Family Dental of South East Wisconsin, S.C.

08/11/2022

This week marks an end to an amazing
era!
Michelle has worn many hats starting as
an assistant, then front desk and finally
as office manager in the 36 years she
has been with our office. She is
beginning her next adventure into
retirement and will be greatly missed!
Thank you Michelle for your many years
of welcoming smiles, kind heart, treating
each patient like family and being our
forever friend. Work will not be the same
without you but have so much fun with this new journey!! ❤️❤️

12/12/2021

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Modern dental restorations are not only more life-like than past generations, but also more durable. Today's fillings, crowns and bridges can last for years or even decades.But that doesn't mean you can set them and forget them—they all require some level of maintenance and care. Here are 3 co

11/12/2021

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Quitting smoking is hard. The love affair between your brain and ni****ne chains the habit to your daily life. But it's still worth the effort to quit to save your health from disease—including those that impact your teeth and gums. And, there's no time better to launch your "kick the habit" p

11/02/2021

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Although there are several potential problems people could encounter involving their teeth, gums or mouth, most fall into three basic categories. That's the finding of a recent survey conducted by the American Dental Association of more than 15,000 U.S. adults.These categories are a triad of symptom

10/23/2021

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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

10/13/2021

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Braces are so common that we often view them as "ho-hum." But there are aspects about braces that make them remarkable. For one, the fact that we can move teeth at all is a wonder of nature.We normally experience our teeth as firmly set in the jaw, which can easily lead to assuming they're permanent

10/03/2021

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Today's dentures are more comfortable, more functional and more life-like than ever before—so much so that you might forget you have them in. Even so, dentures do have some downsides, and constant wear only amplifies those.Our biggest concern is the effect dentures can have on bone health. Old

09/23/2021

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Tooth loss is often the unfortunate conclusion to a case of untreated periodontal (gum) disease—incentive enough to try either to prevent it or aggressively treat an infection should it occur. In either case, the objective is the same: to remove all plaque from dental surfaces.Dental plaque (a

09/13/2021

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Fans everywhere were recently saddened by the news of musical legend Eddie Van Halen's death. Co-founder and lead guitarist for the iconic rock group Van Halen, the 65-year-old superstar passed away from oral cancer.Van Halen's rise to worldwide fame began in the 1970s with his unique guitar style a

09/03/2021

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We're all interested in how our toothpaste tastes, how it freshens breath or how it brightens teeth. But those are secondary to its most important function, which is how well our toothpaste helps us remove dental plaque, that thin bacterial film on teeth most responsible for both tooth decay and gum

08/24/2021

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Getting dental implants is going to require surgery. But don't let that concern you—it's a relatively minor procedure.Currently the “gold standard” for tooth replacement, an implant consists of a titanium post surgically imbedded in the jawbone. We can affix a life-like crown to a

08/14/2021

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If you do the right things—keep your teeth clean, see the dentist regularly, and eat a "tooth-friendly" diet—you stand a good chance of having healthy teeth and gums later in life. Even so, after eating well over 75,000 meals by age 70, you can expect some wear from all that biting and c