Are you up on the latest cosmetic dentistry procedures offered by your Alvin, Houston, or Manvel dentist? Take our quiz and find out! 1. This popular treatment uses a dental composite that resembles enamel. This composite is applied to the surface of the teeth, sculpted, and then hardened and polished. A. Veneers B. Flossing C.…
Restorative Dentistry
A Beautiful Smile is Timeless

Every stage of life has its pros and cons. For example, in our golden years, we may enjoy traveling, more free time, and grandchildren. However, most Pearland retirees do not welcome wrinkles, limited mobility, or dental problems. Fortunately, your smile can be healthy and pleasing throughout your life. With cosmetic and restorative dentistry, you can…
Beating Horrible Halitosis

“My neighbor’s bad breath is scaring me.” I’m Dr. Montz with Montz and Maher Dental Group. I’d like to take a few minutes to share with you some facts about bad breath. Brushing just the teeth may not remove fragments of food between the teeth and up in the gums. Bacteria can grow and stink…
How Do You Choose a Dental Practice For a Dental Implant?

Today’s post is for people who have decided to replace a tooth with an implant. Great choice! Now you need to choose a dental implant dentist to carry out the procedure. This is an important decision. A dental implant is permanent. It involves oral surgery. It requires a significant financial investment. Making a bad choice…
A Missing Tooth Can Lead to Bone Loss

Today’s post focuses on missing teeth and bone health. Our teeth have many critical functions. We need them to chew our food, talk, and smile. But have you ever considered their role in holding up your face? When we lose teeth, the bone around the site of the extraction begins to shrink. This, in turn,…
Keeping You Comfortable

At Montz and Maher Dental Group, we make a conscious effort to help our patients feel comfortable. Though our chairs are cushy as can be, we are not only talking about physical comfort here. We are talking about emotional comfort. In other words, peace of mind. Here are four ways we are devoted to your…
Don’t Let A Simple Problem Become Serious

Today in the Montz and Maher Dental Group dental blog we are going to discuss those small irritations in the mouth that have the potential to become big problems. Injuries, sores, or inflammation in the mouth can be very uncomfortable. These non-specific irritations, called stomatitis, have many different causes. They may be caused by cold…
How Do You Measure Success?

At Montz and Maher Dental Group, we are dedicated to success. Dr. David C. Montz’s experience, ability, and commitment to dental excellence result in terrific outcomes daily for our dentistry patients. Each team member at Montz and Maher Dental Group shares Dr. Montz’s passion for success. For many Pearland dental patients, success is a routine…
Celebrating The Past And Looking To The Future At Montz and Maher Dental Group

It has now been over 150 years since the first dental license was issued to Sir John Tomes. Texas dental patients should be grateful for the advances made in dentistry during the past century and a half. There was a time when Houston blacksmiths and wig makers would also extract teeth with forceps to make…
7 Steps For A Healthy Smile

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Benjamin Franklin coined this phrase in the 1730s as advice for fire safety. However, like all timeless quotes, it applies to many more features of modern Pearland life, particularly dental health. Keeping your smile beautiful and healthy is done most effectively with preventative measures. Some…