Jul 30, 2015 | Oral Health
Dealing with the Burning Sensation Acid reflux is a condition that can make your life pretty unbearable. Gastroesophageal acid reflux disease (or GERD), is more than just a bothersome case of occasional heartburn. And if you’ve seen all the commercials about it, you...
Jul 23, 2015 | Dental Products
To be frank, some people call the dental chair “torture.” Of course, any of our Placerville dentists would not agree, but we realize that many people have very real fears of dental instruments, sounds, smells and noises. They don’t like the feelings created by...
Jul 16, 2015 | Oral Health
The dental branch of the National Institutes of Health is sponsoring investigations into the consequences of smoking e-cigarettes. Many promoters of “vaping” — smoking the vapors produced by e-cigarettes — insist that their product is safer than regular cigarettes. As...
Jul 9, 2015 | Dental Profession, Oral Health, Oral Maintenance
And Avoid the Emergency Room Prevention is priceless.” — Dr. Ruchi Sahota, California dentist and ADA adviser Every fifteen seconds, someone in the United States visits a hospital emergency room for a problem with their teeth. In some cases, dental care has been so...
Jul 2, 2015 | Oral Health
When you think of citric acid and your teeth, what’s the first image to come to mind? Sucking on a lemon or lime wedge? Lemonade? Mountain Dew? Those are all very potent sources of citric acid, but the list also includes many staples of the modern American diet, some...