If you’ve been hiding that smile because you’re unsatisfied with your teeth, Dr. Kile can help! Check out Dr. Kile's recent appearance on WDTN's "Living Dayton" program!

Our goal at Urbana Dental Smiles is to help our patients achieve a beautiful, healthy smile through continuous education and stellar dental services. Here are some professional tips to help you achieve that goal!

1. Our top priority is to make sure you have a healthy mouth. The first course of action is to detect any active disease or abnormalities. Your dental providers complete a series of screenings to review your overall health- this includes reviewing medical history, blood pressure screening, oral cancer screening, dental radiographs, periodontal (gum) measurements, hard tissue (teeth) examination, and assessment of jaw/teeth alignment. This data allows your dental providers to create a personalized course of action that will facilitate long-lasting dental health just for you, which will improve your quality of life! Regular dental checkups are necessary to catch any underlying issues, maintain healthy oral care, and educate you on how to care for your teeth properly. You can easily make your dental appointments by calling (937) 653-5359 or by scheduling online.
   
   
2. How many diseases have specific tools that help you to prevent it from occurring? It is vital to brush your teeth twice daily for two minutes each time. Whether you’re running late in the morning or too tired at night, it is easy to neglect proper oral hygiene habits. Brushing helps eliminate the food and plaque that collects around your teeth. Additionally, it decreases the number of harmful bacteria that can contribute to oral diseases. We recommend a soft-bristled electric toothbrush.
   
   
3. When is the last time you flossed? It’s no joke, flossing is essential to oral health. Plaque, bacteria, and food can get stuck in between the teeth where your toothbrush bristles cannot reach. Brushing alone will not remove all of those harmful substances that can cause cavities, bone loss, and infection - so flossing daily is an essential daily ritual to maintain. Waterpiks are an excellent option for those with braces, bridges, or periodontal pocketing. It’s important to remember that Waterpiks do not substitute for conventional flossing, though use it in addition to your regular oral care routine!
   
   
4. Smoking cessation. Not only does smoking significantly affect your overall health, but it plays a vital role in your oral health as well. Smoking decreases the size of the blood vessels in your mouth. The blood supplies nutrients to the teeth, gums, and bone around the teeth. Blood also delivers important defense mechanisms to areas of infection. Decreased blood flow leads to slower healing and inadequate immune response to harmful bacteria. The bacteria that cause gum disease accumulate faster and in more significant numbers with smokers compared to non-smokers. These factors increase smoker’s risk for periodontal disease, which causes bone loss around the teeth and gum recession.
   
   
5. Teeth whitening: it requires continual maintenance. There are various whitening products that your dental provider can discuss with you. First, it is important to ask if you are even a candidate for whitening. Remember, pigmented foods/drinks, such as coffee, red meat, tea, and wine, cause significant staining. Rinsing with water after consuming those items reduces staining. Biannual dental cleanings remove stains as well!
   
   
6. Lip care. As summer approaches, check your chapstick to make sure it contains SPF. The lips receive a lot of sunlight, which can cause tissue damage. Certain ingredients in chapstick help with cell regeneration, moisturization, lip firming, and healing. Look at the ingredient list for Shea butter, aloe vera, beeswax, green tea extract, and vitamin E!
   
   
7. Dental Cosmetic Treatments
   We also offer several cosmetic treatments to help improve your smile. Click on the services listed below for additional information.

• Teeth Whitening
• Alignment
• Veneers
• Dental Implants

 
Follow us on social media for more tips to a healthier smile or schedule a consultation with our dentists today!

Tooth sensitivity is one of the most common complaints among dental patients in the United States. Sensitivity is caused by the movement of fluid within tiny tunnels located in the layer of tissue found under the protective enamel - providing a pathway to the nerve. Whether the tooth enamel is worn down or due to receding gums, those tunnels can be left exposed
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There are many factors to be aware of that can cause sensitivity. Some examples are:

• The consumption of acid-containing foods and beverages like citrus fruits.
• Excessive consumption of soft drinks.
• Acid reflux issues.
• Frequent vomiting (like from bulimia or alcoholism).
• Chewing tobacco products.
• Having dry mouth or low salivary flow.
• Using hard-bristled brushes or brushing the teeth too hard.
• Grinding of the teeth.
• Excessive sugar - Harmful bacteria feed on food particles in the mouth, particularly sugar. This leads to the creation of by-products that wear away at the surface of teeth.
• Just plain old genetics
  
  

Once tooth enamel is gone, it cannot be restored.

