by shoffortho | Sep 30, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
GENERALLY SPEAKING, INFLUENCERS are not a great source of health advice. One person’s experience with a technique or product is not going to be universal, and real understanding of the way the human body works comes from years of study and training, not a quick google...
by shoffortho | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
CENTURIES AGO, PEOPLE didn’t have many options for how to keep their teeth clean. Some cultures used chewing sticks and early toothbrushes had bristles made of horse hair. These days, we have a wide range of options for what tools to use for cleaning our teeth. How...
by shoffortho | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Ortho
WE SHOULD ALL BE happy to spend at least four total minutes a day brushing our teeth morning and evening (and then a few more for flossing), considering how important good oral health is. Braces-wearers might need to take a little more time on it, considering all...
by shoffortho | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
WE ALL KNOW that medications can have side effects. If you tried, you could probably hear the voice in pharmaceutical commercials rattling off some of the most common ones in your head. We bring it up because those side effects often include oral health problems....
by shoffortho | Sep 2, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho
AN ESTIMATED 23 MILLION Americans have none of their teeth left, and another 12 million are missing all the teeth of one arch. As dental health professionals, we do our part to help those numbers go down, but that’s still quite a few people who need replacement teeth....