Houston Cosmetic Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF, shares an article about your smile from the Wall Street Journal and how it is related to stress reduction and health. Research has shown that wearing a smile brings benefits such as slowing down the heart and reducing stress. The same research all shows that smiling […]
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Houston Cosmetic Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF, announces the release from Proctor and Gamble and seen in USA Today that they are releasing three new toothpaste flavors: Mint Chocolate Trek, Lime Spearmint Zest, and Vanilla Mint Spark. Whereas these do not sound so appealing, their research showed that consumers wanted more products that allowed for
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Houston Cosmetic Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF discusses that not everyone needs 8-10 veneers to create a nice smile. An article in the Wall Street Journal, discusses the consequences an unattractive smile and the benefits as well. Often patients have one or more front teeth that are in need of treatment, but the others look
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Houston Cosmetic Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF heard about new dental technology from the Consumer Technology Trade Show. It is not an iBrush, however, a new toothbrush called the Kolibree is on display. Using Bluetooth, this toothbrush amazingly senses how people are brushing their teeth and sends information to an iPhone or Android
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Houston TMJ Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF, discusses an article by an expert in migraines. In general this article says the only way to control migraines is with medications and the hope is to reduce the intensity and/or frequency. It would benefit the readers for the article to include some causes of migraines so that not
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Houston Cosmetic Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF, wanted to share a new product from Colgate that may help with tooth sensitivity. Colgate Sensitivity Toothpaste has helped some of our patients feel better. They currently have a whole new line on toothpastes for sensitivity. Whereas there are numerous causes of tooth sensitivity treatment is sometimes a
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Houston Cosmetic Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF discusses the serious issue of dry mouth on oral health. The Chicago Tribune has had numerous articles through the years discussing this and some possible remedies. Dry Mouth is often a side effect of many therapeutic drugs and also cancer treatment. These drugs include many common diuretics and
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Houston TMJ Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF has noticed a trend of many cases of TMJ or TMD in which patients are on medication to try and control their migraine headaches and other symptoms due to these issues. I will be the first to say that not all migraines are TMJ related, however,
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Houston Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF feels that electric toothbrushes do clean better than manuel ones. Sonicare by Phillips, for example, can clean more surface area faster and more efficiently than a manuel brush. Additionally, it is not necessary to press down as hard with the electric ones. There are numerous electric toothbrushes
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Houston Dental Implant Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF discusses patients concerns that their dental implants may not look like natural teeth. Dental implants are an art and science and when restored can look beautiful giving patients their smiles back. Most of the big implant companies, such as Nobel Biocare are constantly doing research
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