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If you’re struggling with receding gums and nothing you’ve tried seems to work, this is for you.Your dentist says, “Some people are just prone to it.”...
I was there when my wife gave birth to all three of our daughters. Fast forward 30 years, and my wife and I had the privilege of supporting our eld...
I used to dread Halloween.As a dentist, it felt like a night dedicated to everything I was trying to protect my patients from.Buckets of candy. Soda....
These oral bacteria tripled cancer risk in a massive new study. Researchers followed 122,000 people for nearly a decade. They found something wi...
You might trust your magnesium supplement. You shouldn’t. Independent labs have found heavy metals—lead, cadmium, arsenic—in several popular mag...
If you’re overdue for dental care, I want to talk to you directly.Maybe you’re several years (or even decades) behind on cleanings. Maybe you’re ignor...
For years in my practice, I saw my patients panic about stains before interviews, weddings, or big events. I even offered free stain removal for br...
I never understood coffee.For years, I tried. Different beans. Different cafés. Friends told me I just hadn’t found the right cup. Patients swore it w...
Both of my parents died of dementia-related illnesses. Watching them lose their memory, personality, and ultimately independence twice over was devast...
Today’s newsletter is more technical than usual. If you love data, you’ll enjoy this deep dive—it exposes one of the biggest myths in oral health righ...
Back in dental school, I’d stay up late studying with a plate of my wife’s chocolate chip cookies as fuel. I brushed at 1am, but still woke up with dr...