It’s easy to compartmentalize things when it comes to health care. Dentists work on your teeth. Eye doctors evaluate your eyes. OBGYNs help you deliver your baby. Psychiatrists keep your … read more
Preventing Tooth Loss in Advanced Age
We spend our younger years avoiding the dentist as much as possible. Some do so by taking excellent care of their teeth, requiring only a cleaning every six months, but … read more
Easy and Simple Ways to Improve your Smile
Google it! Search for something like “what women find attractive” or “what men look for in a woman” and you’ll get a ton of listicles, some of them claiming many … read more
Can a CPAP Machine cause Oral Health Issues?
Patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that choose CPAP therapy often feel like their lives have been changed after having deep, restorative sleep for the first time in years. … read more
How Tobacco Use Increases Harmful Dental Issues
By now, it’s no shocker that prolonged and excessive exposure to nicotine causes a variety of health issues. And, hopefully, most folks know that any form of tobacco—cigarettes, pipes, chew—causes … read more
Replacing Old Dental Work
The most common type of dental work across all patients is fillings (aka dental restoration) caused by cavities (aka dental caries). So let’s start there when it comes to getting … read more
Don’t Ignore Dry Mouth Symptoms!
Although we never think about it, saliva is an essential component of the human body. It keeps our mouths moist and comfortable, helps us swallow, taste, digest food, fights bad … read more
The Link between Epilepsy and Oral Health
Most folks think of epileptic seizures as the uncontrollable jerking and stiffening of the arms and leg, or someone “swallowing” their tongue. But sudden collapse and loss of consciousness are … read more
Dental Care with Diabetes
About 30 million people in America have diabetes, making up about 9.3% of the population. With 1.7 million cases of the disease being diagnosed every year, many people don’t know … read more
Oral Health and the Risk of Stroke
Brushing twice a day, flossing every day, and seeing your dentist a couple times a year always made oral health sense. And, we already knew that chronic infections were a … read more
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