Drs. Long, Burton and Whaley DMD

08/28/2024

We are so excited to announce our new Doctor! Dr. Olivia Whaley has recently joined our practice and we are already in love with the way she is taking care of our patients. We are excited to have an eager and caring young dentist to support or mission to provide honest and quality dental care.

08/08/2024

We are looking for a motivated dental assistant to join our dental family. If you or anyone you know would be interested please reach out to us on FB or give our office a call at (502)650-5676. We look forward to hearing from you :)

09/20/2021

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Between the final game of the World Series in late October and spring training in February, major league baseball players work on their skills preparing for the new season. Reporters on a Zoom call to the New York Yankees' training camp wanted to know what star outfielder Aaron Judge had been doing

09/10/2021

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Our primary aim as dentists is to preserve teeth. There are times, however, when preserving a tooth is no longer worth the effort and we must recommend removing it. Fortunately, extracted teeth can be replaced with a functional and attractive restoration.Today's top tooth-replacement option is the d

08/31/2021

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If we were playing word association with the term “oral hygiene,” you'd probably answer “brushing.” And you would be right—brushing cleans tooth surfaces of accumulated bacterial plaque, a thin biofilm most responsible for dental disease.But brushing is only half of the

08/21/2021

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As a new permanent tooth develops, the roots undergo a process of breakdown and growth. As older cells dissolve (a process called resorption), they’re replaced by newer cells laid down (deposition) as the jaw develops. Once the jaw development ends in early adulthood, root resorption normally

08/11/2021

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During this year's baseball spring training, Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton got into a row with a steak dinner—and the beefsteak got the better of it. During his meal, the Gold Glove winner cracked a tooth.Fortunately, he didn't lose it. Buxton's dentist rescued the tooth with a d

08/01/2021

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If you like conundrums like "Which came first? The chicken or the egg?", then you may enjoy this one: "Which should you do first, brush or floss?"Both of these oral hygiene tasks are equally important for removing dental plaque, a thin bacterial film that forms on teeth after eating. Removing plaque

07/12/2021

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Your teeth can take decades of daily biting and chewing and not miss a beat. But they do have a nemesis, dental disease, which can easily get the upper hand. As a result, millions of people lose teeth each year to tooth decay and periodontal (gum) disease.But while both the living tissue that makes