There are many daily opportunities to fight tooth decay. Through brushing, flossing, using mouthwash and even changing diet habits you can lower the chances of growing tooth sensitivity.

Our dentists are essential in both protecting teeth and restoring those that have already sustained damage. From desensitizing gels and pastes to sealants and filling materials, we can help reduce tooth sensitivity.

Contact us today to see how we can help you combat tooth sensitivity.

The Six Month Smiles program is designed to straighten your teeth at a fraction of time compared to traditional braces. Due to a much shorter treatment plan, Six Month Smiles is generally less expensive. Through latest digital technology coupled with an experienced orthodontic professional like Dr. Kile, this method has proven to be both reliable and safe. And even better, they come in invisible aligners or clear braces, making them nearly invisible.

So what can you expect?

Upon our initial consultation we will thoroughly exam your teeth and gums to determine if you are a good candidate and if Six Month Smiles will be suitable for your needs.

After the placement of your aligners or braces you will need to come in for adjustments. Depending on your individual case, you may receive 3-7 adjustments over the next few months. On average, braces are removed and you can show off your new smile in 6 months.
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Click here to schedule your Six Month Smiles consultation or if you have any additional questions, contact us at (937) 653-5964.

As a healthcare professional that is dedicated to ensuring our patients overall health and wellness is a top priority, Dr. Kile wants you to know a few things about e-cigarettes:

• E-Cigarettes are just as addictive as traditional cigarettes

Nicotine is a primary ingredient of e-cigarettes, and it is highly addictive. Just like traditional cigarettes it causes you to crave to smoke and suffer withdrawal symptoms. Nicotine is a toxic substance that reduces blood flow, which in turn affects your teeth and gums. Receding gums, dry mouth, bacteria growth and tooth decay are among some of the risks associated with nicotine and your mouth. Nicotine also affects your heart, lungs and brain.

• E-cigarettes are full of harmful chemicals

Aerosol produced by e-cigarettes is often mistaken for harmless water vapor. But this vapor contains ultra-fine particles of toxic chemicals and heavy metals like lead, nickel and tin. Vitamin E acetate has also been found in vaping products which is linked to the newly identified lung disease, EVALI (e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated ling injury). Other chemical like diacetyl in e-cigarettes is also linked to serious lung disease.

• E-cigarettes are a relatively new concept

While the CDC is starting to link illness and even death to e-cigarettes, modernized vaping has not been around long enough to know what type of long term damage they can cause. Early studies of vaping side effects are increasingly concerning. And until the full results are in, it is never a good idea to intentionally and habitually introduce harmful chemicals and compounds to your body without knowing the full scale of their long term effects.
 
Our team is trained and committed to explain the dangers of vaping to our patients when evidence of vaping is found during an examination, especially in young adults and teens.

If you are a smoker or vapor, stay on top of your oral health by scheduling regular dental checkups. Schedule your next appointment today!

If you wish to quit smoking or vaping there are many resources available.

I am so excited to tell you about a way to transform your smile which is much quicker and much less invasive than traditional methods. By using a patented and innovative new procedure called Provance compositive veneers, we’re able to help our patient in just a couple hours undergo a complete smile transformation, and they’re even able to avoid the dental drill.
 
The secret is the Provance System which uses additive composite in heated injection molds to add composite or filling materials on top of your natural teeth to create teeth with the ideal shape, ideal shade, and often even able to fix bite issues that have caused wear and chipping on teeth in the first place. The result is a beautiful and long-lasting solution for cosmetic dentistry.
 
The surprising thing… cosmetic dentistry done this way is roughly 1/2 the price of traditional veneers while still getting the benefits of beauty, long-lasting, and no pain involved.

Naturally there are pros and cons to every option, but we’re proud to offer this service to our patients, and we’ve been able to use it to change many of our patients smiles.  Please check out a Before and After picture of an actual patient of ours that has undergone a smile transformation with us using the Provance system (below).
 
To know if you're a candidate for Provence direct composite veneers, we need to start with a healthy substructure of the tooth. If you have healthy teeth but maybe you don't love the shade, the shape of the tooth, or maybe you have spacing between your teeth that you're just not happy with. Once I talk with my patients about the possibilities and we do a mock-up to see what is possible, they tell me, “I never knew that that was something that could be done with my teeth no one's ever told me before that I could have these spaces closed or that I could have more of an ideal shape to my tooth”.

​For me I am so excited to be able to do that for them because they just light up once they see their new smile.

If you have any questions about the Provance System and how it may work for you, Contact Our Team Today!