Hillcrest Family Dentistry Blog

Trusted dental tips, expert advice, and helpful insights to keep your family’s smiles healthy and bright — straight from your Medford dental team.

Chronic Inflammation

Posted: Apr 07, 2025

Inflammation is your healthy body’s response to illness or injury. Your immune system sends in white cells to heat up the site and burnout the…

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Ouch! Why am I Wincing?

Posted: Apr 07, 2025

‍A sudden, sharp pain when you bite—that’s seemingly out of nowhere? Most likely, it’s a cracked tooth. Even a hairline fracture in a cavity-free molar…

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Eat Your Fruit and Veggies but Don’t Swallow the Hype

Posted: Apr 07, 2025

Food makes news, but it’s hard to sort out the fads from the solid science of nutrition. Every week a new study warns us of…

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Same Day Crowns

Posted: Apr 07, 2025

Introducing CEREC® Ceramic restorations as natural as living teeth! ‍ The CEREC system can be used for partial and full crowns, veneers, and in all…

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Freedom to Choose

Posted: Apr 07, 2025

Especially choices having to do with your smile. One of the 6 measurements of wellbeing made by the World Happiness Report is Freedom to Choose.…

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Gum Disease is a Significant Health Concern

Posted: Apr 07, 2025

More American adults have gum disease than previously thought according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP). Past…

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