The Dental & The Incidental
“Why are my teeth so sensitive to cold?” It’s a rather ubiquitous problem shared by millions of people, as evidenced by the plethora of dental products on the market for sensitive teeth. The pain you experience when your teeth are sensitive to cold can run the spectrum from…
There’s a new trend in tooth whitening that has lit up the blogosphere with fervor: activated charcoal toothpaste. Just perform a search on YouTube and you will behold numerous videos displaying enthusiastic participants frothing black foam from their mouths as they presumably brighten their smiles. Such videos have…
Just the other day I had an experience involving longtime patients that left me with such feelings of outrage and disgust that I felt compelled to put pen to paper. The tale I’m about to tell you contains what I consider a flagrant demonstration of audacity and greed…
I recently read, with amusement, a human-interest story about someone whose teeth turned green after consuming copious amounts of green beer at a local Irish pub. Similarly, I recall a patient who, despite being given my list of foods to avoid when whitening your teeth, consumed red wine…
Today’s modern dentistry offers some pretty high tech options for patients who are missing teeth. Although I still have many patients who have traditional dental bridges or dentures, more and more of them are choosing to have dental implants as part of the solution to their deficient dentition…
