The Dental & The Incidental
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…
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…
It’s the height of the holiday season 2017 at the time of this writing. The days have whizzed by since Thanksgiving and the much-anticipated rituals and festivities of the holidays are upon us. The halls of our office are literally decked with boughs of holly. Hanukah gelt is…
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A reward of a thing well done is having done it.” And while I can’t disagree with this pronouncement (who am I to question the esteemed Mr. Emerson), I do find it incomplete. I am not gourmet chef, and yet I know that I…
The first thing that I notice when I meet someone for the first time is their smile. A beautiful smile lights up a face and conveys an immediate message of warmth before a single word is uttered. A pleasing, white smile is one of the quickest ways to…
Normally any discussion about cosmetic dentistry is focused on restorative dentistry; namely, what procedures could be performed to the teeth themselves to create a more pleasing smile? Invariably such conversation focuses on bonding, porcelain veneers, and ceramic crowns. Having created thousands if not tens of thousands of such…
