Laurie A. Stein DDS

Laurie A. Stein DDS Your concerns and long-term goals are the ultimate deciding factor for creating a dental care program that works for you. Here's to your health.

My team and I can tell you what is needed, and you have to tell us what you want. Only when both factors are coordinated can we

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas. Here's to you all having a great day with friends and family.

05/14/2023

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Thanksgiving. Blessings to you all.
11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving. Blessings to you all.

Did you know that National Fresh Breath Day is this Saturday August 6th? Bad breath can be a sign of other health issues...
08/04/2022

Did you know that National Fresh Breath Day is this Saturday August 6th? Bad breath can be a sign of other health issues. If you are concerned that your breath isn't as fresh as it could be give us a call at 970-856-6168 and Dr. Laurie Stein can help you.

Smiles are a work of art, so we feel pretty lucky that we get to help patients have beautiful healthy smiles every day!
07/20/2022

Smiles are a work of art, so we feel pretty lucky that we get to help patients have beautiful healthy smiles every day!

07/01/2022

Have a great weekend and be safe! If you do have a dental emergency please call us at 970-778-3209 so we can help you.

06/30/2022

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend!

06/26/2022

This question comes up on a regular basis:
What is the difference between a regular cleaning and a periodontal maintenance?

A regular cleaning, or prophylaxis, us the removal of plaque, calculus (tartar), and stain for persons who do not have any bone loss, periodontal disease, or infection around their teeth. It is preventive in nature. In other words, the mouth should be healthy with no gum or bone problems.

If you have periodontal disease, you may require scaling and root planing to remove diseased deposits from the root surface. An electric device, called an ultrasonic scaler may be used to get down the full depth. Various types of anesthetic may be used if the teeth or gums are sensitive for your comfort and to facilitate thorough cleaning. This is no longer preventive in nature, it can only be maintained to decrease the odds of it returning and causing more bone/tissue loss. After the disease process is under control, a regular cleaning is not appropriate anymore. You will require special ongoing gum and bone care procedures, known as periodontal maintenance, to keep your mouth healthy.

There is another type of "cleaning" that you may have heard about and that is a debridment. This type of procedure is used to start the cleaning process. Someone who needs immediate decrease in the amount of calculus, plaque, or inflammation/infection will receive this type of cleaning to start the healing process and allow us to see what we have to do for complete health of these tissues (regular cleaning or scaling and root planing followed by periodontal maintenance). There are times when x-rays are not available for one reason or another and this type of cleaning is all that can be provided due to the lack of diagnostic information.

Hopefully this will help answer that question for many of you.

06/19/2022

Happy Father's Day. No matter what fatherly role you play in the life of a child, YOU are a valued member of the family. Have an amazing day!!!

Never forget those who made it possible for to enjoy every day and the longer weekend. We owe everything to them.
05/29/2022

Never forget those who made it possible for to enjoy every day and the longer weekend. We owe everything to them.

Happy Mother's Day!!!!Enjoy your day.
05/08/2022

Happy Mother's Day!!!!Enjoy your day.

A healthy smile? What does that mean? Yes many times we follow in our parents footsteps as far as dental health, but did...
03/26/2022

A healthy smile? What does that mean?
Yes many times we follow in our parents footsteps as far as dental health, but did you know that isn't written in stone?
Everything (barring an accident) that happens in dentistry (decay, abscesses, and gum disease) are all bacterial in cause.
A healthy mouth is a mouth that is limiting the bad bacteria and letting the good bacteria do its job.
A healthy diet or lifestyle can be undermined by an unhealthy mouth.
Genetically, the bacteria probably did come from your parents or grandparents, but YOU have the power to stop that cycle and not pass it to your kids and grand kids.
That is what we do as hygienists and dentists.
To find out more about how to stop this cycle and get truly healthy, give us a call!!!!! 970-856-6168

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Cedaredge, CO
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