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Top 2014 Blog Posts
You know, I was kinda surprised myself, but upon counting them up, it seems that I wrote 27 blog posts in 2014 – just over 1 every 2 weeks. Not that all of them were super meaningful or anything, but they covered a pretty wide range of topics. Some got quite a bit of attention, […]
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Kids Tooth Tip #3: Spaces Between Baby Teeth are Good
We had a mother in with her 3 children today, and she was concerned that her (almost) 6-year old son doesn’t have any wiggly baby teeth. We took a couple x-rays and they didn’t look quite right (almost like the adult teeth were overlapping under the gums), so we took a panoramic x-ray to get […]
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Just How Bad are Sodas for Your Teeth?
MOST people know by know that sodas are bad for you. Not as many people know that diet sodas are just about as bad as regular sodas, simply because of how acidic sodas are. Yes – sugar is bad for your teeth, but acidity is even worse, and when you combine sugar and acidity, you’re […]
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Hooray, I’m Not Dying As Fast
Yup, another attention-grabbing headline for ya. 🙂 But I’m serious, and here’s why….my cholesterol is down! A little over a year ago, I wrote an article about how healthy teeth and healthy living go hand in hand. I had just learned that my cholesterol was alarmingly high – 242. Given that I was only 41 […]
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Treating Severe Migraines is So Satisfying
While it’s not a huge part of our Charlotte family dental practice, treating migraine sufferers is one of the most satisfying things we do, especially when those patients have seen multiple medical specialists, had every scan known to medicine, tried every current and experimental medication…without any relief. This is the story of one of our […]
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Do Dental Cavities Always Hurt?
One of the most common questions we hear, when we first have to give a patient the bad news that they have 1 or more cavities is, “But doc, how come it doesn’t hurt?” It’s a common misconception that a cavity will always give you a toothache. Cavities Don’t Hurt Until It’s BAD Today yielded another […]
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