Oral Health News

Teeth with advanced caries that have been treated with root canal often require a post, build-up and a crown to restore them. While root canal …

Last month, I saw three patients referred for management of complication from oral surgery done at general dentistry offices. The first patient suffered chronic infection …

As the oral surgeon for the D.C. United soccer team since the beginning of MLS in 1996, I’ve had the pleasure of working with several …

In most people, there is inadequate space between the second molars and the end of the jaw bone, leading to impaction of the wisdom teeth …

A patient came to me after her dentist discovered a developing jaw cyst associated with her impacted wisdom tooth. For years, she was told by …

Here is a great way to motivate your kids to keep brushing their teeth and keep them healthy. Click on the sign below, type in …

If you have been prescribed antibiotics by your dentist or oral surgeon for a “bad tooth”, it most likely means that you have an infection …

Cone beam dental CT scan has significantly changed the way we, as dentists, practice dentistry. It provides us with 3-dimensional images of the teeth and …

Many people assume extraction of primary (baby) teeth are easy and quick. While this may be true for teeth in the front of the mouth,  …

“Information and communication are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.”– Sydney J. Harris When …