One of the most important daily habits you can develop is brushing your teeth. It’s the best way to protect your oral health and keep from developing gum disease or tooth decay. However, we usually complete our habits without giving it much thought to what we are doing. This makes it easy to develop bad habits while brushing. This is... read more »

It’s easy to have a lapse in memory and begin to slack on your oral health, but at the end of every day, it is important to ensure you are back on track for a healthy smile that, with proper care and risk-control, can last a lifetime. Don’t fall victim to bad oral hygiene. Implement the following tips and tactics... read more »

Your best smile can be enhanced with dental veneers. No matter how well you may clean and brush your teeth, there could still be room for improvement. Given the ease to which teeth can stain, the color shade you are hoping for may only be available with dental veneers. If teeth whitening treatments are not giving you the look you... read more »

In many cases, a dull smile suffers from stains that are too deep in the tooth enamel to be whitened by consumer-grade whitening products. To fully whiten your smile, your dentist, Dr. Brian Miller, might suggest having a dental bleaching treatment in Houston, Texas. The potent whitening agents he uses are the safest and most effective way to remove stains... read more »

Having positive oral health is essential to everyone’s smile. During the holidays, our team here at Miller Family Dental in Houston, Texas, is happy to provide you with five tips to keep your smile healthy during the wonderful feasts and treats this Thanksgiving will provide for you. These five tips to help you keep great oral health this Thanksgiving include:... read more »

Dr. Brian Miller secured your temporary crown in place for the sole purpose of protecting the abutment within. It is intended to serve this purpose while the dental lab technician works on completing the new crown. It’s important to remember that the temporary crown is not designed to fully restore the tooth’s function in your mouth. If your temporary crown... read more »

Dental implants came into common practice in restorative dentistry a little over twenty years. At that time, they were only viewed as a viable way to restore a single missing tooth. They were especially helpful for restoring a molar that had been lost, and couldn’t be restored by a bridge. As time has passed restorative dentistry techniques have evolved so... read more »

Top image by Flickr user Jeremy Buckingham used under Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license. Image cropped and modified from original. SALIVA IS ESSENTIAL not only for our oral health, but for our overall comfort. We all experience a dry mouth every once in awhile and know how bothersome it can be. But what does it mean? And what should we do... read more »

Mid to late adolescence is the time in your child’s life when your child’s permanent molars and premolars have completely replaced the primary teeth in the back of their mouth. It’s relatively common for the occlusal or biting surfaces of these teeth to have deep pits and fissures. For many people these areas can be hard to effectively and consistently... read more »

Image by Flickr user Guilherme Yagui used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Image cropped and modified from original. GUM ISN’T ALL ABOUT freshening your breath. While it definitely helps after that garlic pasta you had for lunch, did you know chewing sugarless gum can also prevent cavities and improve your oral health? Chewing Gum Increases Saliva Flow and Prevents Cavities... read more »