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...
by Scott Gourley | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
WHEN WE PICTURE people of earlier eras, particularly pre-industrial ones, we tend to assume that they must have had really bad teeth. While it definitely is easier to get high-quality dental care these days, not to mention modern orthodontics and modern root canal...
by Scott Gourley | Jul 7, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
TO THE AVID swimmers out there, you may have noticed that your teeth are at their most sensitive after you get out of the pool. It’s not something that’s obvious after just one afternoon at the lap pool, but endless swimming time can take a toll on our teeth....
by Scott Gourley | Jun 30, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
OUR TEETH CAN do a lot of things. They chew our food, they form a lot of the structure of our faces to make us look the way we do, they make it possible to speak clearly, and they’re the highlight of our smiles. These are good and healthy uses for teeth, but when we...
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