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Holiday Baking Without Table Sugar? Try These Recipes

by Office | Dec 12, 2018 | Diet & Nutrition

It’s hard to imagine the holidays without baked goods. Besides, as we’ve noted before, biologically, we’re hardwired to love sweets. Yet both sugars and the highly refined flours used in your typical baked treats spell trouble for teeth, not to mention the rest of...

Another Reason to Dump the Mouthwash for Healthier Alternatives? – The Mouthwash, Nitric Oxide, Diabetes Link

by Office | Dec 5, 2018 | Oral Hygiene

If you’re using a conventional over-the-counter mouthwash on a regular basis, you could be raising your risk of diabetes – or so research suggests. Consider, for instance, the 2017 study in the journal Nitric Oxide. For it, researchers tracked health data from 1206...

The Mounting Evidence Against Fluoridation: 5 New Studies

by Office | Nov 28, 2018 | Fluoride / Fluoridation

If you buy the idea that fluoride prevents cavities – hint: it doesn’t really – fluoridation can seem like a common sense solution: You simply drink fluoride-treated water, and your count your teeth as protected, right? Wrong. Research has shown that any benefit...

From Our Archives: Giving Thanks for Your Healthy Smile

by Office | Nov 21, 2018 | Oral Health

One thing we are deeply grateful for this Thanksgiving is our patients. We appreciate the trust they place in us. We’re honored that they’ve chosen our office out of many to provide for their oral health care needs. So to our patients, we say thank you. Each and every...

Are You Just Brushing & Flossing, or Brushing & Flossing Well?

by Office | Nov 7, 2018 | Oral Hygiene

If you’re a Millennial, we hope your oral hygiene habits are better than those of the folks who participated in a new study in BMC Oral Health. Nearly 100 young adults participated. A team of German researchers asked them to brush to the best of their abilities. Their...