Here’s a fascinating, inspiring, and uplifting profile in history. Her name was Faith Sai So Leong. In 1905 she graduated from the San Francisco College of Physicians and Surgeons. At the time she was the only woman in a class of 40 students. But not only was she the only woman in that graduating class. Upon […]
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 […]
Fear of Pain is Worse than Pain
Dread means to anticipate with great apprehension or fear. All of us understand the fear aspect of dread, but an overlooked one is the “anticipation.” This aspect is as important to the definition of dread as the word fear. Dread almost always relates to future events—the worsening of a situation or continuation of a situation […]
Burning Mouth Syndrome: Painful yet Elusive
It’s been called glossopyrosis, stomatodynia, glossodynia, and even stomatopyrosis. But perhaps the best name for it—and the only one that captures its true nature—is Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS). Affecting 2% to 5% of Americans, it may seem a minor thorn in the side. Still, that’s 6.34 to 15.85 million people suffering from this mysterious disease. What makes it mysterious? […]
Smiles from the Heart
Every year, for one day, there is a day of free dentistry. It’s a day when those in need, without the means, or the wherewithal to get dental care finally receive it. It’s a day that is recognized all over, but not held nationally. Instead it is an event separately celebrated all over, on different […]