With the world all a-buzz about radiation levels in airport scanners, one has to wonder about the safety of exposure — or repeated exposure — …
Free E-book Answers Questions, Relieves Patient Anxiety About Wisdom Teeth Extraction
Faced frequently with patient and parent questions and fears about wisdom teeth surgery, I have authored a book, The Wise Guide to Wisdom Tooth Extraction, …
The Power Of One
Last week, I found myself in need of a chiropractor — a specialist I have never required before. So I asked a few friends for …
Increase in Dental Implant Complications
Survey Indicates Dramatic Increase in Rescue Cases Referred To Surgical Specialists Earlier this year, the Institute for Dental Implant Awareness conducted a survey of hundreds …
5 Tips for Bone & Gum Tissue Health
There’s a silly dentistry cartoon of an open mouth, tongue sticking out, with little teeth characters marching out on the tongue. The punchline is, “Were …
What’s a Dental “Mini-Residency”?
Everyday, I receive invitations to dental courses they call ‘mini-residencies’. What is a mini-residency? I think it’s nice to see your dentist’s credentials hanging on …
Top 10 Signs That You Have a Good Dentist
Sure, you can go online and Google all you can about the dentist that you want to use, find out where they went to school …
Step right up! Implant and crown in record time!
I recently saw this sign in the street and said “wow, that is fast- implant and crown in an hour! That is record time!” First, …
The problem tooth: when should we pull the plug?
“Herodontics” is a term used by some to describe measures far beyond reasonable to salvage a failing tooth. After all, the oath traditionally taken by …
Common Misconceptions & the Truth About Dental Implants
I am often asked by people if dental implants really work as they tell me their difficult stories or others’ poor experiences. There seems to …
