From Our Archives: Why We Use Ozone in Our Patients’ Dental Care
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,...
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Is Mouthwash Really Effective Against COVID-19?
Depending on how much online surfing you allow yourself during the pandemic, you may have seen a bit of mouthwash click-bait recently. Here are just a few of the headlines we’ve seen: So which is it? Does it help or not? Inspiring those headlines was a new paper...
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The Fluoridation Fight Moves Forward
With fluorosis rates skyrocketing and studies continuing to show that fluoride is both neurotoxic and not particularly effective at preventing cavities, a lot of attention is focused on a lawsuit that’s finally headed for the US District Court in San Francisco. The...
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Important Covid-19 Announcement
Our community has been through a lot over the last few months, and all of us are looking forward to resuming our normal habits and routines. While many things have changed, one thing has remained the same: our commitment to your safety. We are in the process of...
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The Benefits of Healthy Living Add Up
One of the things we stress in biological dentistry is prevention. After all, even the most beautiful dental restorations are no match for living, natural tooth structure. So we stress optimal nutrition, great home hygiene, and other aspects of a healthy lifestyle...
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Blood Sugar Rising & the Power of Prevention
The link between diabetes and gum disease is pretty straightforward: Have one, and you’re more likely to have the other. Both conditions are rampant in the US, with about half of all adults having some degree of gum disease and 34.2 million having diabetes....
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The Foods You Combine Make a Difference
A ham and egg sandwich with hash browns for breakfast. A sub and chips for lunch. Burger and fries for dinner. These kinds of processed meat and potato combos are a staple on the menus of nearly every fast food franchise and mom and pop deli around the country. Add...
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From Our Archives: Dealing with Dental Emergencies
Measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 have meant the closure of most dental offices to all but dental emergencies. If you're experiencing pain or swelling, say, or if you've lost or broken a tooth, it's important that you reach out to your dentist for help. Such...
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A Link Between Gum Health & Respiratory Disease
At the start of this week, word went out to smokers and vapers that their habits may increase the risk of severe illness from COVID-19 - not that this is at all surprising. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. Smoking and vaping hurt the lungs and weaken the immune...
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As the Oral Microbiome Changes…
In these days of working to stop the spread of COVID-19, most dental offices are closed for everything except for urgent or emergency care. And when they do need to treat patients, more dentists are having them rinse with chlorhexidine before procedures as an extra...
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