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!…
In case you didn’t know – February is Oral Cancer Awareness Month. With Memorial Day just days away, you may wonder why I bring this up now. Well, as the saying goes, “Better late than never!” And when it comes to oral cancer detection, earlier is better than…
Greetings and Salutations!Wow, February is upon us, yet I feel as if the year’s just begun.Perhaps it’s because I spent the first ten days of 2024 wholly entranced by the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains and distracted by the thrill of my return to SKI COUNTRY!That’s right. After…
Did you know that sugar-free products can cause tooth decay? It may seem counter-intuitive, but it’s true. Ever since the invention of photography in the late 1800s, the US has become an ever more image-driven culture. Today, mobile devices enable us to snap an image and share it…
In honor of what would have been his 95th birthday and to commemorate the 25th anniversary of when I took over the practice, I’m re-posting this tribute to Sam Pekarne from 2013. Sam was one of the most wonderful people I’ve ever had the pleasure to know. I…
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.…
“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…
