The Dental & The Incidental
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…
“Brain Freeze” is the intense headache people often get when they eat ice cream, popsicles, milkshakes, frozen drinks and other really cold foods. It is a very sharp, stabbing pain in the forehead and most of us have experienced it at one time or another. Brain Freeze (sometimes…
The other day one of my patients asked me if she should consider adding oil pulling to her daily oral hygiene routine. She had recently undergone a flurry of treatment as a result of a three-year hiatus from regular dental care. To avoid going through that again she…
As a dentist, I typically don’t go to Google to get information about dental problems, but I know that a lot of people do – particularly in the middle of the night or when their dentist’s office is closed. One day I decided to find out what w…
Dental mishaps and emergencies happen every day. It is important you contact your dentist immediately if you have sudden severe pain, a swollen face, swollen gums, a loose tooth, or tender gums. Because these are all signs of infection or an acute abscess. But what if it’s on…
In the city that never sleeps there sure are a lot of busy people. Work, social commitments, and family obligations fill up the calendar for most of us. There just doesn’t seem to be enough time to take care of some of the things that really need taking…
