Gum disease doesn’t cause heart disease
Contrary to what you hear from a LOT of dental [...]
Choose dental health. It’s much cheaper.
I recently had a patient cancel her appointment at the [...]
“Did you take your premedication?”
I hear these words almost every day. Someone on my [...]
You’re pulling my oil: 3 reasons to skip oil pulling
If you spend any time on Facebook, you've probably seen [...]
It CAN happen to you!
I'm currently reading a book called The Cure for Everything by [...]
Gum disease and heart disease, dental x-rays and brain tumors…what’s the link?
Two weeks ago the dental community was in [...]
how much radiation is too much?
I recently wrote about some new research that connected dental [...]
Can dental x-rays cause brain tumors?
A new study attempting to correlate dental x-rays [...]
What’s the diagnosis?
Here's how it's supposed to work. The patient comes in with a problem. The dentist (that's me) looks at the patient, evaluates the x-ray, examines the tooth or teeth in question and tells the patient in no uncertain terms you need a filling, you need a root canal, or this tooth can't be saved. The doctor knows and tells the patient what they should do, right?
Saginaw dentist reads minds! Amazing psychic powers???
So I had a patient in the chair earlier today. [...]