Functions of Different Parts of Your Braces
IF YOU ARE or have been an orthodontic patient, you’ve probably wondered what the different parts of braces are for. Some…
Dentists Versus Endodontists
IT MIGHT SEEM more convenient to just get a root canal taken care of by the general dentist, but endodontists have far more training…
How to Combat Digital Eye Strain
How much of your day do you spend looking at a screen?
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…
Comprehensive Eye Exams and Education
Name five things you would expect to find in every school nurse’s office.
Elizabethan England’s Rotten Sweet Tooth
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…
How Much Do You Know About Pink Eye?
Have you ever had pink eye?
When to Expect Baby Teeth to Appear
A COUPLE OF the biggest rites of passage in childhood are the first baby teeth coming in and the…
How Do Braces Actually Work?
MOVING TEETH INTO their proper alignment is a complicated and fascinating process, so how do braces do it? Let’s…
Endodontics History: Surprisingly Wild
AS FAR BACK as the second or third century B.C., people have been trying to operate on infected teeth…