Floss or Die (Well, maybe not)
There is now a line of evidence suggesting that oral bacteria – should they find their way into the blood stream – may result in someone having a stroke. http://abcn.ws/sc6Bcs We do know that bacteria that live normally in the mouth often can be sampled in the blood stream. We also know that dental infections, […]
Dental Implants or Fixed Bridge?
Which is the better way to replace a missing tooth, dental implant or fixed bridge? The Fixed Bridge Fixed bridges (also called Fixed Partial Dentures) have been around for decades. They involve the removal of enamel along with an outer layer of dentin from the teeth on either side of the missing tooth. Crowns are […]
Dentist Celebrates Octogenarians with 20 or more Teeth
Periodically I try to get away from topics about teeth, periodontal disease, dental implants and instead just look into the news and see what’s happening in the world of dentistry. Scrolling down Google News past the indictments of dentists and the tragic stories of dentists involved in fatal traffic accidents, I ran across this one. It’s […]
Dentist Sued by Ex-Assistant over Cruel Behavior
I have linked to an interesting article out of the Santa Fe New Mexican about a dental assistant suing her employer. She worked for him for over five years before writing the letter that got her fired and him a law suit. No matter how you slice it, it’s a lose/lose situation. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Ex-assistant-sues-dentist-over–cruel–behavior The dentist looks […]
I hope your day is going better than mine…
I hope your day is going better than mine. Perhaps it began with the thought in bed that I could sleep in a little. After all it’s Friday and this is a day set aside, usually, to catch up on work and be a little creative. As is often the case, a little deviation from […]
Great Literature and Twitter Part 1
Twitter holds the opportunity of sharing great ideas, assuming of course that great ideas actually exist. Sadly in a culture that has as its principle value to not discriminate between ideas, the studies of virtue or great art become silly notions. Whatever anyone thinks is certainly as good as what anyone else thinks; and of […]
What Causes Gingivitis?
Let me tell you a fun little story about how we came to know what causes gingivitis and how to best treat it. In my field of periodontics prior to 1965 it was not universally agreed that gingivitis and periodontal disease (periodontitis) were caused by bacteria. Many scientists understood this, but because there was so […]
Twitter For Dentists
I’m in the vast minority of dentists when it comes to Twitter. Most of my colleagues (and for quite a long time I agreed with them) consider Twitter nonsensical. Awhile back I was speaking in front of an audience of dentists and asked for a raise of hands. How many of you are on Facebook? […]