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A smile brightens any room, but some people feel less confident about showing too much gum tissue. Big gums, or what dentists call excessive gingival display, affect many people’s confidence. Research shows this condition impacts about 10% of young adults between 20 and 30 years old. Some people naturally have bigger gums that make their […]

Nov 14

Kelli as a little girl in her Halloween costume

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Making a halloween costume is one of the best opportunities to let your creativity shine! Whether you dress up as a movie monster, comic book character, or just something funny, we love seeing costume ideas come to life.

Oct 30

Holiday

Our Favorite Halloween Costumes

Anna receiving the Courage Award in 2015 from the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

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Life is so full of ups and downs, challenges and celebrations, opportunities to express courage or cowardice. This weekend my family and I travelled to Denver, Colorado where my oldest daughter was honored with the award for courage by the Colorado chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Oct 23

Community

Courage

A woman listening to music with her headphones.

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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD your favorite music performed live? You likely noticed things that often don’t come across in a low-quality recording-the exact texture of the instruments and richness of the sound, for example. The parts of our auditory system that pick these things up are delicate, and can be dulled by trauma or disease.

Oct 16

Healthy habits

Good Dental Health: It’s Music to Our Ears

A picture of a D and a fence. It's supposed to mean defense

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Many a game is won by good defense. This holds true for the fight against tooth decay (dental caries) as well.

Oct 9

Healthy habits

Defense

A couple at a restaurant

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WE ALL KNOW it’s possible to catch a cold from someone who’s under the weather. Did you know cavity-causing bacteria can be passed from person-to-person too?
 

Oct 2

Healthy habits

Are cavities contagious?

It's a bug!

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Bugs, yuck! I found this poor insect dead and protruding from a silver leaf maple tree in my front yard. Strange, isn’t it? Bugs are a fact of life. They are all around us and in us as well (the bacterial kind, that is). Without those bacterial bugs we couldn’t survive. Did you know there […]

Sep 30

Healthy habits

A Skinny on the Bugs

A city view of Zurich

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I took this photograph last fall when I was in Zurich, Switzerland taking an advanced course on dental implants at the University of Zurich. What a beautiful city Zurich is and what a beautiful country Switzerland is!                                                                There’s just something about a scenic overview that takes my breath away. There’s nothing like stepping back […]

Sep 23

Patient Education

A Scenic Overview

Dr. McVey is confused

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If you’re about my age, you may remember the old toothpaste commercial where the kid declared, “Look Ma, no cavities!” after his dental checkup.   

Sep 9

Healthy habits

Look, Ma! No cavities!

A smiling student

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Going off to college can drastically throw off a young adult’s normal at-home routine. Brushing and flossing, making healthy eating choices, and keeping up with routine appointments can become difficult for college students.

Aug 28

Patient Education

Going off to college…

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