I am not the Grinch who stole Halloween but I do have a suggestion to modify your tactics when the doorbell rings in a few weeks. Pass out a small …
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Ben was partial to his Partial Denture
Ben had lost his bottom four front teeth in a car accident 23 years ago and wore a “partial denture” to fill in this gap. It was held in place …
Why Are My Teeth Shrinking?
I have been asked several versions of this question during my years in practice, and it is always from someone over fifty years old. Teeth don’t shrink, unless you have …
Peter Had a Gag Reflex
Peter had gagged then vomited profusely in the dental chair as a teen, during an x-ray procedure, so had concluded that he should avoid that embarrassment again. He didn’t go …
Flexing Your Muscle
The hinge that joins the top and bottom jaws of your mouth together has an elaborate name. It is the temporal mandibular joint, often shortened to TMJ, and a joint …
Get a Grip with Arthritis
Part of my responsibility, to patients, is to make sure that they successfully grip and maneuver their toothbrush and floss. This may seem like a silly phrase, until one considers …
Whitening Your Teeth
Have you seen all the happy people with straight white teeth in ads and commercials? Aside from photo-retouching, there are 4 ways to get “whiter” teeth. There are two ways …
Think of Your Tongue as a Carpet
If you ever want to gross someone out, do an internet search for “Bacteria on Tongue”. Do another for “Geographic Tongue”, simply the name for a tongue with deeper crevices …
Sheila Was Shocked by Nine Cavities
I’m always humbled when existing patients refer their friends and family to our dental practice. So often, these new patients are as delightful as those who sent them! That’s why …
Dental Phobia
All of a sudden, Matt jumped out of the dental chair and was breathing rapidly. He started pacing in the treatment room, then he headed toward the reception desk. He …