Flosser picks (also called floss picks) have become very popular in recent years, especially for families with young children. Manufacturers have touted their benefits as a great, fun way to get kids into the healthy habit of flossing by even putting children’s hero icons on the handles. (Anyone up for a Dora flosser?) But do…Read More
How to Stop Bleeding Gums in 3 Easy Steps
Each of us arrives on the path to greater oral health at our own unique place. For some of us, it’s a fateful trip to the dentist where we learn something is wrong. For others, it may be something as simple as finding blood on your floss. Bleeding gums is super, super common. However, as…Read More
Does Flossing Really Lower My Risk of a Heart Attack?
It’s easy to grasp the importance of regular oral hygiene habits for avoiding mouth-based issues, like tooth decay and bleeding gums. But when we stretch the discussion to whether regular flossing can lower our risk of whole-body issues, like a heart attack, the link between the two topics can get a bit fuzzy. After all,…Read More
3 Easy Ways to Keep Thug Bugs From Growing on Your Toothbrush
Have you ever looked at your toothbrush under a microscope? I have, and it’s pretty freaky when you see all the little goobers that are clinging to the bristles. A toothbrush is a great place for thug bugs to hang out, just waiting for another chance to recolonize your mouth. To stop our toothbrush from becoming…Read More
7 Key Components of a ‘Dream Dentist’
We receive lots of questions regarding our thoughts on specific dental offices or asking if we know and like any dentists in someone’s local area. So, in our style of ‘teaching you how to fish’, we’d like to share 7 key elements that, when put together, create a ‘dream dentist’. Realistically, you most likely won’t…Read More
Can Diet Alone Improve Existing Gum Disease?
Our friend, Dr. Al Danenberg, has 40 years of experience as periodontist (a dentist specializing in the treatment of gum disease). Over the course of 40 years, you can imagine that he has ‘been there, done that’ with all kinds of gum disease treatments. However, a twist of fate provoked him to question everything he…Read More
4 reasons why brushing is so important
We just returned from a trip to the mainland and, although we prefer to shop at small, local food shops, while traveling we did end up shopping at Whole Foods Market some during the trip. While there, I noticed a fun marketing sign that read, “Treat your body like it belongs to someone you love”.…Read More
“How long should I brush my teeth?”
We’ve all been there many times… We’re running late getting out the door to go to work, to the gym, on a date, so we drag our brush over our teeth for 20 seconds and promise our pearly whites we’ll make it up to them later (err, scratch that, we probably don’t rush brushing…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