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Maintaining a healthy smile requires more than just brushing and flossing. Preventive dentistry plays a crucial role in keeping your teeth strong, preventing serious dental issues, and reducing the need for costly procedures. At Millcreek Family Dental in Bountiful, we emphasize proactive dental care to help our patients achieve long-term oral health. What Is Preventive […]

Are you dealing with a broken or damaged tooth in Bountiful, Utah? Traditional dental crowns typically require multiple appointments and weeks of waiting, but there’s a better solution. Dr. Anthony Baird and the team at Millcreek Family Dental offer the benefits of same-day crowns that can often restore your smile in just one visit. Same-day […]

So, you’re missing a tooth—or a few!  An apple a day will not take care of this one, unfortunately. It’s time to consider dentures or dental implants. A variety of personal and practical factors will determine which solution is best for your new smile. Don’t feel lost among all the pros and cons of choosing […]

There are many kinds of doctors—Doctors of English, Doctors of Philosophy, Doctors of Medicine, Dr. Pepper… (wink). Of course, when we use the term doctor, we often mean a physician or Doctor of Medicine. But did you know that dentists are doctors, too? Every doctor has a specialty, and a dentist’s specialty is oral health. […]

Let’s be honest. If you are like most people, you’ve probably put off going to the dentist at one time or another. Some of us have even avoided seeing a dentist for years at a time. Research shows one in three Americans avoids going to the dentist regularly. As the time spent away from Millcreek […]

Unless you’re frequently using your teeth as scissors or a nail file (we hope you aren’t!), the most common things placed in your mouth are food, beverages, eating utensils, and your oral hygiene BFFs: floss and toothbrushes. However, when you visit your Bountiful dentist, this script gets flipped. At Millcreek Family Dental, we utilize a few […]

At Millcreek Family Dental, education is paramount in our mission to help our Bountiful friends and neighbors improve and maintain their oral health. For this reason, we try to avoid using dental jargon when we’re speaking with our valued patient family.  However, some terms can’t be broken down as easily; in those cases, we’ll explain […]

There are a lot of things teeth can tell you about yourself, even more that dentists can determine during examinations, and even more that can be discovered by scientists. For example, you can often feel when you have something stuck between your teeth, or when plaque is starting to build up and you could use […]

When it comes to ridiculous beliefs on dental hygiene and treatment, we’ve heard just about everything. However, the most dangerous ones usually aren’t quite so over the top. Unfortunately, several dental myths are floating all over the world, so Dr. Anthony Baird is here to put an end to the misinformation. Don’t feel bad if […]

Dentistry is a serious medicine, and daily oral hygiene is a top priority. But teeth can be pretty fun, too—not to mention fascinating. For starters, have you ever seen the full sets of baby teeth and adult teeth present in a child’s head x-ray? Go ahead, look it up. There are tons of interesting dental […]