The mouth and the rest of the body can influence each other in many different ways. Previously, we’ve explored the connection between our oral health and things like Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and autoimmune diseases. In this expert interview, we continue to explore the mouth/body connection as we chat with Dr. Véronique Desaulniers, DC (aka “Dr.…Read More
What Causes an Abscessed Tooth and How You Can Avoid Them
A tooth abscess, also called abscessed tooth, is right up there with root canals, subjects that we all need to be aware of in order to have a clear understanding of what to do if we have an abscess as well as how to avoid ever having a tooth abscess. Anyone who has ever…Read More
Why Conscious Sedation May NOT Be in Your Best Interest
It is said that a wise person learns from the mistakes of others. I’d like to share my own ‘dental horror story’ with you. In sharing this personal story with you, I hope that you can learn from my mistakes. Like so much work in dentistry, the work I had done a few years ago is…Read More
Is Thermal Imaging the Solution to Screen for Problem Root Canals?
Can thermal imaging technology serve as a screening tool to assist a person who questions if they have an infected root canal, cavitation, or other chronic dental infection? Some of our most popular articles on our blog all focus on root canals and what you can do about them. In our root canal series,…Read More
The 3 questions to ask your dentist about root canals
Wouldn’t you agree that we are only as informed as the questions we know to ask? In other words, the way we learn new information that is outside our realm of current knowledge is to form questions of something unknown and get those questions answered. The problem is, unless we know what questions to…Read More
“My dentist says I need a root canal. What are my options?”
It’s been many months since we first published the previous articles on root canals. For those of you who are new to this series, we began this journey with an article titled, “Understanding the issues with root canals” that explores some of the primary concerns about root canal therapy. We then pondered together what our…Read More
Options If You Have Missing Teeth
One of the options we discussed in ‘I have a root canal- now what do I do?‘ was to have the root canal tooth properly removed. If you have chosen to have your root canal removed, then this is the follow-up article for you. Of course, this article also applies to anyone who is missing…Read More
I Have A Root Canal – What Are My Options?
Root canals aren’t the most fun subject to discuss. But we have received so many questions about root canals and the positive options available that we feel it essential to discuss the issue. For clarity, we prefer to write about positive solutions, rather than purely weighing the risks and downsides of whatever options remain…Read More
Understanding the issues with root canals, part one
With this article we intend to lay a foundation of the science and research that we have found on the subject of root canal therapy in the hope that having access to this research you will be more equipped to make a more informed decision if you are ever faced with the situation of…Read More