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TMJ pain is concentrated in your jaw. That makes it difficult to avoid, as you use your jaw for eating, speaking, and many other everyday activities. Fortunately, we can relieve your discomfort! Like many dentists, we can provide you with a custom-made nightguard. This relieves pressure on your ...

Avoiding regular dental appointments is never a good idea – even if you have a valid reason. If you’ve been avoiding the dentist due to concerns over the coronavirus, know that we are taking many COVID-19 precautions to keep you safe. For example, you’ll notice fewer people in our San ...

Is there a teenager in your family who’s always complaining about their crooked teeth but insists they don’t want to wear braces because they’re afraid of looking awkward at school? Then we encourage you to show them these before and after photos from our San Pedro smile gallery! When ...

Darren, like all patients exploring their teeth replacement options, needed a solution that would ultimately look, feel, and function as much like the real thing as possible. In today’s video, you’ll hear him talk about how Dr. Shook and our team in San Pedro, CA restored his oral health, ...

At Shook Dental Care, we think any time is a great time to beautify your smile. But now is an especially good time, with many of us finally beginning to venture out of the house more. We’ve got lots of options for smile improvement, from Invisalign orthodontics to dental veneers. We also want ...

When it hurts to chew your food because of some sort of dental pain or toothache, you face the tough decision to either let yourself be miserable at every meal or to go to the dentist to treat the underlying problem. Unfortunately, many people are so anxious at the thought of a dentist ...

As dental practices reopen across the country, appointments for routine care and other procedures are filling up quickly. That’s okay because you can still begin your cosmetic dentistry journey with our virtual smile assessment in San Pedro, CA! It’s a simple, three-step process you can ...

You shouldn’t feel discouraged about tooth loss. Not when you see how remarkably natural modern dentures can look in today’s before-and-after images from our San Pedro smile gallery! When you put your smile restoration in the hands of our skilled team who invests in the latest equipment ...

We’re happy to get back to providing outstanding dental care, which is why we invite you to check out our latest update about the reopening of our San Pedro dentist office. We can’t wait to see you again soon! Call Shook Dental Care at or fill out our online form to schedule your next ...

Dental veneers aren’t just a great cosmetic solution for stained, gapped, crooked, or misshapen teeth. They also serve a restorative function, thin and delicate, yet durable enough to make chipped, cracked, or weak teeth incredibly strong! Today’s before image shows fractured, dingy ...