Dr. Glaros was recently asked to share his thoughts on the essence of biological dentistry. Here’s what he had to say… A Biological Dentist is a licensed dentist who uses the greatest elements and practices of conventional dentistry, who also has a great appreciation of and gives consideration to the relationship of teeth and oral […]
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Instead of Antibiotics…
As if there were still some question about it, a pair of recent news items confirms the great American love affair with antibiotics. First came a new study which found that despite all warnings and guidance, children continue to be given antibiotics, whether or not their condition warrants it. They found that although only 27.4 […]
At Last! EPA Releases Its Proposed Amalgam Separator Rule
Another important step toward a mercury-free future was taken last week: The EPA formally proposed its long-awaited rule on mercury discharges from dental offices. It would require dentists “to cut their dental amalgam discharges to a level achievable through the use of the best available technology (amalgam separators); and the use of other Best Management […]
A Pearl of an Anniversary: Gone Mercury-Free
There’s an important anniversary coming up – important to us and our office and patients, at least. As of this November, it will have been 30 years since Dr. Glaros placed a mercury amalgam filling. Several months after that fateful day, Dr. Glaros described his transition to mercury-free dentistry in our newsletter – along with […]
What Can Happen to Unprotected Teeth During Sports?
Baseball is hardly a contact sport, but that doesn’t mean there’s no risk of impact-related injuries. We saw a couple of them last week, when two players were beaned on the very same day. Hit in the chin with a 96 mph fastball, Yankee third baseman Chase Headley needed little more than stitches and a […]
Choosing the Chow You Chew
If healthy eating is the norm for you, junk food – starchy, sugary, simple carb foods – likely has little appeal. In fact, eating it can probably make you feel really sick, really fast. On the other hand, those who tend to eat mostly hyper-processed foods may find it hard to imagine any pleasure or […]
Prevention Is the Best Insurance
Look at most any set of tips for saving money on dental bills and you’re apt to come across the idea of dental tourism – going to another country to have dental work done on the cheap. Of course, by the time you pay for airfare and hotels and food and incidentals and the dentistry […]
One Less Sugar Experience
Long ago and far away, before Facebook, before blogs, before email…there was the office newsletter. Recently, we ran across some issues of the one we published back in the 1980s, which we called Bite-Sized Pieces. Re-reading these after so long, we thought it might be fun to occasionally bring back some of Dr. Glaros’ articles […]