by shoffortho | Feb 10, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
IDA GRAY WAS BORN in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1867. She became an orphan when her mother died in her early teens, after which she went to live with her aunt in Cincinnati. While Gray attended segregated public schools alongside her aunt’s three children and...
by shoffortho | Feb 3, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
MENTAL HEALTH AND physical health are tied together in ways we don’t always expect. That even extends to the relationship between oral health and stress. Fortunately, there are a lot of tools we can use to protect our smiles from the effects of stress. Stress...
by shoffortho | Jan 26, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
SUGAR GOES BY MANY NAMES and hides where we’d least expect it. Molasses and maltose? Sugar. Corn syrup and sucrose? Sugar. Honey and agave nectar? They’re sugar too! We Consume a Jaw-Dropping Amount of Sugar Sugar in some form is added to 74 percent of...
by shoffortho | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Ortho
HUMAN TEETH ARE supposed to fit together in a particular way. That’s how we can speak clearly and chew effectively. If someone’s upper and lower teeth don’t fit together properly, we call it a malocclusion or bad bite. Besides impeding the important...
by shoffortho | Jan 12, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
MEN AND WOMEN have a lot in common, but they face significantly different challenges when it comes to keeping their teeth and gums healthy. Men’s Dental Health Issues Here are some of the major dental health problems that affect men more than women: Being less...
by shoffortho | Jan 5, 2022 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
RADIATION AND THE harm it can do to humans wasn’t well understood in the early years after it was discovered. There were all kinds of exciting radioactive products for the public to buy, from radioactive water jugs to children’s toys to butter...
