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!…
According to a recent study conducted in Japan, poor dental health has been linked to a greater risk for developing dementia. The study, which tested over 4,000 elderly Japanese adults found that those who had few teeth and did not use dentures or who did not visit a…
Thursday night I made the chopped liver (with chicken schmaltz of, course…amazing how easy it was to get chicken fat on the Upper Westside; yay! but I digress.) Yesterday I made the brisket and the carrot tzimmes. Ann picked up gefilte fish at Zabars and tonight we are…
Bad Breath (also known as “Halitosis”) is a concern for most people, proven by the fact that Americans spend over $500 million dollars per year trying to combat it. This shouldn’t come as a surprise considering magazines routinely list “Bad Breath” as a top 10 faux pas when…
So it is Monday morning and I’m not going to the office today. I am exactly one day shy of two weeks since having elective surgery on my neck. Why one would elect to have surgery on their neck is a curious notion. Suffice it to say that…
Danger is lurking in your favorite fruit smoothie… Most of us live our lives on-the-go. We rush from one meeting to the next, one appointment to the next, from work to school to soccer practice to dance classes. And repeat it all the next day. When you live…
So it’s 7:45 Saturday morning and I’m awakened from a deep sleep by the sound of my cell phone ringing. “ Expletive!” I forgot to turn off my alarm clock feature, or so I thought. Stumbling out of bed, I reached for the dreaded dream destroying droid only…
