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Each member of our team at Pro Solutions Dental Group is committed to helping our patients maintain excellent oral health. First, we highly encourage regular and effective oral hygiene habits to reduce the risk of tooth decay and gum disease, as well as protecting your smile from harm. We offer tips on lifestyle habits that can reduce your risk of dental trauma and prevent damage to your smile.

We encourage you to avoid daily harmful habits such as chewing on pens and ice and using your teeth to open packages. These practices can result in cracks, chips and fractures in the teeth and lacerations in the gums.

If you play a contact sport or are involved in an energetic activity, you should use a sports mouth guard to reduce your risk of oral trauma that can befall many athletes unexpectedly. If you are interested, you are welcome to speak with our dentists about a mouth guard recommendation.

If you suspect that you grind your teeth while you are asleep, you could be developing chips and cracks in the tooth enamel. We are happy to provide you with a night guard, which is a type of mouth guard that is custom fitted to remain in your mouth while you sleep to protect your teeth from the pressure and friction of grinding.

Your first-aid kits should always contain oral hygiene items such as toothbrushes, floss tools and topical anesthesia that are travel sized and can offer convenient care if you encounter an emergency situation.

If you have suffered an oral accident in Prescott, Arizona, please call Pro Solutions Dental Group at 928-776-1208 and schedule a visit with Dr. Jason Campbell as soon as you can.