Category Archives: Dental Research
Brushing Your Tongue Could Help Prevent Covid-19
A recent scientific study suggests that people who were living with at least one person who tested positive for Covid-19 and brushed their tongue daily were less likely to become infected by the virus. While these results are not absolutely conclusive as of yet due to certain limitations of the study, tongue brushing certainly has […]
Root Canal Treatment Does NOT Cause Cancer!
There are certainly more than enough things for all of us to worry about these days. On a positive note, I can state with the highest levels of confidence that one thing that you unequivocally do NOT have to worry about is getting cancer as the result of a root canal treatment! A few patients […]
What’s Your Dental IQ?
Can you answer these dental-related True-or-False questions correctly? Holding an aspirin up to an aching tooth is a good temporary solution??? FALSE! In fact, doing this can cause damage to the soft tissue in your mouth. The ONLY solution for a toothache is seeing a dentist as quickly as possible. In the interim, swallowing pain […]
Titanium – Revolutionizing Sports… and Dentistry!
When many of us hear the word “titanium”, we may think of the latest and greatest golf club or tennis racket. What is not widely recognized amongst the general public however, is how important a role titanium has played in revolutionizing modern day dentistry. Whereas stainless steel and gold alloys were once utilized for most […]