Bleaching for Success
Whitening your teeth has never been easier, but many times it is difficult to know when you have bleached enough. When you use at home bleaching products, whether purchased …
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Tell Your Dentist if You are Bleaching Your Teeth
There is a lot of interest in white teeth today and dental bleaches do work really well for many people. However, if you bleach your teeth with any whitening …
Dry Mouth
Dry mouth is a side effect of many medications and medical conditions. Your saliva is important, because it protects your teeth and gums from infections (even cavities are caused …
Toothpaste and Asthma
A few patients have asked me about the connection between toothpaste and improving asthma symptoms. This is very interesting and appeared the weekly newspaper column “The People’s Pharmacy:” “Potassium …
Plastics and the New Car Smell
In our industrialized society we are exposed to many potentially toxic chemicals every day. How do we decide what is safe? There are many topics I can post on …
Plastics and Dental Fillings
Now to plastic (resin based composite) tooth colored dental fillings, which may have Bisphenol A or BPA as an ingredient. Using the same questions in my last blog entry …
Mercury and Dental Fillings Part 2
Back to dental amalgam. Silver amalgam has been used for 150 years with great success. Although today the resin based fillings are an excellent alternative, I see many silver …
Tooth brushing helps your heart too!
A recent study from the UK (University College London) of 11,000 adults showed that people who brushed their teeth fewer than 2 times a day had an increased risk …
Gum Disease during Pregnancy and Stillborn Death
A case study published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology linked a 35 year old woman’s gum disease with the still born death of her full term baby. …
New Product for Dry Mouth
Another product has hit the market to help with dry mouth, called XyliMelts (ORAHEALTH Corporation). These are mint or mint-free discs that adhere to the cheeks or palate and …