Smoking and Your Oral Health

Smoking can stain your teeth and cause bad breath, but smoking is also attributed to the progression of advanced gum disease called periodontitis.  In the late stages of this disease, the connective tissue that holds your teeth in place is destroyed, thus resulting in...

Diabetes and Oral Health

There is a link between diabetes and gum disease (periodontitis) in that each can affect the other, thus the link goes both ways.  Periodontitis is advanced gum disease that can cause tooth loss, but it starts as gingivitis … inflamed gums that may bleed when...

Happy New Year!

We would like to wish everyone in the Marion community a very happy and healthy New Year.  We hope 2017 is your best year yet!