Blog

It’s universal: Everyone feels more confident when they have a beautiful smile, including those living in Toms River, New Jersey, and the surrounding areas of Lavallette, Bayville, and Ocean Gate. Most people are born with naturally pearly white teeth, but our teeth can become stained, chipped, or damaged over time.  Sometimes teeth can become stained […]

If you’re like most people of a certain age in Toms River, New Jersey, you probably remember when a dental cavity was filled with silver-colored amalgam fillings. You may even have had some silver teeth in your own mouth. Many people still have these old fillings, and they will need to be replaced at some […]

Dental crowns are fantastic options for when you experience a damaged tooth. Instead of replacing the entire tooth, which involves extraction and a procedure to replace the tooth, you can elect to have the tooth repaired using porcelain crowns. Dr. Colleen Williamson and her talented team at Grand Dental Arts in Toms River, New Jersey, […]

Did you know there are five distinct stages of tooth decay? And, that in the first stage of decay, you can actually take steps to reverse the progression…

Ever seen those videos where someone puts a baby tooth in a glass of soda and watches it decay? Well, the effect of soda in an actual mouth is a bit different…

Let’s say you sprained an ankle. What are your first steps? Most of us probably would say something along the lines of plop down on the nearest couch, ice the ankle…