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...
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...
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...
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...
CBD & Other Cannabinoids May Help More Than Regular Toothpaste, Study Suggests
Cannabis has been used for ages to treat pain, illness, and anxiety. The Vikings and medieval Germans were known to use it for toothaches. Now, evidence from a recent study suggests non-psychoactive cannabinoids - the compounds in marijuana that don’t make you high...
A Stay-At-Home Handbook for the Whole Family
In the interest of health and safety, many folks are staying home a whole lot more than they’re used to right now. Even if you’re busy working or schooling from home, you’re probably still going a little stir crazy. Sure it’s tempting to cocoon yourself on the...
Psoriasis & Gum Disease Are Linked, Too
You may have heard about the links between gum disease and heart disease, diabetes, even rheumatoid arthritis. Psoriasis? Maybe not. Until now. For a study published last summer, researchers sought to “explore the relationship between psoriasis and a combination...
Yes, Exercise Is Good for Your Teeth, Too
If you’re looking to lower your risk of disease, exercise is some of the best medicine there is - not just for systemic health but oral, too. It reduces inflammation. It reduces chronic stress. Do those, and you’re doing your body, brain, teeth, and gums a big old...
The Microbial Battle in Your Oral Microbiome
It’s been nearly a 100 years since J. Kilian Clarke of St. Mary’s Hospital in London first described one bacterium he found to be “fairly constantly present in early carious lesions.” He called it Streptococcus mutans. S. mutans is “an extremely active producer of...
Cancer, the Oral Microbiome, & the Tooth-Body Connection
A healthy lifestyle - including great oral hygiene - is invaluable for reducing your risk of the chronic diseases so prevalent in the 21st century. That includes cancer, which a recent editorial in Harvard Public Health notes is poised to overtake heart disease as...
