by Office | Mar 8, 2023 | Dentistry
By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN After more than 40 years of practicing dentistry, I’ve learned many things about the usage of antibiotics. Through my dental school education, I was taught over and over again that antibiotics should always be administered for... 
by Office | Dec 1, 2021 | Dentistry
Your body has a natural ability to heal. You see it, for instance, any time you get a cut, scratch, or scrape. You bleed, and the blood clots to close the wound. Inflammation kicks in to clean and heal the site. New tissue is created. There are things we can do to... 
by Office | Oct 20, 2021 | Cavitations, Dentistry
Most of your adult teeth come in before you’re a teenager. So why the big delay in getting your wisdom teeth – something not seen in other primates? A new study in Science Advances offers an explanation at last. To solve the riddle, researchers created 3D... 
by Office | Jun 2, 2021 | Dentistry, Mercury / Dental Amalgam
Modern technology has done wonders for dentistry, but there are some decidedly low-tech tools that can make a profound difference in your dental care. The rubber dam is one of them – a square nitrile sheet that’s used to isolate the teeth we’re working on. (Some... 
by Office | Feb 19, 2020 | Dentistry
Teeth are a little strange. They look lifeless, yet each is a complex living organ. They’re easy to neglect – until something goes wrong, and then a painful tooth will never let you forget that it’s there. At the same time, we’re aware that they’re essential... 
by Office | Jun 7, 2017 | Biological Dentistry, Dentistry
Pop culture isn’t always kind to dentists. Likewise, news media often goes to town when a person who happens to be a dentist acts like a horrible human being – ala Cecil the Lion’s killer. No less sensational are stories about unlicensed dentists practicing in their...