We’ve all had a little taste of dry mouth at some point in our lives – ever woken up with morning breath? That dry, sticky feeling and bad breath first thing in the morning are two common signs of temporary dry mouth (xerostomina) that occurs naturally when we sleep. Xerostomina is a condition in which […]

The odds are good that at some point in your life, you’ve battled a nasty toothache. Or a cavity. Or even just bad breath that won’t go away. We’re risk takers with our mouths – we consume cavity-causing candies, crunch down on ice cubes, chew on tobacco and gum. So when pain erupts unexpectedly in […]

It’s the matter-of-fact phrase used by moms worldwide, after you’ve been caught rummaging through the candy dish before dinner: sugar will rot your teeth out. But is this just a suburban myth or does mom know best – will eating sugar cause cavities? The truthful answer is yes and no: sugar does play a role […]

Day in and day out, we brush our teeth – while sifting through the mail before bed, while standing in the office bathroom after a tuna fish sandwich lunch, while bumping elbows with a pesky little brother over the shared sink. We brush our teeth and we teach our children how to brush their teeth […]

By the year 2020 women are poised to become the predominant faces in dentistry. [1] Today, female dentists make up nearly half of the field and that percentage is expected to increase in the upcoming years – as of 2013, 60% of young practicing dentists under the age of 44 were women. [1] And if […]