Shark Teeth in Kids: Why the New Tooth Comes In Behind the Old One
Kids & Family Dentistry6 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerShark teeth means a permanent tooth has come in behind a baby tooth that has not fallen out yet, so for a while your kid has two rows. It is common, it is usually not an emergency, and most of the time it sorts itself out once the baby tooth comes loose...
A Frisco Orthodontist’s Honest Take on Frenectomies: When a Tongue-Tie Procedure Helps and When It Does Harm
Kids & Family Dentistry9 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerA frenectomy helps when a restriction is clearly causing a specific, documented problem and conservative measures have not resolved it. It does not help when the diagnosis is made from appearance alone. Tongue-tie release has become heavily over-diagnosed, lip and cheek tie releases are not supported by reliable evidence in most cases,...
Patient Testimonial – Emergency Dentist in Frisco, TX
Practice News & Community3 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerA patient came in with sudden pain and swelling and was seen the same day. That is what an emergency slot is for, and it is why we hold time during the week rather than booking every hour out in advance. If something like this is happening to you right now, call...
The Rules a Dental Office Actually Runs On
Choosing a Dentist8 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerA dental office runs on a much longer list of rules than patients ever see: licensing and continuing education, sterilization standards with weekly biological testing, radiation rules for every x-ray machine, record retention requirements, and privacy law. Most of it is invisible when it is being done right, which is exactly the problem....
Should a Dentist Pay for a Failed Root Canal?
Restorative Dentistry8 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerSometimes, and it depends on why it failed. Root canals succeed at a high rate but not one hundred percent of the time, and a failure is not automatically anyone fault. Many offices will apply the original fee toward retreatment or an extraction if a tooth fails within a reasonable window, and many will...
Elate Orthodontics Named Best Orthodontic Practice in Denton County
Practice News & Community5 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerElate Orthodontics in The Colony, our sister practice, was named 2025 Best Orthodontic Practice in Denton County by BusinessRate. We are pleased about it. The more practically useful thing for our patients is what having both practices under the same ownership actually changes: records move between the two without you carrying them,...
Do Whitening Strips Actually Work? And Are They Safe?
Products & Reviews8 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerYes, whitening strips work, and they work on the actual colour of the tooth rather than just the surface, because they contain peroxide. What they do not do is whiten evenly across a mouth that has crowns, veneers, or white fillings, reach the surfaces between overlapping teeth, or help much with grey or...
Do Emergency Rooms Have Dentists? What They Can Actually Do
Emergency Dental Care8 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerAlmost never. Hospital emergency departments are staffed by emergency physicians, not dentists, and only a small number of large hospitals have any dental coverage at all. An ER can diagnose you, image you, treat an infection, and manage pain. It cannot do a filling, a root canal, or in most cases an extraction....