February Is National Children’s Dental Health Month
Originally posted February 23, 2022 How to Help Your Child Toward a Future of Good Mouth/Body 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...
Is Fluoride Really All That When It Comes to Preventing Tooth Decay?
Most public water supplies here in the US have fluoride added in the belief that it will prevent tooth decay. Despite that - and the fluoride in toothpastes, mouthwashes, and other products - caries remains the most common infectious childhood disease and one that...
Yes, Your Teeth Can Be Too White
Is there anyone who hasn’t seen this ad by now? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZBEqI-Wmo Considering the multiple threads going on about it in the /CommercialsIHate subreddit right now - like this one, for instance, or this - more than a few people find...
Snap-On Veneers vs. Custom Dental Veneers? It’s No Competition
It’s not hard to see why at-home snap-on veneer kits have become so popular. They promise instant gratification at a very low cost, easily transforming your less-than-ideal smile into a bright white one, worthy of any red carpet appearance. But while custom,...
Can Correcting a Teen’s Bite with Invisalign Improve Their Oral Health-Related Quality of Life?
When you’re a teenager, being appearance-conscious and self-conscious are both pretty common. After all, it’s a time when you’re exploring your own identity (or identities), trying to figure out where you fit in and who you want to fit in with. Even those who...
Guest Post: Who Needs Fluoride? Here Comes Hydroxyapatite!
Thanks to Fremont Natural Dentistry for letting us share their recent blog post on hydroxyapatite toothpaste here on our own blog! Original While tooth enamel is the strongest tissue in the human body, it’s not invulnerable. Sugars and acids in what you eat and...
A Relationship Between Wisdom Tooth Removal & TMJ Troubles?
Like any dental surgery, wisdom tooth removal involves some risks. Some, such as dry socket, are very well known; others, not so much. One often overlooked risk is cavitations forming at the extraction sites. These are areas of dead and decaying tissue, often...
The Mounting Evidence Against Fluoride
As a holistic and biological dental practice, we know that everything we do in caring for our patients’ oral health can affect their whole body health and well-being. It’s why our office is mercury-free, for instance, as well as mercury-safe. So for one, we never...
DIY Orthodontics? Not the Best Idea in the World
There are a lot of wonderful things to be found on TikTok - and a lot of bad dental ideas. From filing down your teeth to even out a smile or prep for veneers to trying to scale (clean the tartar from) them, there are a lot of terrible dental ideas that...
Thinking About Getting Your Mercury Fillings Removed? What You Need to Know
For a very long time, “silver” mercury amalgam fillings were the norm in dentistry. Now, new research in JADA shows just how much things have changed. Analyzing NHANES data from just over 17,000 Americans, the study authors found that amalgam tended to be much more...
