Can We Smile Our Way to Better Health?
IT’S NOT ACTUALLY true that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile; smiling takes at least ten muscles while frowning…
IT’S NOT ACTUALLY true that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile; smiling takes at least ten muscles while frowning…
YOU MAY HAVE heard the insult “mouth-breather” in recent years thanks to the popularity of the show Stranger Things. There are…
Meghana Nadella, DMD – A Commitment to Dental Excellence Dr. Meghana Nadella grew up in Dublin, Ohio and later chose to follow her mom, Dr. Sadineni’s, footsteps in pursuing dentistry. She completed undergraduate and dental school at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Dr. Meghana’s favorite part about dentistry is being able to transform … Continue reading “Meet Dr. Meghana”
IN ONE OF HIS sonnets, Shakespeare described the reeking breath of his lady love, and the subject came up again in two of his plays. He sets…
A COUPLE OF the biggest rites of passage in childhood are the first baby teeth coming in and the…
40% OF KIDS WILL develop at least one cavity by the time they turn eleven, which makes tooth decay the most common disease of childhood. That…
“SWIMMER’S CALCULUS” SOUNDS more like advanced mathematics than anything to do with teeth, but it’s actually the term for yellow…
WE TEND TO ASSUME that people from earlier eras (especially the pre-industrial ones) must have had terrible dental health, but that’s…
TEETH HAVE MANY different uses, from chewing our food to helping us speak clearly to forming the structure…
PARENTS CAN DO a lot to help their child come into the dentist’s office feeling relaxed and…
PARENTING CAN BE such a wild time that you might struggle to find a moment to brush your own teeth, let alone brush theirs and…
THERE WON’T BE a pop-quiz later, but we still want our patients to be familiar with the anatomy of their teeth…
NOT MUCH WAS understood in Medieval England about cavities or gum disease, but they…
SOME OF US remember the soreness and discomfort of our incoming adult molars, not to mention…
SLEEP APNEA AFFECTS over 18 million adults and up to 20% of habitually snoring children in the United States alone. Sleep apnea is a…
WE HEAR A LOT that it’s bad to chew ice. It’s because ice can do a lot of damage to our teeth and gums.
THERE’S A LOT OF strange stuff buried in the history of dental health and hygiene, but there are a…
CHILDHOOD IS A TIME of scraped knees and bumps and bruises as kids run around discovering the world. As pediatric…
DAILY BRUSHING AND flossing are essential to keep a growing child’s smile healthy, but we already know that. We hopefully…
STAYING INFORMED ABOUT the symptoms and risk factors of oral cancer is incredibly important. We oral health…
WHAT DOES A CAREER in dentistry look like? Being a dentist is an incredibly rewarding career, and beyond helping our patients maintain…
IF YOU’RE SHORT on fun topics of conversation for your next party, might we interest you…
ONE OF THE most prominent figures of the magic of childhood is the Tooth Fairy, but depending on…
MOST OF US can still remember what it was like to lose a baby tooth, especially that major Big Kid milestone of losing the first…
MARCH IS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, so we’re celebrating two trailblazers for women dentists in…
CANKER SORES MIGHT be small, but they tend to mean days of distracting discomfort. They are…
NEXT TO BRUSHING, the best tool we have for preventing tooth decay and gum disease is daily flossing, which is why it’s important…
THESE DAYS, THERE are so many toothbrushes to choose from that it’s hard to find the right one for…
IDA GRAY WAS BORN in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1867. She became an orphan when…
MENTAL HEALTH AND physical health are tied together in ways we don’t always expect. That even…