News for Expectant Moms & New Parents

One of my team members found an interesting research article this week that is definitely worth sharing.  Doctors from Yale & Case Western Reserve have just recently released a study that discovered new bacteria that may be responsible for most premature labor.  The Discovery Channel report says that this previously undiscovered bacteria usually found in [...]

Cavities Can Be Contagious

The Lexington Herald-Leader published an article on Sunday titled “Kentucky’s dental disaster begins before kindergarten,” about the severe problems dentists see in too many children in Kentucky.  The author, Sarah Vos, did a good job showing the problems our state faces regarding children’s dental health.  Toward the end of the article, she discussed a fact [...]

It’s Not a Cavity . . . Yet

You’re seeing commercials on television that talk about a product’s ability to reverse cavities. So can these products really work? And what works best?
First a little bit of background. A tooth actually develops a “cavity” when bacteria eats through the outer enamel layer of the tooth and gets into the softer dentin layer that lies [...]