Patient Education
Mouth ulcers, also known as “canker sores” or aphthous stomatitis, are a very painful type of lesion that appears regularly in about 20% of…
Now that cold and flu season is almost behind us, we’ve been getting many questions about the proper handling of toothbrushes after an…
Oil pulling is a technique for cleansing toxins from the body that has been practiced in Indian Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. A…
This week’s question comes from Lynette, who showed us how she was able to “catch” her fingernail on the side of a tooth in a groove that…
We realize that finances are one of the main reasons that people postpone going to the dentist and that the subject of money can be a difficult…
It has been recognized for many years that fluoride can improve the strength of teeth by either being incorporated into the growing tooth structure…
At the end of the year, our office gets busy. And by busy we mean really busy, which is good for us, but not always good for our patients who…
Parents are often concerned that their kids aren’t brushing effectively enough to clean well, and one of the most common questions we hear is…
Most of us have seen TV ads for commercial denture cleaners. They are usually blue fizzy tablets that you dissolve in water which are designed…
First of all, you might be asking exactly what is a tonsil stone. Its official name is a tonsillolith, and they are very common – at least 10% of…