Dental Problems Can Cost Us All
One of the most commonly given reasons for skipping regular dental visits is the cost. Yet there’s also a cost to forgoing care. For one, it considerably raises the risk of developing gum disease, caries (tooth decay), and other problems - problems that only get...
Office | Jun 16, 2021 | 0 Comments
A Primer on Cavitations (Jawbone Osteonecrosis)
While more people are becoming aware of the risks of mercury amalgam “silver” fillings and even root canals, far fewer are aware of the problem of cavitations. Also known as chronic ischemic bone disease or osteonecrosis of the jaw, these sites of “hidden...
Office | Jun 9, 2021 | 0 Comments
Keeping You Safe During Mercury Amalgam Removal
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...
Office | Jun 2, 2021 | 0 Comments
Reason #546 for Choosing Real Food: Supporting Healthy Skeletal Development
Through recent years, it seems more people finally seem to be noticing the incredible shrinking human jaw - shrinkage that's a result of the shift from traditional diets to diets reliant on ultra-processed foods. It’s a change most famously documented by the great...
Office | May 26, 2021 | 0 Comments
From Our Archives: The Two-Way Street Between Oral Hygiene & Inflammation
Prevention is the best medicine, especially when it comes to gum disease, which affects nearly all adults. For it’s not just a matter of keeping your teeth in your mouth - untreated periodontal disease ultimately means tooth loss - but also supporting your whole...
Office | May 19, 2021 | 0 Comments
Getting <em>All</em> the Facts When It Comes to Root Canals
Once upon a time, the American Association of Endodontists - root canal specialists - had what they called their annual “Root Canal Awareness Week.” Maybe they finally realized how unappealing that can sound to many, as they’ve since rebranded it and made it a...
Office | May 12, 2021 | 0 Comments
Yet More on the Oral Health/COVID Connection
Since the pandemic began, plenty of research has suggested a role for the mouth in how COVID happens - particularly that good oral health and hygiene may be protective to some degree, at least lessening the risk of severe illness. Now, a new paper in the Journal of...
Office | May 5, 2021 | 0 Comments
Making Your Own Toothpaste at Home
Keeping your mouth healthy isn’t just about brushing and flossing, as our patients and regular readers of this blog know. Crucially, it involves eating right, going for nutrient-dense foods while avoiding sugars, refined grains, and other fermentable carbs - foods...
Office | Apr 28, 2021 | 0 Comments
Tips to Get Kids Eating More Healthfully
The good news: Kids are eating healthier these days. According to a large study published last year in JAMA, the proportion of kids eating a poor quality diet plummeted from 76.8% to 56.1%. Meantime, the proportion eating an intermediate quality diet jumped up from...
Office | Apr 21, 2021 | 0 Comments
Both Mouth & Body Can Benefit from Naturally Nitrate-Rich Foods
“Avoid nitrates,” we’re told, as if all nitrates were alike. But plenty of perfectly healthy foods contain them naturally: beets, radishes, turnips, leafy green vegetables, onion, garlic, apples, watermelon, grapes, and more. No, what the infamous “they” are...
Office | Apr 14, 2021 | 0 Comments
