pH is the measure of the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution. This concentration is measured on a scale from 1-14 and helps us understand if something is acidic or basic. Why is this important? Because acid in our mouth can contribute to the ever...
Cope. How do you cope? How do you deal with the day-to-day stress that inevitably finds you? Do you drink? Do you smoke? Do you over-exercise? Do you binge eat? Do you yell? There are many ways to cope with stress--some are healthy ways to cope...
It often takes another person to show us the force. In the final episode of Star Wars, episode VI, Luke and Leia Skywalker (long lost twins separated at birth) finally speak to each other about being related. Luke tells Leia that she has the force,...
Be willing to unlearn what you have learned. My yoga instructors encourage this leadership behavior: “Accept things as they are,” they often say–especially when someone is pushing his or her body too hard. It is a common theme for competitive types. Competition pushes us to be more...
Your front office team member answers the phone and hears this question: “Hi, I am Mrs. Jones. At what age do you recommend we bring our son in for his first dental check-up?” What is your answer? If it’s anything except, “By age one, Mrs. Jones,” you...
February is Children's Dental Health month. In honor of children, I want to share some parenting insight and tricks to keep our kids healthy. I see lots of kids as a dentist, and I have two of my own. As parents, I know we tend...
“My kids went from basically a beige food diet to eating and loving a whole, wide variety of foods–-mussels, salad…my younger daughter’s favorite food now is stinky, blue cheese, ” said Karen Le Billon, author of Getting To Yum and French Kids Eat Everything. Would you...
Feel like you are burning the candle at both ends? Or maybe the dental hand piece at both ends? I certainly do at times, and that's why I took the time to interview Dr. Tracey Marks, a psychiatrist in Atlanta. She told me about the field...
 I came home and found a reorganized home with all of our Valentine's Day decorations meticulously placed. Some women would flip out. I stood and admired the beauty. When my husband was small, he loved to decorate his house around the holidays, but his parents didn't...
Weight lifting gives me a lot of juice. Maybe it's because I have watched one too many Rocky films or comically think back to Hans and Franz from Saturday Night Live and their endless efforts to "Pump you up!" I really do get pumped up from...