Dr. Rich and Lakewood Dental Trails are proud to announce their 4th Annual Live Connected Scholarship Challenge! We are offering one $500 scholarship to a graduating senior from high schools around Temple and Bell County. The purpose of the scholarship is to help students achieve their dreams by continuing their education. It's simple and easy to apply, but you ...
We are offering a $500 scholarship to ONE graduating senior from high schools around Temple and Bell County. The purpose of the scholarship is to help students achieve their dreams by continuing their education. It's simple and easy to apply, but you have to invest passion in your entry.
QUALIFICATIONS:
You or your parents must reside in Bell ...
Most of us know that a toothache is a sign of a problem that needs prompt attention. But what about a broken tooth? Or a lost dental crown? If your gums bleed when you brush, does that count as a dental emergency?
The thing is that you can’t always tell how urgent your dental needs are. This is why your emergency ...
Here at Lakewood Dental Trails, we recognize that with the constantly changing COVID-19 situation around the world, this is an unprecedented time for everyone.
Our dental team wants to assure you that we are taking the utmost care and continually monitoring changes and updated guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization ...
As a child, it is normal when baby teeth naturally fall out to be followed by the eruption of the permanent teeth. As an adult, missing single or multiple teeth is not normal, which is why dentistry offers varieties of dental treatments to replace missing teeth to restore the patient’s smile, prevent bone loss, and prevent changes in the facial ...
A smile is a wonderful asset that improves the wearers mood, attitude, appearance, and even brighten other people’s day. Having a perfect and beautiful smile can affect a person’s overall attitude, and it is also essential for daily human interaction. That is why some people go extra miles to achieve straighter and brighter teeth with the help of dentistry. Lakewood ...
Anxiety and stress can manifest themselves in many different ways. Some people get motivated by stressful situations and tend to produce and achieve more under pressure. Other people tend to shy away from anything that has the appearance of a stressful situation.
How do you deal with stress and anxiety? If you’re one of the majority of the population that shy ...
December is such a festive month. It’s a great time to give gifts for the holidays. Dr. Leung at Lakewood Dental Trails would like to remind you to give thoughtful gifts that promote dental care.
Periodontal maintenance is important after receiving periodontal therapy. Periodontal therapy is a treatment regimen used to reach below your gums and remove bacteria and plaque before ...
At Lakewood Dental Trails, we want to pause and take time to say “thank you” for being one of our patients. We’re grateful to be able to work in Temple, Texas where some of the best people around the country call home. Counting all that you’re grateful for is one way to restore contentment and peace back into your life. ...
Lakewood Dental Trails thinks your kids are sweet. And let’s be clear: ‘sweet’ is a broad term. We could say things about kids such as:
“Aww, your kiddo is so sweet!”
“Hey Sweetie, we love it when you come to Lakewood Dental Trails.”
“You brush your teeth twice a day and floss one time per day? Sweet!”
We proudly offer children’s dentistry at Lakewood ...
So much can happen in six months! At Lakewood Dental Trails in Temple, Texas we offer Six Month Smiles. The Six Month Smiles option offers you straight teeth using clear braces in just six months! It sounds unbelievable, doesn’t it? However, it is possible, and Dr. Leung is proud to offer this to you and all of his amazing patients ...
How are you surviving the Dog Days of summer here in Texas? It’s been hot, hasn’t it? What are your tricks for keeping cool in the Texas heat? We hope drinking lots of water is on your list. A loose and light wardrobe this time of year is helpful too.
Did you ever consider foods you can eat that will promote ...
At Lakewood Dental Trails, we treat periodontal disease. Periodontal disease is another name for gum disease. People of any age can be affected by periodontal disease. During your dental checkup and cleaning, Dr. Leung will examine your gums and teeth to determine if you have or are close to getting periodontal disease.
Dr. Leung will use a probe to gently measure ...
Periodontal Disease is also known as gum disease. It is a gum and bone infection. If it is not treated, it can become severe and may eventually lead to tooth loss. It can often be treated in its early stages with a treatment to clean your teeth called scaling and root planing. This is the first step in preventing or ...
At Lakewood Dental Trails, we offer a welcoming environment for our patients. We’ve gone out of our way to make everyone’s experience a positive one. We offer play areas, video games, comfortable seating, scented towels, televisions, and music. However, we know that you may be visiting us with past dental fears, and these amenities may not be of enough comfort ...
The word “wisdom” used to describe wisdom teeth is a common misnomer. First of all, wisdom teeth do not make you wise. They have no bearing on the fact that you have vast amounts of knowledge or experience in a variety of subject matters. Secondly, wisdom teeth seem to be some of the most misunderstood and confusing teeth in a ...
While most patients want braces to improve the look of their smile, orthodontics from Lakewood Dental Trails can do so much more! It might surprise you, but a straighter smile can improve your dental health - and impact your overall health, too!
Let's talk about dental health first. When your teeth are crowded, it's hard to clean all the ...
Are you considering getting orthodontics as an adult? If you're weighing your options and want to know which one is best for your family, it's worth your while to consider a short-term braces option like Six Month Smiles. It's just one of the types of treatments that our dentist in Temple has to offer.
We don't want to ...
Families are one of the greatest gifts given to us. Spending time with your family has become a gift that rarely happens nowadays. Long hours of work for parents, sports for kids, and the busyness of life for everyone can pull the family apart. No one ever intends to drift away from family time, it usually just happens.
We need to ...
Lakewood Dental Trails would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season. December is a month of many multicultural holiday celebrations such as Ramadan, Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Omisoka and many others.
It’s a time when most choose to indulge in their favorite holiday treats like fruit cake, eggnog, Benne cakes, tamales, paneer fritter, fruit chaat, ...
Nobody likes to hear that they need a root canal, but if you do, you couldn't be in better hands than Dr. Rich's. It's not uncommon for patients to have anxiety about a new procedure, especially one that so often gets a bad rap, like endodontic therapy. After all, everybody's heard a horror story from a friend who had one ...
If you're missing teeth, smiling might be something you'd rather not do. Your black hole in your mouth is bothering you when you look in the mirror. There is a solution to take all of your social and dental fears away. The solution can be a dental implant.
An implant is an artificial tooth "root" surgically placed in your mouth. It ...