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We Make Beautiful Dentures
As much as our goal is to help people keep their teeth healthy for their lifetimes, sometimes it’s just not workable. Sometimes too many teeth have too big cavities to make them work fixing, sometimes the periodontal disease is too bad even for LANAP to fix, sometimes it’s just too expensive, and sometimes, people just […]
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Can Cavities Be Cured?
I’ve seen a lot of posts and articles recently about whether or not dental cavities can be “cured,” with various holistic dentistry advocates pushing alleged cures such as colloidal silver, coconut oil, and some other stuff. We don’t see many people in our practice with these questions, but since it’s out there, I think it […]
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OMG – I’m Dying!
OK, no worries everyone – the title was just to grab your attention, but there is also some truth to it, isn’t there? From the moment we’re born until the moment we die, we are both growing and dying all the time. Bear with me as I wax a little philosophical in today’s blog post, […]
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Gum Disease is the Hulk, LANAP is Chuck Norris
My friend and dentist/blogging colleague of Saginaw, MI, Dr. Alan Mead wrote an article early in 2013 in which he compared Gum Disease to the Hulk. It’s really a cool article, which I recommend you read in full, but I’ll paraphrase it here: Gum disease is caused by a combination of bad bacteria, poor dental […]
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The Cavity in the Mirror May Be Bigger Than It Appears
You know that little message in the passenger-side mirror on all cars? The one that says, “Objects in the Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear?” It’s basically saying – objects in the mirror ARE closer than they appear, so BE CAREFUL! Well, it would be really nice if patients could understand that when dentists […]
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How Do I Know You Grind Your Teeth, Even if You Don’t Believe Me?
I don’t know why exactly, but patients at my Charlotte dentist office (and all around the country, according to my colleagues) seem to have a problem believing me when I say, “Wow – you grind your teeth really badly.” In fact, the most common response is, “No I don’t!” said with a passion that makes […]
