by Scott Gourley | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
DIABETES, WHETHER TYPE 1, 2, or even gestational, makes it more difficult to maintain good dental health. There is a reciprocal relationship between oral health and diabetes, meaning that it’s harder to keep your teeth and gums healthy if you aren’t...
by Scott Gourley | Oct 13, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
UNLESS THE DENTIST is on TikTok, it’s not a great platform to get dental health advice from. This year we’ve seen a number of alarming do-it-yourself dental procedures trending, and we want to nip those in the bud for our patients. Filing Teeth A number of...
by Scott Gourley | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD the expression “long in the tooth.” It conjures up the image of gum recession as a synonym for growing old, and yet gum recession isn’t always connected to age. This oral health problem is when the gingival tissue shrinks...
by Scott Gourley | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
HOW DO YOU choose the right toothpaste out of the wall of colorful boxes on the store shelf? Is it better to get the one that claims cavity prevention, breath-freshening, whitening, sensitivity, or tartar-fighting? Let’s see if we can help our patients narrow...
by Scott Gourley | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog, dental post, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS are a concern with pretty much every medication that exists. We can all hear the drug commercial voice rattling off a list of them in our heads. Unfortunately, side effects from medications often overlap with oral health concerns, even when 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...
