A guide to making better choices with holiday food with regards to your teeth! Food is a huge part of any holiday celebration. It is wonderful to sit down to a dinner with friends and family and share stories about the year. However, holiday feasts often have a number of foods that are awful for […]
Milk Teeth
It turns out that humans have not been able to enjoy eggnog for as long as previously thought. A group of scientists have shown when we first developed lactose tolerance by testing plaque on ancient teeth. Tis the season for eggnog. That interesting mixture of eggs, milk, sugar, and nutmeg that is beaten into a […]
Old Timey ‘Grillz’
Cosmetic dentistry is becoming more popular as the technology and techniques improve and as more people view a healthy white smile as important. However, not everyone opts to have their teeth straightened and whitened. Many hip-hop artists have turned to ‘grills’ as a status symbol and to show off their wealth. If you are not […]
Are 3-D Printers the Next Big Jump for Dentists?
3-D printers are here to stay, so how will the industry incorporate them? 3-D printers have been around for a couple of years but few people have actually seen one. They are expensive, some costing tens of thousands of dollars, and the technology needed to support them is still being developed in many cases. However, […]
Karate Robot
Robots have been all over the news recently. The home improvement store Lowes announced that they would be testing out a robotic sales assistant in one store this holiday season, and the internet giant Amazon plans to set up an instant delivery network of robotic drones that will be able to deliver packages to consumers […]
Curing Mental Illness by going to the Dentist?
With Halloween one week away people are dusting off their copies of Grimm’s Fairy Tales or the old R.L. Stein books. It is the time of the year to share stories about Ghouls, Goblins, and everything scary. Even Cinemax is getting into the spirit of Halloween. Recently on their show The Knick, one of the […]
Dentistry and Obesity: A New Ally?
Fighting obesity is on everybody’s minds these days. The American Surgeon General has called obesity an epidemic. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of deaths worldwide and often a result of obesity. But there is good news. It seems that a new force has joined in the crusade against obesity: dentistry. Dentistry and Obesity: The Study […]
The Tooth Fairy and the Recession
Our economy has been in the news as of late…and it’s been largely good news! Still, our economy has a ways to go to fully emerge from the Great Recession. Despite our economy’s optimistic turn in recent years, everyone is still wary of spending. Everyone including…the tooth fairy. The Tooth Fairy in Tight Times Even a […]
Surprisingly Effective Supplements for Depression
Depression is one heck of a pervasive condition. Throughout the world, more and more people are seeking treatment for depression. Be it clinical depression or chronic, low-intensity dysthymia, everyday more and more seek treatment, which is a great thing. Yet we live in a world that is quick to prescribe medication. Antidepressants can certainly help, […]
See these Incredible Toothbrush Innovations
You might think that oral health care is a boring subject…and YOU’D BE WRONG! Naturally, we’re a little biased toward the subject, but it’s an area of science that really is quite fascinating—even to a person who isn’t a dentist. The field of oral health has made some stunning innovations recently. We’re not talking about […]
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