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Teeth Grinding Many people grind their teeth at some point in their lives, but grinding too much can quickly turn into a problem that your Bellevue dentist may have to help with. The medical term for tooth-grinding is “bruxism”, and it can wear down your teeth, cause headaches, hurt your Read more...

Losing a Dental Filling We’ve come a long way with fillings so that it should be rare for you to have one fall out. However, fillings are not indestructible. There may come a time when a filling pops out of your tooth, possibly due to sharp trauma, possibly while you Read more...

When you have a crown installed, you may occasionally experience a problem with your new fixture. Sometimes this is the result of tooth decay, sometimes trauma to the mouth has compromised the cement holding the crown to your natural tooth structure, and sometimes it may simply point to a poorly-installed Read more...

First Dental Check-up As our Bellevue dental clinic is a family dentist, we see a lot of children coming in for their very first check-ups. Some parents think that oral hygiene is less important at a young age, as the children do not yet have their permanent teeth, but this Read more...

Wisdom Tooth Extraction It’s a common misconception that everyone needs to have a wisdom tooth extraction. Our Bellevue dental clinic frequently removes wisdom teeth for many reasons, but these reasons don’t apply to everyone. First of all, not everyone will even get their full set of wisdom teeth. Some people Read more...