by Scott Gourley | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric
MOUTH-BREATHING CAN cause all kinds of short-term issues, many of which are connected to poor sleep quality from getting insufficient oxygen by breathing through the mouth. Short-Term Consequences of a Mouth-Breathing Habit If a child exhibits the following symptoms,...
by Scott Gourley | Aug 18, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric
IT MIGHT BE CLICHÉD to say it, but it’s true that kids grow up fast. They’re constantly outgrowing their clothes, outsmarting your most ingenious baby-proofing techniques, and learning new things. We can’t help you with all of that, but we’re here with all the...
by Scott Gourley | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
THERE WAS SOMETHING rotten in the state of England during the Early Modern Era: everyone’s sweet tooth! The English loved the expensive new commodity of sugar so much that the royalty and nobility were extremely prone to tooth decay and foul breath. Foul breath seems...
by Scott Gourley | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
THE OLD LINE “it takes fewer muscles to smile than frown” isn’t actually true. It takes at least ten muscles to smile but as few as six to frown, so maybe the saying should be something like “you burn more calories when you smile than when you frown!” instead....
by Scott Gourley | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric
TWO OUT OF EVERY FIVE kids will end up with one or more cavities by their eleventh birthday. At those numbers, cavities are the most common childhood disease. What can parents do to fight these odds? We’re here to help by identifying the biggest childhood cavity...
by Scott Gourley | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric
TWO OF THE BIGGEST milestones of child development are when their baby teeth start coming in and when they start being replaced by adult teeth. First-time parents probably have a lot of questions about what’s normal and whether it’s time to worry, so we want to give...