Keeping Halloween Smiles Healthy
Halloween is a big deal in the lives of many children in America. As the calendar approaches the end of October, children’s thoughts focus primarily on costumes and candy. Protecting your child’s teeth doesn’t have to mean removing all the fun from Halloween. The following tips can help your child to enjoy their Halloween treats […]
Oral Care Guidance For Caregivers
Approximately eighteen percent of the U.S. population is sixty-five or older. Thanks to longer life expectancies and lower birth rates that trend is increasing and this group is projected to represent nearly a quarter of the population by 2050. As our populations ages, it is important to focus on maintaining quality of life. Although the […]
Oral Manifestations of Eating Disorders
Nutrition plays a key role in the body’s immune system and ability to fight disease.1 As digestion and absorption of nutrients begin in the mouth, changes in the mouth are often the first sign of an eating disorder. Lack of proper nutrition has a profound impact on oral health.2 Nutritional deficiencies weaken the immune system.3 […]
Oral Shingles
Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus responsible for chickenpox. After an individual recovers from chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in nerve tissues near the spinal cord and brain. Certain conditions, such as a weakened immune system or use of immunosuppressive drugs, chronic inflammation, acute or chronic disease, […]
Maintaining Your Oral Health at College
It’s mid-July and many of our recent high school graduates are now preparing for life in a dorm. Starting college is one of life’s big steps towards autonomy or being fully on your own. In all of the excitement and change, it can be easy to overlook your dental health. All too often we see […]
Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Future Therapies
Headlines in the news and on social media platforms proclaiming that soon we will be growing new teeth are effective at grabbing your attention. However, while many regenerative therapies are showing promising results in preclinical studies and clinical trials, it’s crucial to understand that some applications are still in the beginning stages of development. This […]
Support Temporomandibular Joint Health
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the joint on each side of your head that connects your lower jaw (mandible) to the temporal bone of the skull. These two critical joints, aided by their supporting structures (jaw muscles and ligaments), enable you to open wide, glide your mouth forward, backward, and side to side, bite, chew, […]
Artificial Intelligence Providing Bacterial Breakthroughs
As bacteria evolve to resist antibiotics, infections that were once easily treatable, such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and skin infections can become life-threatening and require more aggressive and costly treatments. Antibiotic resistance also increases the risks for patients undergoing medical procedures such as surgery, organ transplants and cancer therapies.
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Oral Healthcare
Developing technologies can elicit awe, skepticism, and fear if we do not fully understand them. Think about when Edison first installed electricity in homes. While some embraced this new technology, many continued to light their homes with oil lamps
National Oral Facial Protection Month
You are all familiar with the saying, “There is no I in team.” When one team member isn’t one hundred percent it affects the whole team. In honor of National Oral Facial Protection Month, this week’s column will focus on how mouthguards reduce the risk of injury and infections that can hurt not only you but your whole team.