is the moment that matters most. That's why the right protocol matters.

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09/03/2026

She said the trouble started the day the bridge went in.
Nine years earlier, a crown replacement reached the nerve. The tooth came out and a three tooth bridge went across the space. Ever since, a sinus that drained nonstop, a permanently drippy nose, and round after round of antibiotics that never cleared it.
She kept going back. It would get ground on and adjusted, and she would be told nothing was wrong.
The x-ray showed an abscess about the size of a quarter that had eaten away most of the jawbone holding that tooth in. The tooth had died and abscessed.
When a patient can name the exact day something changed, that is information worth taking literally.
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09/02/2026

What they don't teach you in dental school.
Conventional training is very good at managing symptoms. Something breaks, you repair it. Something hurts, you numb it. Something is infected, you take it out.
That skill set matters, and it gets used every day.
But there is a second question worth asking. Why did this happen in the first place, and what would support the body in holding up better going forward?
That question is the reason biological dentistry exists. Not instead of good clinical care. Alongside it.
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09/01/2026

Can you actually regrow a tooth?
Garry Lineham put the question straight to Dr. Jorgensen, and her answer is the same one you would hear in our office: your teeth exchange minerals every single day, minerals in and minerals out, and supporting that daily process is real and worth understanding. A whole tooth growing back? She has not seen it happen, and she will not pretend she has.
That is how we try to answer every big question at Total Care Dental. No overselling, no dismissing.
Save this one and share it with anyone who has ever wondered what is actually possible for their teeth.

09/01/2026

Should you get your adenoids out?
The question worth asking first is why they are a problem at all.
We are all born with them, and they were meant to be there. So when they swell, obstruct, or get in the way of breathing, something is driving it.
It usually traces back to one of two things. Something inflammatory settling at the back of the throat, often a food or something being breathed in. Or an infection elsewhere in the head and neck, since that tissue handles lymphatic drainage for the whole region. A hidden infection under an old root canal, an old extraction site, or the gums can all show up there.
None of this means surgery is the wrong answer. It means the why deserves an answer first, and that is what a full workup is for.
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08/31/2026

If you cut away two thirds of your liver, it grows back within about a month. Your skin repairs itself. Broken bones knit back together.
So Garry Lineham asked Dr. Jorgensen the question most people have never thought to ask their dentist: why not teeth?
The clip ends on that question on purpose. It is the start of a much bigger conversation about how the mouth actually works, and it is the kind of question we love digging into at Total Care Dental.
Save this one and share it with someone who still thinks of teeth as just rocks in your head.

08/31/2026

Sometimes a patient just knows something is off, even without real pain.

One patient felt that way for a long time. Standard checks did not explain it, but a cone beam CT scan finally uncovered a hidden problem that had been there all along.

Trust that feeling. The right technology can turn a vague sense of off into a clear answer.

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12 S 1100 E
American Fork, UT
84003

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Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 12pm

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+18017563737

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