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 [...]
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[...]
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 [...]