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How Spring Cleanings Can Help Your Home and MOUTH

How Spring Cleanings Can Help Your Home and MOUTH

It’s not a secret that good oral hygiene begins in the home with regular brushing and flossing, but did you know Spring cleaning at home is good for your mouth too? Cleaning and scrubbing your home reduces the same bacteria that contributes to cavities and gum disease. Each …

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How Stress Affects Your Teeth

How Stress Affects Your Teeth

Stress is challenging for everyone. While it’s known that stress negatively affects your mood, it is also the leading cause of tooth grinding. Grinding teeth, or “bruxism,” is something that 10-15% of adult Americans experience. While not everyone who grinds their teeth may associate themselves as being stressed, …

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Summer Break is the Perfect Time for Wisdom Teeth Extraction

Summer Break is the Perfect Time for Wisdom Teeth Extraction

Wisdom teeth typically erupt through the gums at ‘the age of wisdom’, between the ages of 17 and 25. While there may be arguments at to the wisdom attainment at this age, oral surgeons generally agree it’s time to pay attention to these wisdom teeth – if not …

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Preventing Adolescent Substance Abuse – What Dental Professionals Can Do to Help

Preventing Adolescent Substance Abuse – What Dental Professionals Can Do to Help

Prescription drugs are prescribed to patients who are often in need of pain relief after a dental or medical procedure. Unfortunately, the statistics on prescription drug abuse are skyrocketing showing that in the US alone, an estimated 54 million people over the age of 12 have used prescription …

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Dentistry – for the birds and bugs? Odd Dental Stories

Dentistry – for the birds and bugs? Odd Dental Stories

If you suffer from dental anxiety, trips to the dentist or oral surgeon may often be uncomfortable. However, have you ever thought about reverse dental anxiety, where dentists and oral surgeons are made uncomfortable from patients? Though patient anxiety is nothing we’re familiar with (because our patients are …

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6 Ways Candy Hurts Your Body

6 Ways Candy Hurts Your Body

Though candy may satisfy your temporary sugar craving, the effect long-term is nothing sweet at all. In fact, besides negatively affecting your teeth, candy can hurt your body in 5 other major ways:  Teeth – We all know candy affects your teeth, but did you know why sticky, …

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Local Oral Surgery Practice Strives for Environmental Stewardship

Local Oral Surgery Practice Strives for Environmental Stewardship

Earth Day is right around the corner! The day is set aside to annually celebrate our beautiful Planet Earth and all it provides us, and to work on ways we can be better stewards of our natural environment. Some Earth-healthy habits that individuals can learn to incorporate into …

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Which Dental Specialists Should You See?

Which Dental Specialists Should You See?

We all know that maintaining good dental health is important – it affects our teeth and jaw, our ability to chew, and our smiles. But it also affects our overall health! Therefore, regular visits with dental professionals are important for maintaining physical health throughout our bodies. But which …

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Oral health: Just one more reason to drink wine?

Oral health: Just one more reason to drink wine?

Evidence suggests that sipping wine may be good for your colon and heart, according to a recently-released study by the American Chemical Society. Researchers believe that this could be because of wine’s abundant and diverse polyphenols. The health benefits of polyphenols are typically attributed to the fact that …

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Funny tweets from the Tooth Fairy

Funny tweets from the Tooth Fairy

As parents, we try hard to give our children the best. However, when it comes to adding on Tooth Fairy tasks, parents may sometimes fall short. These are just some of the funny messages left by parents on Twitter about the struggles of being the tooth fairy: “That …

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New research could make teeth slippery enough to prevent cavities

New research could make teeth slippery enough to prevent cavities

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham may have created a small molecule that prevents or impedes tooth cavities. When applied to teeth, the molecule is so slippery that it inhibits the development of the protective and sticky biofilm that is a keystone of oral bacterial growth. …

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Dear Doctor: What Happens if I Ignore my Wisdom Teeth?

Dear Doctor: What Happens if I Ignore my Wisdom Teeth?

Well, the unfortunate news is that 9 out of 10 people will have at least one impacted wisdom tooth requiring removal. With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at wisdom teeth – what are they exactly and what happens if you leave them untreated. Wisdom Teeth …

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Oral Surgery Client Testimonials

My daughter had her wisdom teeth out and everything about the experience was easy. The staff was efficient and responsive, and the procedure went just as expected. Highly recommend this practice!
Alaina R., Truckee, CA
Dr. Martin is great, after having a wisdom tooth removed I had no problem or pain. I would highly recommend Tahoe Oral Surgery.
Sandy Wingate
Dr. Martin and his staff did a great job explaining the procedure… It was quick and painless… Highly recommend his services.
Rob W., Homewood, CA
I went to Dr.Martin a couple years ago to get my wisdom teeth taken out, since then I have referred three of my friends and they were also very happy with his work. The staff and himself were so nice and friendly, made each of us feel comfortable and relaxed.
R.D.
Dr. Martin and staff are amazing and wonderful. I highly recommend Dr. Martin for all your surgical needs for your teeth.
Steven J.
If you have to have oral surgery for any reason, you couldn’t pick a better place than Tahoe Oral Surgery & Implant Center. The staff makes you feel welcome and Dr. Martin is lovely!!!!
Kay Taylor
I highly recommend [Dr. Martin] and would not hesitate to drive back to Tahoe to have my son seen again (in fact, I already did!).
Erin E.
I would highly recommend Dr. Martin if you need an Oral Surgeon. ESPECIALLY if you are dental phobic like me. If I felt comfortable and cared for, as petrified as I am about dentists, that says A LOT! You can trust them, they are seriously AWSOME!
Sharyl S., Minden, Nevada
I didn’t even need to take one aspirin throughout the entire process.  His office is state of the art and his staff are wonderful. I would highly recommend them for any Oral Surgery needs.
Tracy S.
Dr. Martin and his staff are awesome and super nice! I definitely recommend Dr. Martin to anyone looking for an oral surgeon!
Lyndsay F.

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Tahoe Oral Surgery and Implant Center
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Truckee, CA 96161
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Tahoe Oral Surgery and Implant Center
591 Tahoe Keys Blvd.
Suite D4
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
530-541-4042
Daniel C. Martin, DDS and Dr. Rachel Appelblatt, DDS, MD your Truckee and Lake Tahoe Oral Surgeons

Proudly Offers the Following Oral Surgery Services:

Dental Implants, All-on-4™, Teeth-in-an-Hour™, Bone Grafting, Jaw Bone Health, Jaw Surgery, Jaw Bone Deterioration, Ridge Augmentations, Sinus Lift, Nerve Repositioning, Socket Preservation, Pre-prosthetic Surgery and treatment of Facial Trauma, and Oral Pathology.

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