May 24, 2022 | Invisalign, Orthodontics
Picture a person with crowded, crooked teeth or a misaligned bite, and you might think that it’s nothing more than a cosmetic problem. In reality, that’s just a fraction of the problem. For one, a messed up bite – malocclusion – can make it harder to clean...
Apr 25, 2022 | Holistic & Biologic Dentistry
Even as the world was still getting through the first full year of pandemic life, an amazing thing happened here in the US: The FDA released new guidelines against “silver” mercury amalgam fillings for particularly vulnerable groups of people: Children, especially...
Mar 28, 2022 | Dental Ozone, Oral Health
Ozone is kind of a funny thing. At ground level, it can be quite harmful to human health, mixing with other pollutants to form smog. Miles above the Earth, though, it protects us by forming a layer that absorbs UV radiation from the sun. What’s harmful in one context...
Feb 23, 2022 | Kids' Oral Health
Maybe because dentists are also called “tooth doctors,” many folks don’t realize just how early in life a child’s first visit should be. After all, kids don’t even have all of their primary teeth until they’re about 3. Why on earth would they need a “tooth doctor”? So...
Jan 25, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
Good mouth/body health depends on good nutrition. Ask any holistic dentist. But while there are lots of ways of eating healthy – Mediterranean, Wise Traditions, paleo, and more – they all have one thing in common: They focus on real food. Real food is...