It’s autumn again and that means the apple harvest has begun. Actually the harvest season varies from apple to apple. Anyway, the harvest has become equated with fall. Apple pie has become, along with pumpkin pie, a staple of Thanksgiving. But there are many more ways to consume apples than in pie or cider. Super […]
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 […]
Worst Fast Food Dishes (in calories)
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 […]
Key to Success: Studying to Music
Studying to music is sometimes the only way to make it tolerable. Whether it’s calculating useful work in thermodynamics, comparing Thomas Hobbes to Jean Jacques Rousseau, or integrating a calculus function, music is often in the background to these tasks a little more pleasant. Now scientists are discovering that music doesn’t just make studying more […]
Our Contest Winner: Maria O’Brien
To get the spring started off on the right foot, we held a contest. A contest that asked participants to offer a picture or short video of their craziest, most extreme and/or most fierce teeth brushing technique. Hence the April Fool’s Day Contest was unleashed and for the whole month of March we received some […]
5 Ways to Use Toothpaste Off Your Teeth
We all know and love toothpaste. We don’t just mean that as a dental practice. It keeps your mouth clean, there are all types of flavors nowadays and they certainly taste better than the original toothpastes that came out decades ago. But it is a little known fact that toothpaste can do far more than […]
Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe
Why do we kiss under a mistletoe? How did a parasitic plant become the ultimate venue for kissing? How long has this curious plant been a part of our culture? The mistletoe is a plant that has for a long time has symbolized various things. Celtic Druids were probably the first people to assign mystical […]
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 […]
The Mobile Dentist
Food trucks are one of the greatest innovations in modern history. It’s a mobile restaurant. A whole kitchen of grease, steam, refrigeration, everything, all on wheels. It’s truly one of the marvels of the modern world. So if there are places where you can stuff your mouth on wheels, don’t you think they should have […]
Call the Dentist, we’ve Got a Cracked Turtle Shell
Normally when an animal is ill or hurt, you go to the vet. When one goes missing, you call Ace Ventura, naturally. But what do you do when you find an injured turtle—its shell cracked with a sizable fissure? You call a dentist. That’s what happened in a bizarre, yet brilliant turn of a events in […]