Previous research has shown that chewing gum can improve concentration in visual memory tasks. This study focused on the potential benefits of chewing gum during an audio memory task. It’s been well established by previous research that chewing gum can benefit some areas of cognition. The study focused on an …
To build a tooth, a detailed recipe to instruct cells to differentiate towards proper lineages and form dental cells is needed. Researchers in the group of Professor Irma Thesleff at the Institute of Biotechnology in Helsinki, Finland have now found a marker for dental stem cells. They showed that the …
1. Leave a trail. A simple little glitter trail from the window to the tooth is quick and easy to execute. 2. Use tiny fairy handwriting on all correspondences. Write a teeny tiny thank you note from the Tooth Fairy to the child, thanking her for the pulled tooth. 3. Make it …
Fear of visiting the dentist is a frequent problem for adults and especially children. A new study confirms the emotional transmission of dentist fear among family members and analyses the different roles that mothers and fathers might play. A new study conducted by scientists at the Rey Juan Carlos University …
Depending on the person, dental care can fall in a category of their life that ranges from absolutely essential to absolutely elective. How do you view your own dental health, and what importance do you place on receiving proper dental care? Over the past 25 years of private practice, the …
More than twenty years ago, researchers were able to re-grown rooster beaks when they removed the beak from the rooster. There was a lot of excitement about this, because it was thought we would someday be ale to stimulate the right cells to re-grow teeth! Well, that was over 20 …
Another sensational news story has again hit the media, this time about dental X-rays and cancer, potentially scaring people away from necessary dental care. Below is the response by the American Dental Association I received today, and I want you to read the short response, as well as my personal …
For over 4 years now, we have been producing the vast majority of our crowns, inlays, inlays, and veneers (that technical dental lingo that always confuses everyone) with the E4D Restorative System, which is a type of CAD-CAM (computer-aided design, computer-aided machined) software and hardware. We love it and our …
Your bite – known in dental terms as your occlusion – affects how adults rate the attractiveness, personality and even the intelligence of other adults, according to a study published in the November 2011 edition of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. A researcher in Michigan and a …
It happens every year, especially around the holidays. These days, it’s happening more and more. What am I referring to? Well, the numbers of people with headaches and jaw pain that I see in my practice almost daily. Why is that? To answer that with a single answer, such as …
