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When patients come see us at our Bristol Street offices, Dr. Fong ensures they leave with the healthiest smile possible. Of course, the patient plays an important role in keeping this the case with attentive home hygiene. But some cosmetic issues with the teeth are another story. They often need covering up. The more well-known […]

Our endless sunny days in Santa Ana should always be open to the tasty possibilities of popsicles, ice cream, and even a lemon-lime Slurpee. But when you anticipate cooling off with those foods does it make you cringe just a bit? Tooth sensitivity to cold is a common problem — 57 percent of adults between […]

Some people can watch all 43 iterations of the Saw movies and not even flinch. They can go to the scariest haunted house in Orange County and yawn. To them the frights of October are not even a thing. But tell that same person he or she has an appointment the next morning with Dr. […]

Over one tenth of Americans have lost all of their teeth. Wrap your gums around that one for a minute. Many have tried dentures but have found the experience, uh, less than pleasant. That means a lot of people are simply going toothless…not getting to enjoy nuts, or a crisp apple, no popcorn, or Swedish […]

If you’re over 40, odds are you have at least a couple of silver spots on one or more of your molars. Fillings. More specifically, silver amalgam fillings. At Dr. Fong’s we place fillings every day. But things are changing in this long-used method for removing decay and replacing the material with a “filling.” Today, […]

You opted to go with the new SmileDirectClub’s teledentistry program for moving your teeth. Everything went well, but now you look at your straight teeth and you see black triangles between some of the teeth that have been moved. These are areas where the gums aren’t filling the space they normally would, so you can […]