• Teaching Oral Health to Children

    Next month kicks off National Dental Hygiene Month.  It’s a month in which dental professionals stress the importance of oral hygiene.  Yet, October shouldn’t be the only month we focus on protecting our mouth and teeth.  As a Concord dentist practicing family dentistry, we encourage our [...]

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    Why we go to the Dentist

    Long ago, oral health was not a priority.  Dentists existed mainly to extract a tooth that was causing problems.  It led, I’m sure, to a lot of toothless smiles, and perhaps that explains why so many pictures of our ancestors captured unsmiling people.  Luckily, as research (and possibly vanity[...]

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    Is Your Toothbrush Clean?

    Wondering if your toothbrush is clean seems like an easy question to answer, right?  Well, maybe not.  Most of us think our toothbrush is clean; after all, we clean our teeth with it using a cleansing paste, so how could it be dirty?  Our Concord dentist office, like many others, routinely hands [...]

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