We’ve all seen the commercials for high-end electric toothbrushes with smiling people and perfect white teeth. It’s natural to assume that an electric toothbrush is able to clean teeth more thoroughly than just moving a manual toothbrush from side to side, but there’s more to benefiting from motorized toothbrushes than you might think. Inexpensive models [...]
You’ve seen it in movies and TV shows, but what is laughing gas really, and does it work? Dentists use it for different procedures and may refer to it as laughing gas, happy gas or nitrous oxide. It is a gas that is colorless, odorless and has no irritating properties. It can safely be breathed [...]
This month is the National Children’s Dental Health Month. Oral health care is important for children to learn at a young age. Learning proper oral hygiene will follow a child throughout their life. Millions of kids are plagued with tooth decay by the time they reach middle school. Oral hygiene needs to start as soon [...]