40% OF KIDS WILL develop at least one cavity by the time they turn eleven, which makes tooth decay the most common disease of childhood. That…

“SWIMMER’S CALCULUS” SOUNDS more like advanced mathematics than anything to do with teeth, but it’s actually the term for yellow…

WE TEND TO ASSUME that people from earlier eras (especially the pre-industrial ones) must have had terrible dental health, but that’s…

TEETH HAVE MANY different uses, from chewing our food to helping us speak clearly to forming the structure…

PARENTS CAN DO a lot to help their child come into the dentist’s office feeling relaxed and…

PARENTING CAN BE such a wild time that you might struggle to find a moment to brush your own teeth, let alone brush theirs and…

THERE WON’T BE a pop-quiz later, but we still want our patients to be familiar with the anatomy of their teeth…

NOT MUCH WAS understood in Medieval England about cavities or gum disease, but they…

SOME OF US remember the soreness and discomfort of our incoming adult molars, not to mention…

SLEEP APNEA AFFECTS over 18 million adults and up to 20% of habitually snoring children in the United States alone. Sleep apnea is a…

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