When scrolling through your feed or browsing the news, it’s hard to ignore headlines about bizarre class action suits. How can you not roll your eyes or shake your head when you see that someone sued Kellogg’s for not having enough strawberries in their strawberry...
When you come into our office for your regular cleanings, you may notice that we don’t just use a single tool to get the job done. We use many. Scalers help remove plaque and debris from your teeth. Curettes clear plaque below the gum line. We use polishers and floss,...
Over the past couple months, we’ve looked at the role that certain botanicals - tea tree oil, lemongrass, and more - can play in improving or maintaining good oral health. Now, let’s close out this series with a brief look at one more: cannabinoids. Cannabinoids are...
Last time, we looked at how tea tree oil can improve gum health, but it’s hardly the only essential oil with that power. In fact, many oils have antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties that make them great options for improving or sustaining good oral health....
Chlorhexidine is a powerful antimicrobial rinse that a periodontist or oral surgeon might prescribe to control infection. It’s effective stuff, to be sure. But it has its drawbacks. For one it’s notorious for staining teeth and can also affect your sense of taste,...
If you want to save money - and who doesn’t these days? - one of the worst ways you can do it is by avoiding the dentist. Really. Regular cleanings and exams are crucial for preventing the need for more dental care. They’re right up there with home hygiene and eating...
Earlier this year, a French fashion magazine suggested that lip piercings might just be “the next go-to jewelry trend for an event or daily life.” (Allure, for one, begged to differ.) Of course, oral piercings are hardly new. The most recent data we could find says...
If you’ve got gum disease, one of the simplest things you can do to reverse it is just to change your diet. Research has shown that replacing sugars and other refined carbs with nutrient-dense plants and proteins can significantly improve gum health, even if your oral...
As a healthy mouth depends on a healthy body - and vice versa - everything you do to keep your body healthy, strong, and resilient also supports your oral health. There really is no separating the two. Even so, there are some nutrients that have come to be strongly...
Just about a thousand years ago, tea drinking started to become a thing in Japan - thanks to a Buddhist priest named Eisai and a book he wrote called Kissa Yōjōki (喫茶養生記), or Drinking Tea for Health. It’s good for the heart, he said. It’s good for energizing body and...