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!…
When it Hurts to Bite, but the Tooth Doesn’t Feel Broken So you are sitting in front of the television watching America’s favorite pastime or perhaps you are in a movie theatre enjoying one of Hollywood’s new releases all the while munching on freshly popped popcorn when you…
There seems to be a small baby boom taking place in my dental practice! Amazingly in the last ten days, I have treated five moms-to-be. But pregnancy isn’t the only thing these particular patients have in common. Each one (with the exception of a veteran in her fourth…
As a dentist, I’ve treated more dental emergencies caused by one of the 5 common foods that can crack your teeth than I can count. I’ve heard it so often: “I was just eating some french bread when suddenly a sharp piece of tooth was slicing into my tongue!”…
“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…
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…
