You wake up to that familiar taste in your mouth, the taste of sand. It feels like all of the moisture in your body has been squeezed out, and your lips are parched. Most people wake up with a bit of dry mouth, but yours tends to persist throughout the day. This makes talking and eating very uncomfortable, and can even affect the health of your teeth. What is causing this? Better yet, how can you stop it? Your Edison dentist at Resnick and Rosenfeld is going to tell you the top 3 causes of dry mouth, and what you can do about them. (more…)

That’s it, you need to do something about this toothache right now. You’ve taken off work the past 2 days because of it, and no amount of medicine is helping. You’re in a lot of pain, and it feels like your cheek and jaw are very swollen. What should you do? This is a classic case of a dental emergency, and the only thing you need to do is call your emergency dentist in Edison at Resnick and Rosenfeld to get the exact type of care you need. They are the one place for you to go when you need to get dental care immediately. (more…)

You notice it more and more as time goes on: you walk outside a bar or restaurant and you’re immediately hit by a large cloud of smoke. Vaping is becoming more ubiquitous each day, but people still have questions about how it can affect their health. Traditional cigarettes are very bad for your oral health, but is vaping any better? Your dentist in Edison at Resnick and Rosenfeld lets you know more about this current trend, and how it relates to your oral health. (more…)

“Two?” you say without a trace of confidence. Your friends laugh uneasily as you guess the right amount of fingers that you are looking at. These evening baseball games are usually a great stress relief in the middle of the week, but your first at-bat isn’t exactly going well. Your friends pick you up and you can hear the pitcher apologizing profusely. You’re suddenly alarmed when you feel a huge, unfamiliar gap in your teeth. You panic, looking around for it. What should you do in this situation? Drs. Steven Resnick and David Rosenfeld, your emergency dentists in Edison, tell you how to act. (more…)

Quality music really is timeless, so that’s why you take a few hours a week to play your guitar. You picked it up when you were in high school and have managed to keep playing despite getting older and gaining more responsibilities. It’s certainly a conversation starter and an easy way to spice up gatherings at your house. You wish your crowns could last as long as the music, but they are noticeably loose. You got them a few years ago, so is it already time for them to be replaced? How long should crowns and dental bridges in Edison last? The friendly staff at Resnick and Rosenfeld give you the facts. (more…)

As Starbucks tests their new brunch menu, we’ve built a menu for you, too. It’s what to eat after your professional teeth whitening. What’s on the list? Anything that’s not red, blue, or dark at all. For the first 48 hours following your professional teeth whitening treatment, your tooth enamel will be more susceptible than ever to highly pigmented foods. So stay away from what caused your teeth to become dingy in the first place. That means for the first couple of days, no red wine, no pasta sauce, and certainly no after dinner coffee.

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