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Dr. Hu Family Dentistry, LLC
Soldotna, AK
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Thursday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
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Jerry Hu, DDS, Family Dentistry, LLC Anchorage Location
Anchorage, AK
Family Dentistry, LLC
Soldotna, AK
About
Bio
My practice is focused on cosmetic dentistry and implants. We are trained in both neuromuscular and functional occlusion, as well as traditional occlusion, habitual centric occlusion. We have state-of-the art equipment including ICAT CT scan, E4D CAD/CAM, Waterlase MD, Digitial Dexis Xray system, Laser cleanings, and hold 3 Fellowships with major cosmetic and implant organizations. Also, we are nationwide cosmetic award winning, from MAC studio to IACA competitions. We also are Nobel Biocare certified for implant sugeries (osteotomy) and implant restoratives.
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Languages spoken
Mandarin
Doctor Q&A
239 Answers
67 Agrees
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Sometimes: Check with your insurance carrier, and talk to your dentist, orthodontist, oral surgeon and see if they are willing to write you a narrative and you c... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Options: Apthous ulcers and sores are generally stressed or hormonal induced, and you can try debacterol, laser therapy, and/or ask your dentist for multiple o... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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YES: Count on wearing your retainers for life unless you want changes in your teeth positions and bite.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Movement: Don't count on 3rd molars or wisdom teeth to close gaps, diastemas, etc. Sure, there is always going to be movement of teeth, shifting, drifting, etc... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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25 years experience
Many options: Consider cosmetic treatment options from orthodontics to veneers, to crowns, etc. But always ask for the most minimally invasive approach/ most conser... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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25 years experience
Gagging is okay: You can try to use tongue scraper, but gagging when brushing tongue happens often. Sometimes, in a dental office, spraying topical anesthetic on the ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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25 years experience
HMM!!!: Even brushing your teeth is a dental procedure. So it's like asking, "how can i see without using my eyes?".
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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25 years experience
Depends: If you have severe periodontal disease, you may consider bone grafting/implants/hybrid dentures, etc. For cosmetic result. If you have moderate bone ... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Occlus. Adjustment: Sounds like, possibly, after you had your bonding done, your bite changed, and you may need an occlusal or bite adjustment...Check with your dentist, ... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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25 years experience
ADA seal: Use american dental association approved toothpaste with its seal.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Intended use: Please use toothpaste for teeth and for oral/ mouth related uses. Otherwise, you are asking for non-scientific based answers where there's no research... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Miracle?: If toothpaste was a miracle worker for everything from skin rashes, to boils, to acne, to lubrication, to stuff you use downstairs, it would be worth ... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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25 years experience
Bacteria: The soft is generally plaque (bacteria) the hard is calculus.. Both are associated with periodontitis, inflammation, and bone loss. Without good foun... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Sinus tint: After bone augmentation with sinus lift or sinus tint, you should be able to go back to work as long as you don't have any complications. Hopefully, y... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Food trap: If your temp tastes and feels like food, there's most likely food trap, which i s not good...Means more bacteria, more inflammation, get it checked as... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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25 years experience
Bleeding: If you have bleeding gums, you have inflammation from either gingivitis or periodontitis or worse (infection)... You may be overdue for your dental hy... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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25 years experience
No, unless: Some side effects, which you don't want from certain meds, such as anti-seizure ones will give you too much gums, and it's inflammed generally and unh... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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25 years experience
Not beyond : The shade of your denture teeth was most likely selected by you and your dentist; that shade is as white as it'll get, unless you get another set of d... Read More
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A 57-year-old female asked:
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25 years experience
Check: See your dentist, bad breath can be from lack of good homecare and brushing tongue, etc. To anug and other serious issues, you need to see your dentis... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Correct: Make sure you address decay first, but if you have no decay issues, may want to prepare to update your resin fillings after you whiten, or whiten firs... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Prep: It is generally better to have the final impression done for your definitive crown after some healing... Make sure the crown lengthening procedure inv... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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25 years experience
Bruxism and bite: Your stress, bruxism, occlusion, and diet/habits are all factors. You may have a pitch bite problem, or anterior class i interference, premature cont... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Depends: Check to see if you have extrinsic stains like from foods/ wine, smoking, etc. Versus intrinsic stains like tetracycline, etc. They all make big diffe... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Xylitol: Xylitol products do help with tooth decay prevention.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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25 years experience
Both no-prep: Just make sure when you have no prep veneers, you don't have the outcome of bulky looking teeth, or big, square, chicklet looking teeth, make sure the... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
