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. Silver-mercury amalgam was the mainstay of restorative […]
7 Ways to Stop Brain Freeze
“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 called an “Ice Cream Headache”) is caused […]
7 Home Remedies for Toothache….A Dentist’s Opinion
As a dentist, I don’t normally use Google to find remedies for dental problems, however, I know that a lot of people do. Especially in the middle of the night or when the dentist’s office is closed. So. I got to wondering what comes up on Google when someone searches “How to Relieve Tooth Pain” […]