What’s Different About Women’s Oral Health?
WOMEN'S ORAL HEALTH CONCERNS CAN BE a lot different from men! Women face a different set of challenges than men do in caring for their teeth and gums, as well as having different advantages. Which [...]
Tooth Sensitivity: Causes and Treatments
NOTHING RUINS A COZY mug of hot cocoa faster than the jolt of pain from tooth sensitivity. As many as one in eight people in the U.S. deal with tooth sensitivity, including kids! What causes [...]
Oral Health in Cold and Flu Season
WHAT DOES A TOOTHBRUSH have to do with assisting with oral health in cold and flu season? More than you’d think! It’s never fun to battle a cold or a bout of flu, but that’s [...]
Toothaches- Don’t let One Ruin Your Day
WHAT CAUSES TOOTHACHES? There are a few different causes, and we want our patients to be familiar with them as well as what they can do about them if a toothache strikes at a time when [...]
Oral Piercings
WHY WOULD DENTAL health professionals want to weigh in on oral piercings? There aren’t many fashion choices that impact oral health, but this one does. The unfortunate reality is that lip and tongue piercings pose serious [...]
Smoking Versus Teeth
THE FIRST NEGATIVE health effect we usually think of in connection to smoking is lung cancer, but it actually harms every system in the body, and oral health is no exception. Smoking (or any kind of [...]