Dental Sealants for Cavity Prevention
THERE ARE MANY pits and grooves in the chewing surface of a molar where bacteria can grow and lead to cavities. That’s where dental sealants come in. Since the ‘60s, sealants have been a simple [...]
Medicine Overlap with Oral Health
POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS are a concern with pretty much every medication that exists. We can all hear the drug commercial voice rattling off a list of them in our heads. Unfortunately, side effects can occur [...]
Pacifiers; Good To A Point
IT MIGHT BE CLICHÉD to say it, but it’s true that kids grow up fast. They’re constantly outgrowing their clothes, outsmarting your most ingenious baby-proofing techniques, and learning new things. We can’t help you with [...]
The Decayed Teeth of Early Modern England
THERE WAS SOMETHING rotten in the state of England during the Early Modern Era: everyone’s sweet decayed teeth! The English loved the expensive new commodity of sugar so much that the royalty and nobility were [...]
Smiling and Happiness- Keys to Improving our Moods
THE OLD LINE “it takes fewer muscles to smile than frown” isn’t actually true. It takes at least ten muscles to smile but as few as six to frown, so maybe the saying should be something [...]
40% of Kids will Have a Cavity by Age 11!
TWO OUT OF EVERY FIVE kids will have a cavity by their eleventh birthday, possibly even more than one. At those numbers, cavities are the most common childhood disease. What can parents do to fight [...]