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How We Do it Some dental procedures are best to perform outside the mouth. This is most true particularly if they involve lots of bacteria or foul-tasting material that is unavoidable. However, …

Mary Ann Wanted to Show Off Her Actress Face Mary Ann lived alone in a retirement community when she first came to our practice.  She’d been an actress back in …

Meet Procrastinating Phil We all procrastinate occasionally but my long-time patient, Phil, makes it a hobby.  He drives a rusted, 17-year old car that he calls “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”, …

I was startled to see the current teen fashions at the mall, recently. Thin is definitely “in”. I have had patients in my practice who are bulimic or anorexic, but …

Sam was considered “stoic” when he first visited our practice. With a career in Criminal Defense, he had witnessed more than most. Perhaps that was why he never smiled? When …

It is not normal to “grind” your teeth together. Period. Several spouses complain to me that their partner grinds his/her teeth while sleeping, but they deny it. Grinding (formal term …

Almost everyone takes their tongue for granted. After all, you’ve swallowed and probably licked ice cream bars for your lifetime. You’ve pronounced words correctly and whistled. While I’m certain that …

I received so many comments about tongues that I chose follow up with a related topic! First things first, however, is to brush your tongue daily, from the back to …

Though I am not an Oncologist, occasionally I detect an unusual tissue formation when we take a “panoramic” x-ray of the area in your head that contains the sinuses and …

I bet I got your attention with this title. Now, think about chewing a raw carrot. This is an example of a detergent food, because it’s consistency disturbs the film …