Is it time to get your life back in order? Maybe you’ve let certain things slide: things like refilling a prescription, changing your furnace filter, getting your oil changed – or making a dentist appointment with Alaska Premier Dental Group. If you’ve been pushing dental work onto the back burner, maybe it’s time to just…
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5 Tips For Treating Mouth Sores

In this post from Alaska Premier Dental Group, we take a look at mouth sores. They’re irritating and can hurt, but they happen. When our patients say they’ve got mouth sores, we advise them to evaluate what they’re eating and make some changes. By following these tips, you too can avoid the discomfort of eating…
Crowning Achievements In Dentistry

This article from Alaska Premier Dental Group looks at one of the miracles of modern dentistry: the dental crown, and other restorations. Let’s pretend you are a biomedical engineer working in the field of dentistry before the introduction of dental restorations. The men and women of your generation who have missing or damaged teeth want…
5 Critical Oral Cancer Facts

At Alaska Premier Dental Group we encourage people to come in twice a year for a dental examination and cleaning.  If you avoid the dentist because you don’t think you have any cavities, perhaps getting an oral cancer screening is a more compelling reason. Lung and breast cancer get a lot of public attention. There is relatively…
Do Whitestrips Work?

When you go down the oral care aisle at the grocery store, you probably notice dozens of products to whiten your teeth. How do they stack up to professional whitening from Alaska Premier Dental Group? A few years ago, the only over-the-counter whitening options were toothpastes and whitestrips. That’s all changed. Now there is a…
Change Your Life In 4 Steps

Healthy teeth that work as nature intended are indispensable for a high quality of life and overall health. Dentures are a good option for those who have lost their teeth, but implant-supported dentures from Alaska Premier Dental Group take them to the next level. Your mouth performs numerous basic functions, each of which can be…
What Is Laser Dentistry?

This post is about state-of-the-art laser dentistry, available at Alaska Premier Dental Group. The word “LASER” is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. A laser device emits a powerful, highly-concentrated beam of light. Lasers are used in hundreds of applications in almost every industry including communications, researching, manufacturing, entertainment and medicine.…
Smokeless Is Not Harmless For Anchorage Tobacco Chewers

The subject of this Alaska Premier Dental Group blog post is ‘The Dangers Of Smokeless Tobacco’. Cigarette sales have decreased in the past decade, but that doesn’t mean tobacco use has dropped off at the same rate. Some tobacco consumers have merely switched to smokeless products. It might save their lungs, but these people are…
Healthy Lifestyles For Healthy Lifesmiles

Dental health and a sensational smile depend on much more than simply brushing regularly. In this post from Alaska Premier Dental Group, we present a quick refresher course on vital lifestyle practices that affect oral health. You are probably familiar with most of these recommendations, but it is helpful to get a reminder once in…
Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Saliva

In this blog post from Alaska Premier Dental Group, we are going to discuss the complexity and importance of your saliva. You may be inclined to think of this as a yucky substance, but in reality it’s a finely balanced body fluid that not only maintains dental health but also aids in digestion of your…