You may have heard the recent claim that a mixture of fruit and baking soda applied to the teeth will whiten them dramatically, inexpensively and in a much more “organic” way than traditional bleaching methods. In particular, young adults and teens have shown themselves to be susceptible to this advice. They readily experiment with it…
Health and Well being
Routine use of prophylactic antibiotics is NOT RECOMMEND prior to dental procedures in orthopedic patients with prosthetic joints.
In the most recent edition of the Journal of American Dental Association (JADA), there has been an update to the 2013 recommendation on antibiotics prophylaxis recommendation for orthopedic patients with prosthetic joints. In 2013, the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), in collaboration with the American Dental Association (ADA), published the results of a comprehensive evidence-based,…
Will extracting my third molars help my other teeth?
This is a typical question from patients during our consultation. Patients are usually referred to my office by their general dentist for a consultation in regards to their impacted or symptomatic third molars. Understandably, most patient are scared and a bit skeptical when they first present to our office for surgery. Surgery is scary thing…
Facial flushing due to: Food Allergies? Contact Dermatitis? or something else…read on.
Categories: Health and Well being, Pregnancy
There was a great case report recently of a 4 years old child that presented to the doctor for possible food allergies? A little of digging into the past medical history and it was discovered that the child has a normal delivery but forceps were used to…
Running even 5 min per day can save your life… later?
Categories: Health and Well being
Really! In a new study published this past Monday in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers from multiple academic institutions found that running for as little as 5 minutes a day could significantly lower a person’s risk of dying prematurely! The runners’ risk…
