by Pride Dental | Sep 3, 2020 | Oral Health
If you’re a nail-biter, you probably don’t think of something like this happening: Can’t see what that tiny arrow is pointing to? Here’s what doctors removed from the patient’s gums: While the procedure was a success and there were no ill effects afterwards, cases...
by Pride Dental | Jul 16, 2020 | Oral Health, Periodontal health
Just as your mouth and gut are connected – the health of one depending on the other – so, too, your mouth and lungs. As one recent review put it, the mouth and lungs are part of a continuum. This continuity is reflected in their microbiomes. Emerging...
by Pride Dental | Apr 16, 2020 | Oral Health, Periodontal health
A paper just published in the journal Nutrients suggests that vitamin D may be a good option for reducing risk of COVID-19. Through several mechanisms, vitamin D can reduce risk of infections. Those mechanisms include inducing cathelicidins and defensins that can...
by Pride Dental | Apr 9, 2020 | Oral Health, Oral Hygiene
There’s a good reason why health news these days can seem like all coronavirus all the time: We need to know how to stay safe during this pandemic and want to know what progress is being made to flatten the curve and develop effective treatments. Yet in the...
by Pride Dental | Aug 22, 2019 | Oral Health
We talk about gum disease a lot. We have to, if only because up to 80% of all adults have it, whether they know it or not. More, it’s linked to a host of other health issues, including heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and cancer. No thanks, right? But...
by Pride Dental | Aug 8, 2019 | Diet & Nutrition, Oral Health
Over the past few months, we’ve been hearing a lot more dentists raise concerns about how trendy kombucha has become. “It’s bad for your teeth!” the headlines scream. But are those headlines true? Pretty much, yes. As we’ve noted before, for all the benefits of...
