by Scott Gourley | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
MOST MEDICATIONS come with a list of possible side effects, including side effects that impact oral health. These side effects are common even when the medications have nothing to do with your teeth or gums, so it’s helpful to know what you can do to balance...
by Scott Gourley | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric
A PACIFIER OR THUMB/finger-sucking habit that lasts beyond the toddler years can have a negative impact on a child’s teeth and jaws. A Healthy Self-Soothing Habit In infancy and toddlerhood, these are perfectly healthy self-soothing habits. They help the child...
by Scott Gourley | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Pediatric
YOU MAY HAVE heard the insult “mouth-breather” in recent years thanks to the popularity of the show Stranger Things. There are actually many good health reasons to avoid breathing through your mouth if nose breathing is possible. We should consider mouth...
by Scott Gourley | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
IT’S NOT ACTUALLY true that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile; smiling takes at least ten muscles while frowning requires as few as six. We think the saying should be changed to “smile to burn more calories!” And that isn’t the only...
by Scott Gourley | Aug 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
IN ONE OF HIS sonnets, Shakespeare described the reeking breath of his lady love, and the subject came up again in two of his plays. He sets a creepy mood with the “black contagious breath” of the night in “King John” and includes the line...
