Dr. Sinkin’s Blog

The Dental & The Incidental

This Letter From A Patient Made Me Cry

It’s hard for me to believe, but as of today I’ve been blogging for six years! Back in 2009 when Betsy Kent (who is my marketing consultant) made the suggestion that I start blogging, I really thought she had lost her mind! I couldn’t imagine what I’d write…

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Don’t Flush Your Dentures Down The Toilet

Don’t Flush Your Dentures Down The Toilet

Especially Before A Holiday! Dental emergencies are as varied as the people who have the misfortune to experience them. From the sudden toothache to the lost crown, from the acute abscess to the broken tooth, dental “urgencies” come in a variety of manifestations and when they do present…

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Do All Wisdom Teeth Need To Be Extracted

Do All Wisdom Teeth Need To Be Extracted? New Research:

Trends in both clinical practice and research over the past decade suggest that wisdom teeth need not be removed, and perhaps should not be removed, merely because they are impacted or poorly aligned. It’s a dramatic departure from the protocol dentists have followed for decades. Previously, malposed or…

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How Blogging Transformed Me Into A TV Star in the UK

How Blogging Transformed Me Into A TV Star in the UK

It’s difficult to remember a time when the internet wasn’t part of the everyday fabric of our collective lives. The Yellow Pages, let alone the regular white pages phone directory and countless other hard copy publications are a thing of the past. Social media, Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, and…

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It was twenty years ago today

“It was twenty years ago today….

…. Sgt. Pepper taught his band to play.” And since that story has already been told (far more than twenty years ago and told so much more brilliantly than I could ever) I have another tale to tell. It was August 1, 1995, exactly two decades ago to…

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