As I stand over my sink and ponder the frayed bristles of my favorite toothbrush, I wonder if I should replace it. It’s a good question. We all brush our teeth on a daily basis. Like a good pair of jeans, it seems the more we use a toothbrush, the more comfortable it gets. As…
General Dentistry
What is Dental Sleep Medicine?
What is dental sleep medicine? It’s a relatively new branch of dentistry that treats sleep apnea and other sleep-related breathing problems. Don’t confuse dental sleep medicine with dental sedation or sleep dentistry. Dental sleep medicine treats sleep apnea. What is sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is a disorder where you have frequent, intermittent pauses in breathing…
Creating Beautiful Smiles At Montz and Maher Dental Group
I am glad you found our blog! I’m David C. Montz, DDS, of Montz and Maher Dental Group, a full-service dental practice in Pearland. I am a proud member of American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. My profession is dentistry, but my passion is providing superior and affordable Pearland dental care for my patients. I began…
Tooth Replacement For The 21st Century
Not everything was better back in the “good old days.” Take dentures, for instance. Dentures have been around for generations and have certainly improved the lives of thousands of Pearland people who have lost many or all of their teeth. However, Grandpa’s conventional false teeth are not proper tooth replacement. Traditional dentures can impede many…
Teeth: What Have They Done For You Lately?
Welcome to the Montz and Maher Dental Group blog! Today we are going to explore the secret life of our teeth. The shape of each tooth gives a clue to what it does. The incisors, or your front teeth, are sharp. Their job is to cut food and their curvature helps move food inside the…
Trouble Getting Numb For Dental Treatment?
Our bodies work differently. Some dental patients don’t react to local anesthetics by getting numb. This is understandably concerning when you need dental treatment. (And the word “concerning” may be a huge understatement!) It’s important to understand that bad experiences in the past don’t guarantee that you will never be able to become numb. At…
What is the Epworth Sleepiness Scale?
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a scale that can measure daytime sleepiness based off of your total score on a questionnaire. The questionnaire is made up of eight possible situations, each of which you give a score of 0-3 based on your likelihood to fall asleep in the particular situation, with zero being “no…
Root Canal vs Dental Implant
Hello, I am Dr. David C. Montz of Montz and Maher Dental Group. When a tooth’s nerve and the pulp becomes infected, a dentist and patient must make a choice of whether to attempt to save the tooth by executing a root canal or to extract the tooth. There are several factors that affect this…
Lack of Sleep Slows Reaction Time
Life in Houston, like other places in Texas and around the country, is relentlessly fast-paced. In the course of the day, each of us makes thousands of quick decisions. Many of these are trivial: “Boxers or briefs?”, “White or wheat?”, “Paper or plastic?”, or “Call or text?”. However, some split-second judgments have significant consequences; “I…
What are Possible Dental Implant Complications?
If you’ve visited our blog before, you have read about the merits of tooth implants. That’s because they are an amazing replacement for missing teeth and have been used successfully in the Pearland area for over 30 years. At Montz and Maher Dental Group, close to 98% of our implant placements are successful. But like…
