Preventing Cavities in Your Baby’s Teeth
Eating & Drinking Don't let it continue throughout the day. Limit to 4 or 5 periods. This especially includes apple juice, raisins. Residual fruit sugars easily damage baby teeth. Restricting [...]
July 2021
Mystery Pain & Phantom Toothache
There's only one good thing about a visibly damaged tooth: here, clearly, is where the pain's coming from and where our response will be focused. But complaints of "tooth pain" [...]
June 2021
The Truth About Smoking
While nobody enjoys getting lectured about a bad habit, it's important to have all the relevant information available to you, especially when it involves health implications. So if you need [...]
Sterilization In Our Practice
Dentistry, like any other science, has evolved over time. We've come a long way from the old days of "drill and fill" to a new era of sophisticated technology and [...]
Nighttime Grinding
And the Stress Factor Dentists and researchers aren't completely agreed about the cause of nightly tooth-grinding or bruxism. But they are aligned on two points: at least partly, it's related [...]
Overcome Your Dental Fear
We'd like to offer one comforting and wonderful fact about today's dentistry: it's comfortable, even pleasant. Technology, new procedures, and some very sophisticated approaches to anesthesia have all contributed to [...]
May 2021
Periodontal Disease Q&A
Answers to your most frequently asked questions about gum disease. Q: Why is gum disease so terrible if it doesn't hurt? Periodontal disease is a progressive one—meaning if it doesn't [...]
Older and Healthy…a Natural Match
The words "aging" and "healthy" don't have to be either/or propositions. Fact is, in some ways, we grow healthier as we age. We've built up so many antibodies that our [...]
Your Mouth Says A Lot at Your Checkup
Without Speaking A Word! Looking into your open mouth, we see so much more than teeth. In many ways, it's a window into the health of your entire body. Things [...]
When a Tooth Goes Missing
Harrison Ford took a nasty fall and lost two of his teeth. Thanks to modern dentistry, he went on to become a major Hollywood star. For as long as we [...]
