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More people choose blue Red is the next best seller. Americans spend over $850 million a year on toothbrushes. Each person’s set of teeth is unique much like their fingerprints. Even identical twins do not have exactly the same set of teeth. Did you know that your tongue print is also unique? The average woman […]

One evening a young mother was helping her beautiful four-year-old daughter brush her teeth as part of their regular nighttime routine. The mother noticed four dark spots on her daughter’s teeth, one in the same place on each of her four canines. She then commandeered control of the toothbrush and set to scrub away the […]

Temporomandibular refers to the joint that essentially is a hinge that connects your jaw to the temporal bones of your skull in front of each ear. This joint lets you move your jaw up and down and side to side, so you can talk, chew, and yawn. We call him TMJ for short. If you […]

Just a few weeks ago, a 26-year- old truck driver and father of two preschoolers left home to make a routine cross-country haul. Before he left, he was complaining about a slight toothache. By the time, he got to Oklahoma, he sought out a dentist who treated the tooth and gave him antibiotics with an […]

It’s normal for gums to bleed from time to time, right? Well, is it normal for your eyes to bleed when you rub them? Is it normal for your fingers to bleed when you tap your fingernails? No, healthy skin does not bleed….anywhere and gums should not bleed with normal brushing and flossing. Bleeding gums […]

Watch Out for these Culprits. It’s the modern ideal—a smile full of perfectly spaced, straight, sparkling white teeth. Advertisements and toothpaste aisles are full of solutions to help you get back that brilliant smile. But what is staining them in the first place? Is there anything you can do to prevent it? There’s nothing you […]

Vaping. Finally, a healthy alternative to smoking, right? Not so fast. What do we really know about vaping? The answer is not much. Before you go calling me a party pooper, let’s take a closer look at vaping. In a traditional cigarette, fire burns tobacco releasing nicotine-filled smoke that is inhaled. In “e-cigs”, a nicotine-laced […]

Right up there at the top of many lists of New Year’s resolutions, is “Stop smoking”. We all know the big health risks: heart disease, lung disease, cancer, early aging, not to mention social problems including expense and second-hand smoke issues. But hey, you’ve still got healthy gums and perfect teeth, right? According to the […]

It’s just about everyone’s #1 New Year’s resolution. Lose Weight. So many diets to choose from, but often it’s our teeth that take the loss. Seriously. Weight-loss diets can have a major impact on your oral health. Here’s how popular dieting strategies can affect your mouth. Low-fat diet Low fat dieting became especially popular during […]

Ahh, the month of December with all its parties and get-togethers and wonderful snacks and goodies that we, for some unknown reason, make only around the holidays. We are all aware of the damage this month does to our waistlines, but most of us forget the toll our holiday diet can take on our teeth. […]