My Retainer’s Journey I had braces as a teenager and following treatment got a shiny, new retainer that I was supposed to wear every night. After wearing it for a while, my shiny new retainer was no longer so nice or shiny. It was dull, stinky, crusty. Eventually I stopped wearing my retainer (don’t be […]
About 1/3 of the population doesn’t have a gag reflex. For all the rest of us, especially those with an extremely sensitive gag reflex, gagging can make life miserable! It can make brushing your teeth, swallowing pills, going to the dentist, wearing dentures, or even looking at tongue depressors or other cringe inducing objects extremely uncomfortable. […]
Why Do Children Grind Their Teeth? In years past, it was thought that children who ground their teeth and snored would grow out of it eventually. And the conventional wisdom was in some small way right. After a certain age, a good number of these kids did seem to stop these behaviors (we’ll get to […]
I work full time as a general dentist in addition to running this website. On a daily basis I do fillings, crowns, root canals, and extractions. Without fail, when I sit my patients up and explain what we did that day and ask if they have any questions they’ll ask me “When can I eat […]
Invisalign is a great way to get straighter teeth and is being utilized more and more each year instead of traditional braces. Align Technology (aka AlignTech / the company behind Invisalign) estimate that there will be over 200,000 people who start Invisalign in 2018. With the rise in the number of people being treated by […]
Yes, when cavities are small you absolutely can reverse them. I’ll show you when and how… First, let’s talk about what cavities can be reversed and which ones cannot. Cavities aren’t some yes or no state your tooth is in. Cavities start microscopically small with minerals being lost from your teeth, progress to larger […]
You can’t go a day without seeing a new article about which diet is the best for losing weight, staying healthy, building muscle, or being environmentally responsible. There always seems to be some new trend that everyone is trying out. It can be hard enough to sort out which one is right for you before […]
I recently go this question from a friend about a wisdom tooth extraction… Question: I had a question for you about wisdom teeth extraction. My girlfriend now needs to have her bottom wisdom teeth removed (had the top ones out a few years ago). While they were numbing her on her right side, they hit […]
Question: I went to my dentist for a cleaning, which I have every 6 months. I had a crown put on a tooth that developed an abcess. This was done approximately 12 years ago. On the visit today, 2/1/17, the dentist said the filling in the crown needed to be replaced because of age, but […]
I get a good number of questions via email and do my very best to respond to all of them. Occasionally I’ll publish those questions on here along with my answer. Question: I had a root canal on my upper right premolar on 14 Feb 2017. This is my last appointment (third appointment). The […]