The Dental & The Incidental
Last Sunday, as Hurricane Sandy was steaming up the Northeast seaboard, setting its sights on the Tri-State shores with seismic-sized waves and anticipated storm surges, I went to a Jets game with Sam. Sam, aka Samuel Pekarne DDS, is a dear friend and former dental partner who in…
Recently, a patient visited my office that I hadn’t seen for a couple of years. The last time I treated her, I beautified her smile by placing porcelain veneers on her upper front teeth. I was really pleased with the end result, if I do say so myself.…
It has been said, at least by dentists, that the mouth is a window into what may be going on in the rest of the body. A thorough oral exam can often reveal things that reflect upon one’s overall health status. Signs of nutritional deficiencies, the presence of…
Imagine waking up to the news that dental x-rays cause brain tumors. Two weeks ago, nearly every major network and newspaper (Fox News, ABC News, The Washington Post, to name a few) reported on a study published in the American Cancer Society’s journal, Cancer citing a link between…
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…
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…
