by Office | Feb 17, 2021 | Periodontal Health
When you go to give blood, you’re screened for risk factors that could make the donation unsafe. Donations are also tested for bacteria, viruses, and such – tests which must all be negative before the blood can be used for a transfusion. But if a new study is... 
by Office | Feb 3, 2021 | Periodontal Health
As the pandemic continues, some folks remain nervous about visiting the dentist. Yet there are still no documented cases of patients becoming infected through dental care. In the US, less than 1% of dentists have found to be COVID-positive. More, international... 
by Office | Dec 9, 2020 | Oral Health, Periodontal Health
For lots of us, the holidays are a time of amped up stress – although this year, it might be hard to tell the difference between holiday stress and what we’ve all grappled with throughout this wildly challenging year. The American Psychological Association... 
by Office | Oct 28, 2020 | Diet & Nutrition, Periodontal Health
When it comes to your health and well-being, what you eat matters, as a recent study in PLOS Medicine reminds. The research team set out to answer two basic questions: 1) Can a healthy diet offset the effects of obesity on mortality?, and 2) Can normal weight... 
by Office | Oct 21, 2020 | General Health & Wellness, Mouth-Body Health, Periodontal Health
Oxygen. Food. Water. Sleep. These are non-negotiable. Sure, we can exist for a certain amount of time without them, but after a point, you run into trouble. Stop breathing, say, for more than a few minutes, and brain damage starts to occur. Similarly, you need these... 
by Office | Jul 15, 2020 | Mouth-Body Health, Periodontal Health
By now, you’re probably well aware of the risk factors for complications from COVID-19 – age, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and such. Yet as a recent paper in BDJ notes, such risk factors “do not account for the other 52% of deaths arising from COVID-19 in... 
