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 12, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
AN IMPORTANT PART of keeping your teeth and gums healthy is your toothbrush. That might seem so obvious that it’s not worth saying, but you’d be surprised how many basic mistakes people make when it comes to their toothbrushes. We want to make sure our patients will...
by shoffortho | Aug 5, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho
FEW THINGS ARE WORSE at a first date or a job interview than the sudden awareness that bad breath might have ruined your first impression. No matter what else goes right, if the date or potential employer has a nose full of funky smells, it probably isn’t going to end...
by shoffortho | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
IF YOU’RE AN AVID swimmer, maybe you’ve noticed that your teeth feel a little more sensitive after you get out of the pool. It’ll take more than one swim to do it, but this is a real thing called “swimmer’s calculus,” and it’s just one way swimming can affect our...
by shoffortho | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
ONE OF THE MAIN things people overlook about a daily oral hygiene routine is cleaning their tongues. That’s right, it doesn’t stop with brushing twice a day for two minutes with a soft-bristled brush and flossing daily. The rough surface of the tongue makes it the...
