Category Archives: Affects Health

Gold foil was once the restoration of choice. As the price soared, dental amalgam came into use.  Dental amalgam is a powder mix of silver, tin, and copper.  To make the powder a workable substance, liquid mercury is mixed with the metals which then sets up to be a hard metallic substance that conforms to…

HAVING YOUR WISDOM TEETH REMOVED… …Is a right of teenage passage!  But when and why does your dentist recommend this surgery? HISTORY BACK IN CAVEMAN ERA… … the human skull had a smaller brain case and larger jaws.  The wisdom teeth or 3rd molars that erupt around 18 years of age all erupted into the…

[mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] Lasers have been used in dentistry since the late 1990’s.  There are many different types of lasers, some cut hard tissue and some cut soft tissue.  The DIODE laser is a soft tissue laser that has multiple functions ranging from treating gum disease to aiding tooth whitening to easing the pain of…