At Aspen Ridge Dental, we understand that an imperfect smile can be a source of insecurity. With porcelain veneers, you can enhance your smile without significant restorative dental work. Dental Veneers Transform Your Teeth Porcelain veneers are glass-like, wafer-thin covers that are attached to the front of your teeth. Porcelain has been used in dentistry […]
Soft, Medium, Or Buzz Lightyear?
At Aspen Ridge Dental, Doctor Stuart Youmans is often asked how to choose the most basic tool of oral hygiene, the toothbrush. Picking a toothbrush can be as difficult as choosing a paint color, and there seem to be just as many choices. If you have visited the dental section of your local grocery store […]
Don’t Bite The Dentist!
Bite down hard, but not on Doctor Youmans’s hand! Do you find that biting down hard is painful or awkward? There are ways to find the source of the issue and there are ways to make it right. Bite pain can be due to a damaged tooth, missing teeth, or loose teeth. Any of those […]
Dental Crowns At Aspen Ridge Dental In Casper
Dental crowns have been used in dentistry for over 2000 years. There is evidence that the Etruscans experimented with crowns on teeth using ivory and bone as early as 700 B.C. By 200 A.D., they began using gold crowns to construct artificial teeth. Ancient Egyptians fashioned tooth replacements out of seashells and then hammered them […]
What is a Canted Midline?
Aspen Ridge Dental considers many factors when designing a smile for any Casper smile makeover patient. One of the key smile design elements involved is the facial midline. The proficient cosmetic dentist considers the length and angle of the facial midline to accurately position porcelain crowns, veneers, and dental implants. When front teeth restorations do […]
Patient Education Is A Priority At Aspen Ridge Dental
At Aspen Ridge Dental in Casper, we enjoy providing guidance on oral health. We know that optimal dental health depends on good habits, so we want you to have all the information you need to practice those habits. We make sure our patients understand all the details of their treatment. We also explain how to […]