by Pride Dental | Jun 21, 2018 | Oral Health
Many a toothpaste ad these days tells you about the need to keep your tooth enamel strong, but how many of us know what all weakens it in the first place? Not many, according to survey results recently published in the BDJ. Participants were given a list of “lifestyle...
by Pride Dental | Jun 7, 2018 | Oral Health
Sure, tea is tasty, and as we noted before, at least some teas – green, in particular – may help support healthy gums. Now, new research suggests that tea may also help boost microbial diversity in the mouth. Your mouth is loaded with billions of microbes from...
by Pride Dental | May 24, 2018 | Oral Health
Several years ago, the FDA began warning parents about using benzocaine-based gels to ease the discomfort of teething. Benzocaine is a local anesthetic that’s used in many over-the-counter remedies for not just teething but toothache, sore throat, canker sores, and...
by Pride Dental | Apr 19, 2018 | TMJ / Pain
One big difference between holistic, biological dentistry and standard approaches is the emphasis on treating causes, not simply easing symptoms. But, of course, there are times when symptom relief is desired, such as when pain from TMJ dysfunction (TMD) flares up and...
by Pride Dental | Apr 5, 2018 | Biological Dentistry, Oral Health
Weren’t we all told in English class to avoid absolute terms such as “everyone,” “none,” “never,” and “always”? Maybe the writer of this Reader’s Digest headline was absent that day: According to the list that follows, one thing dentists “always” do is use...
