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....
by shoffortho | Aug 26, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
TOOTH ENAMEL RANKS between steel and titanium on the Mohs Hardness Scale. That makes it harder than any other substance in the human body, and it also makes it harder than iron! However, it’s still fairly brittle and very vulnerable to acid erosion, and there are...
by shoffortho | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Ortho
IT’S NOT ALWAYS fair or logical, but we get judged on our appearance all the time, and having crooked or straight teeth is a big factor in that. Studies show that people with straight teeth are perceived to be more successful, smarter, and more likely to get dates...
