Very often fine dental treatment consists of teeth restored with gold. Every week I am asked about this and why this may or may not be an appropriate treatment. Restoring teeth with gold has been known since the time of the ancient Egyptians. I have often refereed to gold as artificial tooth enamel. It has several amazing characteristics. […]
It is the custom in my county dental society that one of the winter meetings is given to a local dentist, usually a specialist. This is because of inclement weather we do not have to worry about a speaker canceling or being unable to arrive in time to give the presentation. In the twenty-one years that […]
When you see something that you don’t like, very often the best course of action is to say or do something about it. Last fall the Dr. Oz show ran a piece about the dangers of drinking apple juice. Did he talk about the sugar and the links to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay? No, […]
I have been asked by several people to write about fluoride. I have been hesitant to do this because everyone who has asked me to do so is anti-fluoride and I am not sure that I completely agree with that position. If you do some on line research about fluoride most of what you come across reads […]