Blog - Family dentistry
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Tooth Tip: Eat Well for Healthy Teeth
If you’ve been reading my blog long enough, you may have seen these 2 articles on some big changes to my diet that I wrote in response to learning that my cholesterol was much too high: OMG I’m Dying! Hooray, I’m Not Dying as Fast! To quickly summarize, though, back in June 2013, my physician […]
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Kids Tooth Tip #3: Spaces Between Baby Teeth are Good
We had a mother in with her 3 children today, and she was concerned that her (almost) 6-year old son doesn’t have any wiggly baby teeth. We took a couple x-rays and they didn’t look quite right (almost like the adult teeth were overlapping under the gums), so we took a panoramic x-ray to get […]
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Just How Bad are Sodas for Your Teeth?
MOST people know by know that sodas are bad for you. Not as many people know that diet sodas are just about as bad as regular sodas, simply because of how acidic sodas are. Yes – sugar is bad for your teeth, but acidity is even worse, and when you combine sugar and acidity, you’re […]
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Hooray, I’m Not Dying As Fast
Yup, another attention-grabbing headline for ya. 🙂 But I’m serious, and here’s why….my cholesterol is down! A little over a year ago, I wrote an article about how healthy teeth and healthy living go hand in hand. I had just learned that my cholesterol was alarmingly high – 242. Given that I was only 41 […]
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Kids Tooth Tip #2: Electric Toothbrushes Rule
So last week I posted the first of my Kids Tooth Tips, and Tip #1 was this: Help Your Child Brush His/Her Teeth Until Age 10. The simple reason for this was that kids usually lack the hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity to do a good job all on their own. We all wish they could […]
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Do You Need a Crown on a Cracked Tooth?
We recently had a new patient see us with no tooth complaints, she just needed a check up and wanted to discuss her headaches to see if we could help. During her exam, I noticed that several of her molars were severely worn down (which she already knew about) and had cracks visible. We didn’t […]
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