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Many Reasons: Check with your dentist on the diet/foods/beverages you eat, do you use tobacco? Do you have intrinsic or extrinsic stains? Do you have developmental ... Read More
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A 59-year-old male asked:
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25 years experience
Many Factors: Perioprotect is great, but many factors are involved, your diet, your homecare, even your bite contribute to perio issues, so ask your dentist on doin... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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25 years experience
No: Small incipient lesions on enamel may be re-mineralized and hardened, but only god can give you more enamel.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Soft Guard Only: You must get a soft guard that is thermoplastic and/or even a soft sports mouthguard to wear during bruxism if you are fully bracketed/banded. If you... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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25 years experience
Xray PA: A periapical xray will show the entire root and a dentist can look for infections, widened pdl space, bone loss (horizontal/ vertical) or bony defect,... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Using it?: If your cholesterol and overall cardiovascular health are improved, there can be some benefits with inflammatory response, but for 'gum' and periodont... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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25 years experience
Orthosis: Try to have an orthosis made that allows your retrodiskal tissue and bilaminar zone to be free from being pinched. Also, you may want to work with atl... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Safe: If you have any compromised health or systemic issues that put you at risk, such as bleeding disorders, or are on multiple medications, you may want t... Read More
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A 59-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Part of it: Good homecare, flossing, professional dental periodontal maintenance, and fluoride, xylitol, rinses, etc. Are all beneficial.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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25 years experience
Whitening: If you do whitening after your crown is completed, you need to first be prepared to know that the color of your crown will not change, and if you blea... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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25 years experience
Many reasons: There are multiple reasons as to why you have pain and/or sensitivity, -- did you have deep decay removed... Was there cracked tooth syndrome diagnose... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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25 years experience
Temporary: As long as the temporary is properly sealed bite is good, and it holds for the duration needed until the final crown is cemented on, it should be okay... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
25 years experience
Talk to your dentist: Generally most people have sensitivity after whitening, but check with your dentist.. You may have other issues going on, like decay, etc.
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25 years experience
Good question: There are many reasons for bruxism, it can be from stress or from a bad -parafunctional malocclusion bite problem, or from bad dreams, airway issues, ... Read More
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A member asked:
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25 years experience
You need fluoride!: No matter what you have in your mouth, you should brush with a fluoridated toothpaste with ada approval, having xylitol helps , too.
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25 years experience
Depends: The guard is taking the brunt of the bruxism abuse. So, yes, your guard will naturally wear away in time, ... Holes, in them, when they are worn thro... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jerry Huanswered
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Carifree: A toothpaste with a low coefficient number for abrasiveness is made from carifree. Baking soda is low on the scale. Otc products usually have a numb... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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25 years experience
No: Fordyce granules won't go away from toothpaste, plus you'll possibly be swallowing extra fluoride.
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Wait until permanent: Wait until at least all your permanent teeth are in. If you have decay and broken down teeth due to cavities, go see your dentist for restorative tre... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Crossbite: You can have anterior crossbite, or posterior, it can be one tooth, or multiple teeth, and what it means is that when you bite your teeth together, yo... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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25 years experience
You don't need laser: Laser is one option. There are plenty of successful methods other than with use of a laser for whitening. Simply an option.
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Depends: There are so many factors involved with longevity from your oral hygiene, homecare, diet, bruxism, clenching/grinding habits, your bite, the depth and... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Depends: How severe is your tmj/tmd? Is it muscle or myofacial pain you're experiencing. Is your bite way off? Do you have parafunctional habits... Sometime... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Make sure you have all resin/bonding materials removed, and if there is still "extra white" areas, hypermineralized zones, or the value/color is not u... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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25 years experience
See your dentist: See your dentist for professional whitening and other options. Whiter image has many take home options, too.
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Jul 3, 2013
A very knowledgeable and dedicated dentist.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Hu is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Hu is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Decay was removed but ill go to him again because its more than a month I have irritating feeling thank u for advice
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! NEVER even spoke to me about recession correction. Changed him.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I had a root canal done before this abscess...thanks a lot !!!!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Michigan Medical School, MI
Graduated 1998MD
Medical/Graduate school
University of Michigan Medical School, MI
MD
Awards
2012 Nationwide MAC Model Search Grand Prize winner
2011 LVI Fellowship
2011 IADFE Fellowship
Affiliations
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
International Association of Dentists
Las Vegas Institute, LVI GLOBAL
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