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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Part 3

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It’s more out of life then [sic] just ice in your grill In part two of this blog, we covered how Ryan Lochte broke the mold and introduced grillz as jewelry for everyone, not just African-American, male, hip hop fans. This changed the game and to this day in 2019, grillz have remained a popular jewelry piece among celebrities, especially …

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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Part 2

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Diamonds on my neck, diamonds on my grill In part one of our blog we discussed the qualities, demographics, and a brief history of hip hop culture and grillz. Today we’re gonna talk about what happened after the fall of grillz and how the dead trend made a comeback, hitting the mainstream media through an unlikely source. While grillz were …

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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Part 1

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Rob the jewelry store and tell ‘em make me a grill If you’re a fan of the hip hop genre, chances are you’ve seen your favorite artists like Nelly, Chamillionaire, Flava Flav, and more wearing grillz. They may be shiny and flashy but in the next few blogs, we’re going to talk about what exactly grillz are, how they rose …

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Dental Implants and Denture Alternatives

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Dental Implants in Sarasota There are many people out there that have lost teeth. Missing teeth can unfortunately affect the aesthetic of your smile and change how you feel about yourself. Missing teeth can also make it difficult to chew certain things, which can significantly restrict your life. If you are currently struggling with missing teeth, you will need to …

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Timing Tips for the Placement of Dental Implants

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If you have lost one or more teeth due to aging or an extraction, your first choice for convenience and durability is probably to get dental implants. Dental implants are anchored directly into your jawbone, making them sturdy for chewing, and they are topped with a crown that’s designed to look just like your natural teeth. There’s practically no downside …

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Navigating Dental Coverage After Retirement

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Retirement can be a fun season of life, one where you finally have enough time to enjoy all the things you couldn’t do when you were working. You finally get to travel, spend time with your family, pursue your hobbies, volunteer, and rest when you need to. At least, that’s the illusion of retirement. For many people, the flip side …

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Learn What Options You Have In Restorative Dentistry Procedures

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In our last blog post, we looked at what restorative dentistry is and what tooth problems might make you a good candidate for restorative dentistry. In this blog post from our dentist in Sarasota, you’ll learn about some of the options or methods that your dentist might use in order to restore a tooth that is decayed, chipped, cracked, or …

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Things to Know About Dental Implants for Older Adults

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It’s just a fact of many people’s lives: As you get older, you can lose one or more teeth. While it’s possible to lose teeth at any age due to accidents or gum disease, there’s something about aging that seems to make tooth loss more probable. It also makes repairing that tooth loss slightly more complicated in some cases. Here …

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The Dental Time Machine

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If you could hop into a time machine and see what’s going to happen to your teeth in 25 or 30 years, would you want to do it? Is that a scary thought or an exciting one to you? Did you ever stop to consider that your local dentist essentially lives through this “time machine” effect every day? Dentists see …