by Scott Gourley | Nov 9, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
DIABETES (ANY TYPE) tends to make good dental health a much more difficult goal to achieve, and poor oral health also makes diabetes harder to control. More than one in five diabetics will develop a form of gum disease, which can take a toll on overall health if...
by Scott Gourley | Nov 2, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
AROUND 35 MILLION people in the US are affected by temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD or TMJ), which is why we’re observing TMJ Awareness Month. Our jaws get an almost constant workout throughout the day. We open and close our mouths over and over to talk,...
by Scott Gourley | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
MANY PEOPLE HAVE the idea that gum recession is only a concern for older people (that’s where the saying “long in the tooth” came from), but it can start at any age. While we can’t do anything about a risk factor like genetics, there are many...
by Scott Gourley | Oct 5, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
TIKTOK ISN’T THE best place to go for dental health advice — unless your dentist is active on the app. We’ve seen a lot of worrying DIY dental procedures popping up recently, so now is a great time to nip those in the bud. “Healthy Soda”...
by Scott Gourley | Sep 14, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
THERE ARE SO many choices of toothpaste in our grocery stores. With an entire aisle of toothpaste options to choose from, we want to help our patients narrow things down a little based on their individual dental health needs. Whitening Toothpaste Choose a whitening...
by Scott Gourley | Sep 7, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN getting cavities as long as there have been people, and people before modern dentistry had some strange theories about what was causing them. A popular one believed around the world for thousands of years was the idea of “tooth worms.”...
