Are you missing one or more teeth? The team at Bagley, Goodwin & Hrinda in Greenfield, MA can help. Using dental implants, patients who need to replace a single tooth, multiple teeth, or a full upper or lower arch can get the help they need. What’s more, patients who end up with one or more dental implants can look forward to great results that look and feel natural.
With traditional restorative services, it’s much harder to achieve results that feel natural because those methods only restore what’s above the gum line. What they don’t do is replace your smile’s underlying structure.
Tooth roots serve a very important function by securing your teeth to your jaw and encouraging the growth of new bone tissue, keeping your jaw healthy and strong throughout life. They achieve these results using small rods of titanium, which are surgically placed in the jaw. Over time, they’ll bond with the jaw, mimicking the natural structure of teeth.
The surgical phase of a dental implant procedure is called the placement phase. In the restoration phase, your crown, bridge, partial, or full denture is attached to your implant(s). Not every dental office can perform both phases, but at Bagley, Goodwin & Hrinda, our doctors can guide patients through both of them on-site, without the need for a referral.
Not every patient is an ideal patient for dental implants, though. To find out if this revolutionary restorative service is right for you, call Bagley, Goodwin & Hrinda to schedule a consultation. Our doctors are happy to place and restore dental implants for patients from Deerfield, Conway, Shelburne Falls, Turner Falls, Northfield, Amherst, Northampton, and surrounding states.
Welcome to the blog for Bagley, Goodwin, and Hrinda. Here you’ll find valuable information about the general, cosmetic, and restorative services we offer, plus helpful tips about oral health in general. Whether you’re just looking for some information on a particular dental service, or you’re new to the Greenfield area and need to find a permanent dentist, we think you’ll find our blog helpful.
Fascinating scientific research is being done all the time to improve the field of dentistry. Through studies over the years, we came to find out the importance of fluoride and dental sealants. Research has allowed us to come up with better materials for making tooth restorations and dental implants look aesthetically pleasing while still being durable. Recent research done at the University of Southern California could be one of the first steps in learning how stem cells can help us regenerate teeth the way certain animals do in nature. 
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Ideally, we hope that you visit us every six months, and keep up with your twice-daily oral hygiene so that you can keep your natural teeth for your entire long life. However, things happen. Injuries can occur. Bad habits of earlier days can rear their ugly heads even as you’ve adopted better dental self-care more recently. If you lose one tooth, several, or every single one in your mouth, we can help with tooth replacements. For some people dentures are the best option. 
We ended last month blogging about Invisalign, the clear solution for straightening teeth that we offer in our Greenfield office. For adults and teens that feel self-conscious about the idea of wearing braces but believe straight teeth will improve their quality of life and dental health, Invisalign can be a good alternative to traditional braces. Your 
We try to teach you plenty of facts about important topics in dentistry in our weekly blog, but sometimes it’s fun to lighten things up a little. Here’s an example of a fun fact: chocolate (of the dark variety and in moderation) is not only good for your heart, but also your teeth? The reason is a compound called theobromine that is found in the cocoa bean and has been shown to harden tooth enamel. That’s not all. The American Dental Hygienist’s Association (ADA) reports that chocolate can inhibit the growth of Streptococcus mutans (bacteria that cause tooth decay). Read on for more interesting factoids related to dentistry from your 
Certain foods are best eaten in moderation. Cakes, pies, cookies, and anything full of sugar or refined carbohydrates are definitely best avoided if you want healthy teeth and a slim waistline. However, most baked goods contain one ingredient that some people swear by as a natural teeth whitener: baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate.