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For years, the dental industry has been advocating implants as the preferable tooth restoration option in most circumstances. But many dental insurance providers don’t cover teeth implants. The dental insurance industry seems to be stuck in 1970. For example, many insurers will cover dental bridges. Clearly, dental insurance companies rarely make coverage decisions based on…

Looking for a new dentist? Maybe you’re new in town, or maybe you’re just looking for a change. Whatever the reason, The Center for Dental Anesthesia in Alexandria has some suggestions you may find useful. It isn’t a decision you want to make lightly. Ideally you should establish a relationship that you can count on…

When we crown one of our patients at The Center for Dental Anesthesia in Alexandria, the coronation is a celebration of a stronger smile. The need for a dental crown is usually apparent. Crowns (sometimes called caps) restore a decayed or damaged tooth to its original size, shape, and functionality. Crowns are sometimes extended down…

There is always going to be a need for dentistry aimed at people with special needs. That’s the topic of this article – but we begin by acknowledging that not everyone likes that term, “special needs.” The National Center for Biotechnology Information, for example, calls it “an ineffective euphemism,” while the folks over at the…

The people who are happiest with their smiles have healthy, straight teeth that sparkle when they laugh. If nature didn’t bless you with attractive teeth, you are not alone. Most perfect smiles you see were not always that way: they are the result of cosmetic dentistry, like what we provide at The Center for Dental…

We hear the term “special needs” a lot. It’s often in reference to children whose physical or psychological condition requires a particular adaptation so they can access a facility or service. The term dates back to the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, if not earlier, and the need to legally define children who…

Everyone deserves good dental health, and good dental health care. Getting it, however, can be difficult for some people. Illness or disease, and certain psychological conditions, can make it a challenge just getting to the dentist’s chair. They can also make the patient more susceptible to oral complications, and to compromised dental health. Such circumstances…

Hello Alexandria dental blog visitors, welcome to the Center for Dental Anesthesia blog. We provide sedation dentistry and other services to patients in the surrounding area. A patient of ours recently expressed fears about her upcoming root canal. She was anxious about the pain she might experience and worried about getting work off for the…

Hundreds of Prince William County dental implant recipients have replaced missing teeth with jaw-bone anchored tooth implants. Unlike a dental bridge, a tooth implant consists of a titanium post inserted into the jaw bone. The bone meshes with the post to create a strong base for the natural-looking prosthetic tooth and crown that attaches to…