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“Periodontal disease bacteria may kick-start Alzheimer’s”, is the headline and finding of Dr. Keiko Watanabe, professor of periodontics at the UIC College of Dentistry. If you’d like to read more about this you can with this link

October means candy and boy-oh-boy the stores are full of it. We love candy here in the dental office and a little bit, in moderation, as long as you have good oral hygiene is no problem. However, I was dismayed to see that one of my favorite kinds

I loved me some Burt Reynolds. He was the 1970’s hunk of the decade. I was bummed to hear of his passing.

Burt had a great smile, but he didn’t show his teeth a lot. At least he didn’t in the still images I was able to find online. However, I was

Many times when I see new dental news I am skeptical. This is one story for which I will save my skepticism. This one says that red wine might be good for your oral health.
While it’s not certain yet they think that some chemicals in red wine might

I saw this on Facebook the other day. I thought they were cute. Although I can say that the “monster” in orange appears to have adult upper front teeth.

Little kids teeth are square; they are usually as wide as they are long. Adult teeth

I love YouTube. I watch it all the time, but I don’t often watch dental stuff on YouTube. What a load of lies I found today.

I had so much to say about all this I went crazy and wrote way too long a blog. Let me summarize. There is no amount