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The best-evidenced dry mouth advice isn't a product. It's chewing.A Cochrane review of dry mouth treatments found almost...
10/16/2026

The best-evidenced dry mouth advice isn't a product. It's chewing.

A Cochrane review of dry mouth treatments found almost nothing that held up, except that chewing gum raises saliva in anyone with some capacity left. Chewing works like a pump, and the more teeth in the chew, the more saliva comes back.

Sugar-free xylitol gum after meals is cheap, and it works on the cause rather than the symptom.

Why chewing matters more than most people think, from the nose to the denture: https://lasvegasdentistry.com/articles/chewing/

Behind the scenes: every 3D scan we take gets a second read.A CBCT is a 3D X-ray. We only take one when there's a questi...
10/15/2026

Behind the scenes: every 3D scan we take gets a second read.

A CBCT is a 3D X-ray. We only take one when there's a question it can answer, like planning an implant or looking at a jaw joint. But it captures much more than the tooth we asked about, including the sinuses, the airway and the surrounding bone.

So every scan goes to BeamReaders, oral and maxillofacial radiologists who review the whole scan and send us a written report. Something unexpected outside the area we were looking at doesn't go unnoticed.

The imaging we use, and when: https://lasvegasdentistry.com/services/technology/

We make night guards. We just don't make one for everyone who asks.Something you wear eight hours a night for years can ...
10/14/2026

We make night guards. We just don't make one for everyone who asks.

Something you wear eight hours a night for years can change your bite, can affect how you breathe while you sleep, and does nothing about why you're clenching. So it should come after a diagnosis.

And a night guard isn't an orthotic. A guard protects your teeth and usually takes two visits. An orthotic for TMD is adjusted weekly to every other week for about three months, because the adjustments are the treatment.

Which one you need, and why we ask about your sleep first: https://lasvegasdentistry.com/services/night-guards/

Does mewing actually work? It depends on your age.The posture mewing describes is real, and we teach it: tongue resting ...
10/13/2026

Does mewing actually work? It depends on your age.

The posture mewing describes is real, and we teach it: tongue resting on the roof of the mouth, lips closed, teeth apart, breathing through the nose.

In a growing child, tongue posture really does help shape the upper jaw. In an adult, the bones are set. Sustained pressure won't reshape them, but it can move teeth, which is why hard mewing can shift a bite.

If mewing appeals to you, what you're really looking for is myofunctional therapy: the same posture, with an exam first.

Read more: https://lasvegasdentistry.com/articles/mewing/

Run a fingernail along your teeth where they meet the gum. If it catches on a small ledge, that's a notch, and it means ...
10/12/2026

Run a fingernail along your teeth where they meet the gum. If it catches on a small ledge, that's a notch, and it means tooth is being lost right at the gum line.

It usually starts with recession. Root has no enamel, so acid softens it, and brushing and the bite wear it into a notch. Where the notches sit tells us which of those is doing the most.

Small ones we watch. Sensitive ones often start with a fluoride varnish. When one needs covering, it's usually bonding, and sometimes a gum graft by a periodontist.

The full picture, with photos of the patterns: https://lasvegasdentistry.com/articles/abfraction/

From our smile gallery: T.C.'s story.The ask: teeth that had been gray since childhood. Years of trying to whiten them h...
10/11/2026

From our smile gallery: T.C.'s story.

The ask: teeth that had been gray since childhood. Years of trying to whiten them had only left them duller.

What we found: tetracycline staining. The antibiotic was built into the teeth as they formed, so the color runs through the tooth itself, where bleaching barely reaches.

The plan: ceramic crowns on the upper and lower front teeth.

The second photo is 2023, the same smile twenty years later, and the work is still doing its job.

Why whitening barely touches tetracycline staining, and what does: https://lasvegasdentistry.com/articles/tetracycline-stained-teeth/

Meet the people you'll see when you come in.Cathy, hygienist, 33 years with the practice. Selena, treatment coordinator,...
10/10/2026

Meet the people you'll see when you come in.

Cathy, hygienist, 33 years with the practice. Selena, treatment coordinator, 15 years. Gema at the front desk, 14 years, so if you've called us, you've talked to Gema. Kasandra, treatment coordinator, and Evander, who runs sterilization, 6 years each. Helene, hygienist, 4 years.

That's 78 years with this practice between the six of them.

Their stories, and the doctors: https://lasvegasdentistry.com/doctors/

Buccal massage is having a moment online, mostly framed as a facial treatment. We use it for a different reason, and we ...
10/09/2026

Buccal massage is having a moment online, mostly framed as a facial treatment. We use it for a different reason, and we are careful about what we claim.

It is massage of the chewing muscles from inside the mouth, used for jaw pain that is coming from muscle.

That last part is the whole thing, and it is the part the videos leave out. If your jaw pain is coming from the joint rather than the muscles, this is the wrong tool. Sorting out which one you have is what an exam is for.

When it is the right tool, the honest range runs from symptoms resolving through to feeling better for a while and the tension coming back.

https://lasvegasdentistry.com/services/buccal-massage/

A lot of replaced veneers never actually failed.Chips and cracks happen, and so does staining at the edges. But color is...
10/08/2026

A lot of replaced veneers never actually failed.

Chips and cracks happen, and so does staining at the edges. But color is often one of the main reasons veneers get replaced: the patient just doesn't feel they're white enough anymore. A small chip can often be polished off, and a broken veneer can often be bonded back on.

How long veneers really last, and what makes them fail:
https://lasvegasdentistry.com/articles/how-long-do-veneers-last/

"Am I too old to straighten my lower teeth?"Maybe. Teeth move at any age. The better question is whether it's worth doin...
10/07/2026

"Am I too old to straighten my lower teeth?"

Maybe. Teeth move at any age. The better question is whether it's worth doing for you.

Crooked lower front teeth are harder to keep clean, they tend to get thinner at the neck, which makes them weaker, and they're often the ones that break as we get older. Fixing them after that takes a real investment of time and money, often when one or both are in shorter supply.

The tooth in these photos broke off at the gum line. We were able to bond it back into place. That isn't always possible.

When straightening is worth it, and when it isn't:
https://lasvegasdentistry.com/chairside-qa/too-old-to-straighten-lower-teeth/

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2650 Lake Sahara Drive, Ste 160
Las Vegas, NV
89117

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Wednesday 7am - 3pm
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