The Dental & The Incidental
My blogging journey began in 2009, when few dentists shared their thoughts online. What began as an occasional musing about dentistry has since become a passionate commitment. I’ve published at least one new blog post every month for over 15 years. That’s more than 200 posts and counting!…
Adding milk to tea prevents teeth staining? Really! Tea is the cause of more teeth staining than any other beverage, including coffee. And black tea, the most widely consumed type in the world, is the worst offender of all! It’s no sin to need that cuppa first thing…
If you’re one of the billions of people whose parents insisted that you brush your teeth with toothpaste at least twice a day, it may surprise you to find out that some people do not use toothpaste when they brush. Is toothpaste necessary to maintain good oral health?…
A broken, cracked, or chipped front tooth is commonly caused by an unanticipated encounter with something hard, such as a chicken bone. Or, being bumped while drinking from a bottle. Or, a bad fall on the street, etc. Dental mishaps of this nature can create a cosmetic crisis…
Many people (including yours truly) who are at least old enough to have college-age children are walking around with “medals of valor” in their mouths, reflective of a dental age gone by. These “medals” or actually “metals” that I playfully refer to are of course silver-mercury amalgam fillings.…
Cat Got Your Tongue? As you no doubt know, the aforementioned expression is common idiom referring to one’s loss for words. But have you ever wondered how such a phrase came to be? This expression may have its roots during the seafaring days of the old British Navy…
In the words of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, “The only thing to fear is fear itself.” But he was merely talking about the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor and not the crippling fear that many people experience when faced with the going to the dentist. Dental Phobia is…
