If you’re one of the billions of people whose parents insisted that you brush your teeth with toothpaste at least twice a day, it may surprise you to find out that some people do not use toothpaste when they brush. Is toothpaste necessary to maintain good oral health? As a dentist whose been in practice […]
Microcavities: To Fill or Not to Fill?
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 […]
Cracked Tooth Syndrome
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 are suddenly seized by severe pain in […]