Let’s be honest—no one, especially a child, needs all of the candy he or she manages to collect on Halloween. Whether the size of a candy bucket is small, medium or large, there’s too much candy inside! But dressing up and going trick-or-treating is a Halloween tradition. So what can you do to make it a healthy tradition? Dr. Sheri McIntosh and the team at Distinguished Dental in Fort Worth, TX, have some ideas that will make this Halloween fun, safe, and healthy.
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Ouch! The pain of toothache is not something to be taken lightly. And while a toothache may start out mild, make no mistake—it can quickly escalate to severe. That’s why Dr. Sheri McIntosh and the team at Distinguished Dental is the emergency dentist Keller, TX, can count on to react immediately when you call to report a toothache.
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The short answer to that question is, “yes,” according to Dr. Sheri McIntosh, Fort Worth children’s dentist at Distinguished Dental. Now, let’s consider why treating tooth decay in children is important and how you can help your children avoid cavities in the first place.
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Imagine this: you take your car in for service and the mechanic tells you that the total cost of repairs and replacements will come to $2,500. $2,500!? What would you do? You’d probably want to get a second opinion before spending that kind of money on auto work. Well, dental work might also warrant a second opinion. At Distinguished Dental, Dr. Sheri McIntosh and her team of dental hygienists and dental assistants are happy to give you a FREE second opinion.
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How’s your oral health? Well, nothing hurts, you say. Okay, that’s good. You can chew, you can talk, and your smile is attractive. Those are all good signs. Nevertheless, you still need to have regular dental checkups, so Dr. Sheri McIntosh and the team at Distinguished Dental will not only look for concerns that may be developing, but also clean and polish your teeth for the ultimate smile. And for new patients from Keller, TX, and the surrounding communities, we currently offer cleaning, exam and x-rays at the reasonable rate of only $59 for children and $99 for adults. So, if not having insurance has kept you from the dentist, that obstacle has been removed with this affordable offer.
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As a child you may have learned an African American spiritual song from the 1800s called “Dem Bones.” Even if you never learned it yourself, you’d probably recognize the familiar refrain, “the hip bone’s connected to the backbone, Backbone connected to the shoulder bone, Shoulder bone connected to the neck bone, Neck bone connected to the head bone.” Anatomical eccentricities aside, the song often serves to help children begin to understand how parts of our bodies are connected. You may accept that the hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone, but what about gum tissue’s connected to heart disease, or the sore jaw’s connected to the heart attack? These may seem farfetched or silly, but recent studies show we might want to pay more attention to our mouths to detect and prevent numerous systemic diseases. Regular dental health exams from Distinguished Dental – Sheri McIntosh DDS may be one of the best ways to diagnose and treat chronic illness. Call to schedule your next checkup with Dr. Sheri McIntosh at our Keller, TX family dental practice.
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Distinguished Dental – Sheri McIntosh DDS of Keller, TX offers all patients a wide-range of dental care services with top-tier treatment and amenities. Your kids have likely been home all summer; but with fall just around the corner, now is a great time to bring your family in for a back to school checkup. Call now as appointments toward the end of the summer fill quickly, and we want to offer you the best range of options to get your child’s smile ready to go back to school.
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Oral health and overall health are intertwined. So, Fort Worth family dentist Sheri McIntosh DDS of Distinguished Dental delivers quality, compassionate dental services to keep smiles and their owners completely healthy for the long run. Preventive, restorative and cosmetic services range from exams and cleanings to tooth colored fillings to gum disease therapy and cosmetic improvements.
While you and your family may go on summer vacation, your oral health should not. Doctors Sheri McIntosh and Lindsey Walsh of Distinguished Dental run an outstanding family dental office in Fort Worth, TX geared toward preventive, restorative and cosmetic dental services that will keep the whole family smiling through out the year.
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Dr. Sheri McIntosh of Distinguished Dental offers general and cosmetic dentistry for patients in the Fort Worth, TX area. Included in their list of services are the most up-to-date versions of teen and adult orthodontics: Six Month Smiles and Invisalign clear braces.
No two smiles are alike, nor should they be. However, everyone wants their smiles to look straight and bright and to function in as healthy a way as possible.The hassle and aesthetics of lengthy orthodontic treatment may deter some teens and adults, too, from achieving just-right smiles.
Enter two outstanding alternatives to traditional metal bracket and wire braces. They’re called Six Month Smiles and Invisalign clear aligners. Using one of these two Fort Worth, TX adult orthodontic treatments, you or a loved one could have a new look sooner and more easily than you ever thought possible.
Sheri McIntosh DDS of Distinguished Dental is happy to evaluate patients with a free consultation to see which of these two systems would work best for their individual cases. The two systems have this in common: they are both far less noticeable than traditional metal brackets and wires, and they achieve excellent results in less time.
Our Fort Worth, TX dentist carefully evaluates a patient’s smile through oral examination, x-rays and other imaging as appropriate. If treatment with Six Month Smileslooks favorable, the patient will begin wearing clear-brackets and tooth-colored titanium wires to gradually move teeth into aesthetically better positions. Six month Smiles is a cosmetic solution concentrating on improving how teeth look; it is not for complex bite problems.
Patients enjoy that these brackets and wires are less noticeable than traditional, metal braces and that they need to see the dentist only about once a month until completion. Frankly, if an individual starts treatment in the summer, he or she will have that straight, beautiful smile by Christmas!
Invisalign employs a series of custom-made, clear plastic, removable aligners. Crafted from high-quality, BPA-free materials, these inventive appliances move teeth into more favorable positions, correcting:
Both older teens and adults enjoy treatment times of 9 to 24 months–much shorter than traditional metal braces. Also, the aligners are virtually invisible and can be removed for eating, hygiene and even special occasions such as weddings and graduations.
Invisalign helps teens, parents and dentists track if patients are wearing the Fort Worth clear braces for the recommended 20 to 22 hours per day. The aligners may be equipped with a special Blue Dot indicator that shows how long the patients are wearing the aligners.
Why notcome in for a free consultation with Sheri McIntosh DDS at Distinguished Dental? They would feel privileged to explain all your Six Month Smiles and Invisalign clear braces. Fort Worth, TX orthodontics couldn’t be more available than right now. Contact the office today for a one-on-one, complementary consultation with Dr. Sheri McIntosh and start down your path to a better smile!
Brushing and flossing your teeth are necessary steps you should take in your daily dental hygiene routine. Taking excellent care of your gums is important, too – in some ways even more important. Your gums support your teeth and help keep them in place. They need to be in excellent shape in order to function as well as they possibly can. Dr. Sheri McIntosh wants your gums to remain healthy throughout your life without pain or discomfort. Our periodontal therapy service in Keller, TX can bring harmony back to any patient’s oral health. Gum disease is nothing to mess with and our team can get you the treatment you need. Gums are important and if they aren’t in great health then it can lead to major problems down the road. You don’t want major problems to deal with, and neither do we.
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