Believe it or don’t, but the idea that sugar causes cavities? Not exactly true. So why are dentists so down on the stuff? Because it’s the favorite food of the pathogenic microbes that cause tooth decay and gum disease, and as they say, what goes in must come out. In this case, what comes […]
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Eating Well for Healthy Teeth – Not Just “What” but “When” & “How”
It’s been drilled into our heads for years: To slim down, eat less and exercise more. Yet a new study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, found that people can share similar diet, exercise, sleep and appetite hormone patterns yet lose weight at different rates: those who ate early in the day shed pounds […]
Your Teeth & Vitamin D
For a few years now, we’ve been hearing a lot more about vitamin D – how crucial it is and how most people don’t get enough of it. The latter is especially true for those in northern climates with more of a winter since sunlight is a major source of this nutrient, turning the 7-dehydrocholestrol […]
Technology Leads to Overtreatment? Not in This Dental Office!
Maybe you, too, saw this headline a while back: It made a lot of us here in the office say “ouch!” – but not for the reasons the journalist responsible probably had in mind. It was a horrible representation of what modern dentistry offers – and of a not-so-new technology that offers a great service […]
Better Teeth through Chemistry?
Guest post by Gary M. Verigin, DDS, CTN Did you hear the one about the new “chemical” that’s supposed to make teeth “cavity-proof”? The chemical was designed by dentists in Chile, and wipes out all the bacteria that cause cavities in just 60 seconds in tests. The chemical targets ‘streptococcus mutans’, the bacteria that turns […]