Medical

If you have teeth that are discolored, chipped, worn or misaligned, porcelain veneers could offer a quick and fantastic fix in as little as a week or 10 days.

A listening loss is an auditory processing disorder (APD).  For young children, APD can impair the ability to attend in class, follow instructions and learn and it contributes to academic problems. 

We are multidimensional beings and we are all interconnected to each other and all living beings.  We are also interconnected within ourselves.  Each organ, muscle, tissue, fiber and cell of our being is in constant relationship to everything else within us.

Drs. Allen and Kelly Smudde are a husband and wife dental team concentrating on cosmetic and general family dentistry.  Cosmetic Dentistry can enhance your entire appearance and make subtle changes that can create dramatic differences in the way you look to others and the way you feel about yourself. 

Pap smear screenings are an excellent method for detecting early changes in cervical cells and preventing cervical cancer. 

When seeking cosmetic services one must be mindful that procedures such as laser treatments, Botox and filler injections are medical procedures and not simply esthetic ones.  What does this mean? 

If you have been trying to conceive a child for more than a year, there is a good chance that something may be interfering with your reproductive function. 

While decay is often cited as the primary cause of a toothache other dental problems may cause a toothache including dental abscess, gum disease, grinding teeth, previous tooth trauma and an abnormal bite.  Tooth eruption may be the cause of tooth or jaw pain in babies and school-age children.

Hearing loss often gets ignored because it occurs gradually over time and goes unnoticed until it becomes an embarrassing condition.  Contributing to this is the fact that hearing tests are not usually included in annual medical checkups.  So since 1927 the month of May has been declared Better Hearing and Speech Month to help raise people’s awareness of the need to regularly check their hearing.

It may surprise you to know that the skin does not actually produce that much more oil in the summertime.  Humidity, excess perspiration and sunscreen can make you feel a bit slippery.  As a result, many people tend to use stronger cleansers and oil-controlling products to help cut...

Dr. Dell Ariel Goodrick, DDS, FAGD, has been selected as one of the best dentists in the United States by LLC, an independent firm that reviews the credentials of practitioners in fourteen professions to determine the “Best of Class” in each one.

Radiesse® is a safe, next generation cosmetic dermal filler that lasts longer than the former leading filler.  It is setting a new standard for the correction of facial lines and wrinkles, restoring a natural, youthful look in an easy, convenient treatment.  Numerous medical studies have shown that Radiesse® is a safe, longer lasting treatment to fill and correct smile lines, Nasolabial Folds and wrinkles around the nose and mouth.

People with diabetes are prone to developing foot problems.  The longer people have diabetes, the greater the chance of having foot complications.

As my good friend Donna Ashmore once told me, “Old age is not a sickness.”  In other words, we should not dismiss symptoms with “I’m just getting old.”

Palomar Lux1540 Fractional Laser is a revolutionary approach to all laser resurfacing procedures.  It treats lines, wrinkles, age spots, melasma and scaring, especially acne and stretch marks.  Lux1540 treatments can be applied to most body areas such as the face, including around the lips and eyes, neck, arms, hands, stomach and buttocks.

“Doctor, I’ve had this pain between my shoulder blades for two months now.  It just gradually came on and I can’t seem to get rid of it.  I put heat on it, tried to stretch it out, but nothing helps.”

Last November the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the returned utilization of silicone breast implants for augmentation, affirming their safety and effectiveness, as well as providing new options to women nationwide, options which have been available to women in nearly 60 other countries for the past 25 years.

Pads of cartilage called discs separate the 24 vertebrae of your spine from one another.  These discs have a fairly tough outer layer with a soft interior to cushion against the shocks and strains experienced as you move and put various stresses on your spine.