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Dental Anxiety: Drilling Down on the Fear of Visiting Your Dentist

If the sound of a not-so-distant drill while you wait in your dentist’s office makes your heart race, stomach flutter, and sweat break out on your brow, fear not, you are not alone! In fact, a 2017 article in the Journal of Dental Hygiene s...
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Wisdom Tooth Removal Over the Holidays? Try These Soft Foods

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Nothing says the holiday season like decorating the tree, baking cookies, gazing at festive lights, exchanging presents … and getting your w...
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The Role of Oral Surgeons in Oral Cancer Screenings

STOP ORAL CANCER
Oral cancers account for about 3 percent of all cancers diagnosed annually in the United States with 54,000 new cases each year and more tha...
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Understanding Dental Implants: What is a Healing Abutment?

Dental Implants
Advances in titanium-based dental implants give patients with missing teeth today more options beyond the traditional dentures or bridges.
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Replacing Missing Teeth: How Urgent is it to Seek Help?

Surely, there are worse things to experience, but having a tooth knocked out definitely ranks high on the misery index of life’s unfortunate...
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Complications from Tooth Extractions

Tooth Extraction
Experts think tooth extractions were probably the first dental treatment in human history and the procedure remains very common today with e...
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Announcing the Board Certification of Dr. Ryan H. Parnell

Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, one of the largest oral surgery practices in southeast Texas, is pleased to announce the Board Certi...
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Health and Safety Protocols to Protect Our Patients and Staff

Sign that says safety first
A visit to any medical office these days will have to take into account new safety protocols to stop the transmission of COVID-19. The globa...
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Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Welcomes Ryan H. Parnell, DDS, MD

Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery proudly announces the addition of a new oral surgeon to its growing practice. In early August 2020, D...
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Extra Layers of Protection for our Patients

What Do You Need to Know?
According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll published on May 27, 2020, approximately 50% of the poll participants reported that they...
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