Orange County Cosmetic Dentistry Blog by Dr. Joseph Henry

Grace came to us a couple of months before her wedding day. She wanted a prettier smile for her big day. A person's wedding day is likely to be the most photographed day of a man or woman's life. Grace didn't like the way her smile looked and wanted to know what the latest cosmetic dentistry techniques could offer her. Old fillings in her front teeth had discolored...

Just a quick blog about Manny Ramirez using the Pure Power Mouthguard (PPM). He was fitted for one during spring training this past March and has been using it all season. I was in Orlando at a dental meeting and the Angels were playing Boston. The game was on ESPN and Manny hit a home run in the 9th inning against Frankie Rodriquez. As Manny was rounding third, the tv camera zoomed in on Manny's face and you could clearly see his Pure Power Mouthguard in his mouth. Manny's statistics are up for the year over...

Our patient, Susie, has a fun story. She is a make up artist in Hollywood who has worked on many full length feature and TV show sets. During the recent writers strike we were fortunate to have hired her to do our patient's makeup for two days while we were photographing our patients for the most recent edition of the magazine "Spotlight on Smiles."

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The American Dental Society has announced that beginning the first of the year both Sweden and Norway have banned the use of mercury-silver (amalgam) fillings. Throughout Europe the use of mercury-silver fillings has been in decline for the last decade for both environmental and health reasons. Sweden cited health reasons for the ban and Norway for environmental reasons.

Here in the United States, the use of mercury in silver fillings is still considered safe by the American Dental Society and our government. It has been used for over 100 years for restoring tooth decay, however amalgam is approximately 50% mercury. A paradox...