We dentists love to warn you about foods and drinks that wreak havoc on teeth. Soda, juice, coffee, alcohol, candy, saltines, ice, the list goes on of edibles and drinkables that don’t take kindly to teeth. This week we’re once again taking a look at unhealthy foods. This time our focus—believe it or not—is not […]
Human Tongue Senses Carbs
Our tongues are integral to our ability to taste food. It is the tongue that recognizes sweet, sour, salty, savory and bitter tastes. Without the tongue’s ability to sense taste, human livelihood just wouldn’t be the same. But it seems that the human tongue can do more than merely sense taste. It may even sense carbohydrates. […]
The Rise of the Saliva Test
There’s good news for people who are squeamish when it comes to getting their blood drawn: blood tests may be a thing of the past thanks to another bodily fluid—saliva. In with Saliva, Out with Blood The saliva test could be the new frontier for diagnostic medicine. There have been recent breakthroughs in analyzing saliva […]
Snoring: No Laughing Matter
Here at Lake County Dental Care, sleep apnea is an important concern of ours. Sleep apnea is a condition that affects millions of Americans every year. It occurs when your air passage gets blocked in your sleep because the muscles in the back of your throat relax too much. Snoring is the most obvious sign of […]
Beating Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s is a tricky disease to say the least. Diagnosis is based on patient history, history of the disease in the family, and by observing symptoms of neurological disorder. But even then, it could be another form of dementia. In fact, the only way to truly diagnose Alzheimer’s definitively is to examine the brain post-mortem. That is, […]
Can Poor Oral Health Cause Obesity?
We’re finding out more and more everyday how much oral health is related to overall bodily health. When it comes to being overweight or obese, the American public has been learning more and more about unusual, seemingly unrelated things can contribute to obesity. One of the more recent assertions is that a person’s teeth can […]
Coffee Doesn’t Dehydrate
It has been thought, assumed, or passed on as fact that coffee causes dehydration. This belief is based on the fact that it contains caffeine—a very mild diuretic. As of a few days ago, however, this age old “fact” has been overturned. Coffee doesn’t in fact dehydrate us. Sophie Keller, a sports scientist, wanted to […]
A New Year’s Resolution for your Smile
The New Year is almost here. That means responsible people have formed New Year’s resolutions or are scrambling to draw them up. Many focus on career, financial, or social goals. A very common subject for resolutions is health. It might be to lose weight, to exercise more, or to be better at maintaining habits like […]
Restoring Sight to the Blind
We all hear about the purported wonders of stem cells. Proponents of its research and use describe their ability to regenerate lost tissue; to potentially restore a paraplegic’s capability to walk; to change the face of human biology forever. At the moment these claims have yet to be fully substantiated. Most of the time, the […]
5 Things About Teeth You Might Not Know
Teeth are endlessly fascinating. You would expect to hear such words from a dentist, but even the lay person would find some facts about teeth unbelievable. If you thought you had the whole story on teeth, guess again. Take a gander at our top 5 things about teeth that are quite astonishing. You may know […]