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On Saturday, June 3, you and your family can check out one of the biggest, and splashiest, events to come to Reno. The Slide The City Block Party will provide Reno residents with a chance to take on water slides that extend the length of three football fields! This family friendly slip and slide event (more…).

Tobacco use can increase your risk for a number of different health problems. When you limit the discussion to your oral health, you can still find several issues (oral cancer, tooth decay, gum disease) you can be more likely to suffer due to tobacco use. One hard to miss issue is the effect on your (more…).

Many patients are familiar with a root canal as a dental procedure, but may be unaware of why it is sometimes necessary. A root canal treatment is not for minor cavities – decay needs to have reached your tooth’s pulp to require this procedure. It takes time for this to occur. If you keep up (more…).

Starting Friday, May 19, you can take advantage of a special weekly event, Reno Street Food. At each Reno Street Food, a collection of food trucks offering a variety of different dining experiences will be on hand at Idlewild Park. You can learn more about the impressive cuisine that can be whipped up in one (more…).

If you think of flossing as a “bonus” cleaning for your teeth, or only necessary when you feel something stuck between teeth, you are losing out on important preventive dental care. Think for a moment about what your teeth enjoy when you brush. You can thoroughly clean the front of teeth, and their tops, but (more…).

When you experience a cavity, your dentist has no choice but to remove the portion of your tooth where decay is located. This is necessary because the damage of a cavity is permanent, and total removal is required to save the remaining tooth structure. In order to address this loss, your dentist will offer a (more…).

If you have suffered tooth loss, prosthetic dentistry can help you make your smile whole again. One way many people choose to rebuild their smiles is through the support provided by dental implants. Implants are not the prosthetics themselves, but support for those prosthetics. Your dental implant will be surgically inserted into your jawbone. The (more…).

Starting on Friday, May 12, and ending Sunday, May 14, downtown Reno will be your source for impressive sculpture art. The Reno Sculpture Fest puts a variety of engaging, unique sculpture works up for display in the heart of Reno, at ReTrac Plaza, for residents to enjoy. The event will see twelve city blocks dedicated (more…).

Are you looking at your smile lately and wishing you could make improvements to how it looks? The right cosmetic dental treatment can help you feel more secure about your smile. One popular means of making notable cosmetic changes is having porcelain veneers placed on teeth. You can use veneers to cover up teeth that (more…).

You would have a hard time finding someone who would argue that losing a tooth could improve your smile. A missing tooth can hurt how you look, but you should also pay attention to how it can hurt your oral health. Tooth loss can leave you facing the problem of no longer being able to (more…).