1. Avoiding cavities is primarily about limiting HOW OFTEN you get sugar. Cavities are directly related to how often you consume sugar or acidic drinks. Everytime you eat or drink something with sugar or acid, it bathes your teeth in it. The pH in your mouth drops and the bacteria get to work breaking down […]
When most people think about the damage done by smoking they first think of lung cancer and other lung diseases. Did you know that smoking can cause a huge number of other problems too? The mouth, being the first place the smoke hits, is one of the areas most damaged by smoking. Let’s find out […]
Ready to learn the truth about fluoride? Your dentist, doctor (medical or homeopathic), or next door neighbor likely don’t know as much about it as they claim to. I’m going to cut through all the misinformation out there and give you the real story, based on the most current scientific evidence. Why Is The Truth […]
There is a certain class of osteoporosis medications known as bisphosphonates that have been linked with a rare but very serious side effect known as osteonecrosis of the jaw. To understand why this happens, you first need to know a little about how bones work and what these medications do. How Bones Work Most people […]
Want your teeth to last your entire life? Then avoid these foods, drinks, and bad habits that kill your teeth! Habits: If you remember one single thing from all of this, it’s that teeth are for eating and nothing else. Don’t use them as a tool to accomplish other tasks. Chewing ice – Your teeth […]
I saw a patient today who I’d recommended a crown on about 6 months ago. She came in to the office and said, “OK, I’m ready to get it done!”. When I took a look at the tooth, the tooth had a crack that went all the way through it. There was no way to […]
Dentists joke that if you were to show ten dentists the same tooth, you’d get ten different answers on the best way to treat it. When most people hear that they have a cavity, they think it is one of these black and white things, where you either have a cavity or you don’t. The […]
While most people know that they don’t want their dentist to find any “cavities” during their check-ups, they oftentimes don’t know what a cavity actually is. The word “cavity” literally means “a hole”. A cavity in the dental world, also known as dental decay or caries, is when the structure of a tooth starts breaking […]
A lot of people drink sugary drinks through straws because they believe that this will help them avoid cavities. Is this actually the case? Researchers have studied this very topic and came to the conclusion that drinking through a straw can slightly reduce the number of cavities of a person gets depending on where the straw […]
The Associated Press came out with a story a couple of days ago with the headline, “Medical benefits of dental floss unproven”. Because flossing and dentist visits are such hated past-times, many media outlets seized on this story and claimed that you can stop flossing! Headlines like “Tell your dentist to suck it” abounded. Hey, […]