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At South Waterfront Dental, we want you to feel the confidence that a beautiful, healthy smile can give. That’s why we’re so excited to offer SureSmile® Clear Aligners at our South Portland dental office.    If you’re looking to treat mild-to-moderate issues with spacing, bite alignment or crooked teeth, SureSmile could be the answer you’re…

At our South Waterfront family dental practice, Dr. Beck understands how much his patients appreciate having a healthy, great-looking smile. While brushing and flossing daily and scheduling regular appointments to see Dr. Beck can help keep your teeth looking their best, years of stress can cause even a healthy smile to wear down. This can…

At our dental practice in South Portland, Dr. Beck works to educate his patients on the importance of maintaining a healthy smile. As we’ve covered in our blog, decades worth of research has found that individuals who experience poor oral health have a significantly higher risk for developing a range of chronic illnesses that include…

As a family dental care provider in South Portland, Dr. Beck helps patients enjoy a healthy, great-looking smile by providing them with the tools needed to avoid the problems caused by tooth decay and gum disease. In addition to expert dental cleanings provided by our staff of gentle dental hygienists, Dr. Beck and his team…

As we have covered before in our South Waterfront Dental blog, our oral health has a far great effect on our overall health than what many patients might initially think. Previously, we’ve covered studies that have found people with common oral health problems like tooth decay, gum disease, and tooth loss have a significantly higher…

At South Waterfront Dental, Dr. Beck’s top priority is to keep the smiles of our patients looking and feeling their best. While a brilliantly bright smile might suggest that you enjoy quality oral health, there’s another part of your smile that’s easy to overlook: your gums. Our gum tissue provides the support and strength needed…

Everyone wants a healthy, great looking smile, but you can’t always tell how your oral health fairs simply by looking at your teeth and gums. Tooth decay, gum disease and cavities don’t always develop symptoms until far along in their progression. By the time you need to see a SW Portland dentist to treat the…

If your smile suffers as the result of crooked, crowded, or misaligned teeth, it can have a negative impact on not only your oral health, but your self-esteem as well. As a Portland Invisalign dentist, Dr. Beck knows firsthand just how much a healthy, great looking smile can mean for a patient. Unfortunately, many adults…

For many of our patients at South Waterfront Dental, the onset of fall marks the beginning of many seasonal favorites. Whether the changing of the leaves, the cooler air, or the chance to say hello to your favorite sweaters and jackets, the fall is often synonymous with something most of us look forward to experiencing.…

Taking care of your teeth doesn’t have to require receiving expensive treatment from Dr. Beck and our team at South Waterfront Dental. Dental fillings, crowns, and implants can all be avoided by making a commitment to practicing quality oral hygiene on a daily basis. Unfortunately, if you only pay attention to your oral health when…