By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN, FIAOMT Through recent decades, I've witnessed dramatic changes starting to reshape the dental profession. Although continual improvement occurs in technologies and technical skills, there is a new "old" concept that is slowly...
“Without sugars,” say the authors of a 2015 paper on the relationship between diet and tooth decay, the chain of causation is broken, so the disease [dental caries] does not occur (Sheiham 1967). So, it is clear that sugars start the process and set off a causal...
As dental offices - including ours - reopen around the country, many remain concerned about infection control, and for good reason. You can read more about our ramped up safety protocols here. One of the most important tools we have for keeping bacteria, viruses,...
If we were to honestly look at our personal habits, we’d have to admit many of the daily choices we make have the potential to cause us harm. We make thousands of decisions each and every day on what to eat, drink, smoke, how to travel, who to couple with, what...
Maybe you heard about the Alzheimer’s study published last month. It suggested that the disease “may be transmissible through blood transfusions and medical accidents in the same way as Creuzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD)” – sometimes referred to as the human form of...