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Partially and Fully Impacted Wisdom Teeth

January 15, 2019

Filed under: Dental Care — Tags: , , — Dr. Faist & Dr. Koops @ 12:00 pm

Approximately 5 million people in the US have had their wisdom teeth pulled, resulting in an annual cost of $3 billion.

It’s likely that you are one of the individuals who has received this routine surgery. Your dentist more than likely removed them because they were disrupting the health of the rest of your teeth. Our wisdom teeth are the last of our grown-up teeth to form, and they are often pulled during our teens and early adulthood. Sometimes, wisdom teeth surface without any complications or difficulties. For others, painful symptoms and dental problems come along with the development of these teeth.

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What Smiles Do For Us

January 10, 2019

Filed under: Oral Health — Tags: , — Dr. Faist & Dr. Koops @ 12:00 pm

No matter what language barriers stand in between us, a smile is a universal sign of happiness and dependability in regards to non-verbal interaction.

According to a study performed in 2005, you might nearly say that receiving an authentic, wholehearted smile from someone is more beneficial than getting cash. In the words of Dr. David Lewis, the psychologist who examined these findings: “The powerful emotions triggered when someone important in our lives smiles at us and we smile back changes our brain chemistry. It creates what is termed a ‘halo’ effect that helps us remember other happy events more vividly, feel more optimistic, more positive, and more motivated.”

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