For years, the dental industry has been advocating implants as the preferable tooth restoration option in most circumstances. But many dental insurance providers don’t cover dental implants. The dental insurance industry seems to be stuck in 1970. For example, many insurers will cover dental bridges. Clearly, dental insurance companies rarely make coverage decisions based on…
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Your Perfect Smile Is Only A Few Dental Visits Away

What does it take to really change the way you look? Hours upon hours at the gym? Expensive trips to the most cutting-edge salon in the Boise area? What about a routine trip to your dentist? You may not love going to the dentist, but you will love the results when they help you find…
Danger Zone! 5 Signs Of Gum Disease

Here is some vital news for anyone who cares about their dental health: periodontal disease, or gum disease, is a main cause of tooth loss among adults. There is also evidence that it is linked to heart disease. Fortunately, this problem is easy to treat if it is discovered in the early stages. What warning signs…
What Does Your Boise Dentist Need To Know?

For optimal dental health, all Boise, residents should be visiting their dentist twice a year for consistent cleanings and exams. This is a good time to make sure that you are brushing and flossing properly. It is also critical that you discuss issues related to dental health. Make sure to tell your dentist about any…
A Noteworthy Dental Experience

When Drs. Lynn R. Blaisdell walks into the room, you frequently feel the atmosphere kick up a notch. Here at Blaisdell Family Dentistry, we see patients for anything from fillings to cosmetic dentistry to cleaning requests. Having your teeth cleaned can be just as critical as addressing cavities and taking care of cosmetic dentistry needs.…
7 Ways To Fix A Chipped Tooth

In a perfect world, each of your teeth would stay healthy, strong, and brilliantly white throughout your life. Unfortunately, most of us will need to restore a tooth at some point. At Blaisdell Family Dentistry in Boise, we can help. A tooth can be compromised by decay, enamel erosion, a chip or crack, gum disease,…
Can I Objectively Evaluate My Smile?

A beautiful and healthy smile can be your best physical attribute. After all, your smile is one of the first things people notice about you. At Blaisdell Family Dentistry in Boise we use cosmetic dentistry to help our patients get fabulous smiles. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you look at your…
Can Cosmetic Dentistry Create Perfect Smiles?

At Blaisdell Family Dentistry in Boise, we use cosmetic dentistry to create positive changes to the smiles of our patients every day. The resulting smiles are beautiful, and as near to perfect as they can be! While creating beautiful smiles is our goal with any cosmetic dentistry procedure, it isn’t always simple. The overall objective…
Let’s Talk About Your Smile

How do you like your smile? At Blaisdell Family Dentistry in Boise, we know how easy it is to be your own worst critic. But we also know lots of people don’t care for one aspect or another of their smile. We can improve any smile with cosmetic dentistry. Maybe you have a tooth that’s…
Creating Beautiful Smiles

At Blaisdell Family Dentistry in Boise, we create beautiful smiles with cosmetic dentistry every day. It’s been said that cosmetic dentistry is part science and part art. That’s a workable definition for what we do. More to the point, though, is that we use sound dental techniques to bring positive changes to the smiles of…