It’s likely you’ve heard in recent years about charcoal toothpaste, the black toothpaste that promises a whiter smile. Sales of charcoal toothpastes and powders have rapidly emerged into the Internet marketplace and even into popular retail stores such as Target and WholeFoods, and our age of social media makes it easy for certain ingredients to…
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Dr. Messina has been a dentist for a decade this year! And while she has seen a lot in 10 years, did you know that humans have been “practicing” dentistry for thousands of years? So this month on the blog: a deep dive into the history of dentistry! Ancient Dentistry Dentistry is one of the…
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You’ve probably heard of dental sealants, but you may not know the differencebetween a sealant and a filling. Or you may have sealants in your mouth butmight not even know what a great job they are doing for your oral health around the clock! So this month, we’re demystifying the dental sealant and its important…
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Pick up an issue of National Geographic and you’re likely to see multipleexamples of erosion within its pages. Across our vast planet, wind and watererode the Earth’s surface, creating sometimes mind boggling examples of thepower of physical and chemical erosion. But did you know that the teeth in our mouth also experience erosion? This month…
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