Dental Blog

We hope your summer is off to a great start!

Make sure your smile keeps shining all season long with professional teeth whitening at Times Square Dental in Boise, ID!

You can whiten your teeth several shades in our office with a quick treatment or while laying out by the pool with our take-home trays.

Answer these questions to see if professional teeth whitening is for you!

Call Times Square Dental today at 208-278-1069 fill out our convenient online form to schedule an appointment.

When Ellen broke a tooth late on a Friday night, she knew exactly who to call for help.

She trusted Dr. Hastings at Times Square Dental.

The next morning, Dr. Hastings and our team began the process of saving Ellen’s smile with a dental implant in our Boise, ID practice.

Thirteen years later, Ellen’s still smiling!

Hear more about why she continues to trust our team!

To learn more, call Times Square Dental today at 208-505-9367 or fill out our convenient online form to schedule an appointment.

Summer is a fun time of year to get outside and enjoy more physical activity.

And that’s great, but not if you’re not staying hydrated!

Dehydration isn’t good for your body, and it’s equally bad for your smile.

With bad breath and weak teeth threatening your summer fun, our team at Times Square Dental wants to spend today’s blog telling you an important secret about proper hydration.

It’s all about saliva and what it can do to protect your teeth and freshen your breath!

Saliva: A Little-Known Secret To A Healthy Smile

Drinking enough water is a way to help your body produce a healthy amount of saliva everyday. Why is saliva so important, you might wonder?

Because it’s a little-known secret to a healthy smile!

Here’s how staying well-hydrated this summer can benefit your breath and your teeth thanks to a good flow of saliva inside your mouth!

Almost as common as braces among teenagers, getting your wisdom teeth removed is like a rite of passage for folks on the brink of adulthood.

You may have watched funny videos online of people just coming out of the dentist office after they’ve had the extraction, saying silly things with a mouth full of cotton and cheeks swollen like a chipmunk.

We like to laugh at the experience from afar, but the truth is, it’s actually an important step we take in our Boise, ID dental office to help patients preserve their oral health.

Today, our team at Times Square Dental is talking about how we use wisdom teeth extractions to save your smile!

Wisdom Teeth Extraction Can Save Your Smile!

Oh, wisdom teeth, what are we going to do with you?

You always seem to show up late to the party, if you don’t get lost on the way first.

Dr. Hastings at Times Square Dental wants to check in with you to make sure your teeth and your smile are ready for summer!

That means addressing the pain and discomfort you’ve been experiencing when chewing your food.

Summer is no time for dental pain! So Dr. Hastings and our team in Boise, ID want you to get the restorative dental treatment you need to enjoy all the seasonal staples before you at your first barbecue!

Here’s Dr. Hastings talking more about our approach to patients having difficulty chewing and how our mission is to preserve the quality of life you deserve!

For help with your dental pain and discomfort, call Times Square Dental today at 208-278-1069 fill out our convenient online form to schedule an appointment.

We know you’re busy, so today, we’re going to keep things simple!

Our team at Times Square Dental has a few easy cosmetic dentistry solutions when you want to enhance your smile and boost your confidence in time for social gatherings you plan to attend this summer!

2 Simple Ways To Enhance Your Summer Smile

We’re sharing two simple ways to brighten and refresh your smile in our Boise, ID dental office so you can look and feel great without all the fuss!

It’s normal to have some level of fear during a dentist appointment.

But that fear becomes a problem when you have dental anxiety to the extent that you can hardly even step foot in a dentist office.

Help can be found at Times Square Dental!

We offer various types of sedation to suit your anxiety level and treatment plan in our Boise, ID dental office.

Answer the questions on today’s quiz to see if it’s time you sought our help for your dental anxiety.

To learn more about sedation dentistry, call Times Square Dental today at 208-278-1069 fill out our convenient online form to schedule an appointment.

Michelle was no stranger to the insecurities that come with an embarrassing smile.

She’d grown used to the exhaustive efforts to always hide her teeth so people wouldn’t see the dental problems she faced.

All of that changed when she made the decision to visit Dr. Hastings at Times Square Dental!

Today, Michelle talks about getting her smile back, among other things, thanks to the personable dental care she received in our Boise, ID practice. Hear the many reasons she’s willing to travel a great distance for our life-changing restorative dentistry and and to visit our warm, caring staff.

To learn more, call Times Square Dental today at 208-278-1069 fill out our convenient online form to schedule an appointment.

A safe smile is a unique challenge for athletes, especially during the warm summer months.

With all the outdoor sports going on, many physically active people are running across the court or the field without the protection their teeth and gums need.

That’s why you should come to Times Square Dental for an athletic mouthguard.

Our custom guards are a smart choice for your smile here in Boise, ID, and today’s infographic shows you a few reasons why!

Protect your smile while playing hard this summer, and call Times Square Dental today at 208-278-1069 fill out our convenient online form to schedule an appointment for an athletic mouthguard!

Jason came to Times Square Dental in need of extensive dental work, but from the start, he learned ours was a team he could trust for quality, comfortable care.

That’s because of Dr. Hastings and our caring team here in Boise, ID.

Among many other reasons!

Hear Jason explain more about why he continues to count on us for his restorative dental needs!

Call Times Square Dental today at 208-278-1069 fill out our convenient online form to schedule an appointment.