35 – COVID-19 and Hand Sanitizers
Today, let’s think about viruses because it’s on our minds. It worries a lot of people and rightly so – but we will get through this. COVID-19 is like other cold and flu or influenza viruses in many ways. It isn’t even unique in that people don’t die from these other viruses. They do. What […]
34 – The Foundation of American Healthcare
Well today I want to step way back and to talk about a subject that all of us living in the United States share – whether we like it or not. And it actually relates directly to my professional and personal life as well as yours, because it is the environment in which I practice […]
33 – Your Front Teeth
You have twelve front teeth. Six on top and six on bottom. You have twelve front deciduous teeth before these. Allow me to introduce you to them in a little more detail. Come sit next to me in an early tooth anatomy class in dental school.
32 – Refined Sugar and Tooth Decay
The biggest cause of tooth decay is refined sugar because bacteria can use it without effort to run their machinery. It is their favorite food. Once it has been used by these organisms, it is turned into an acid that begins to dissolve the hardest substance in the body, tooth enamel.
How To Get Straight A’s in College
This isn’t a joke and I can help if you seriously want to get straight A’s. But here’s the deal. If you decide not to follow my advice, and you don’t get straight A’s you will not whine or complain. You will admit to yourself and others that you chose the grades you got. Deal? […]
30 – Insurance Games
Today I talk about The Least Expensive Appropriate Treatment Trick, The Missing Tooth Clause Conundrum and The We Cover This Procedure Except When We Don’t Debacle.
29 — Completing a systematic review on water fluoridation
So… was water fluoridation a good idea? How well did it reduce dental caries in children? Finally! We obtain some answers…and a few more questions. Ah, such is science.
28 – Podcast Sharpening
A few thoughts about the value of listening to others and how challenging change really is.
26 – A few more thoughts about fluoride and other stuff
The thoughts and ideas of one periodontist Just checking in and giving you a few more thoughts about fluoride as well as periodontal maintenance as experienced by one of my patients today.
25 – Water Fluoridation, Fluorine and Fluoride
Is fluoridation a good thing? To answer this, we have to first understand what fluoride is and where it comes from. Some of my material comes from these two sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoride
