by Dr. Steve | Sep 4, 2013 | Blog, Recent News
Back in 1985, when I graduated from UCLA Dental School, dentists were taught that we should postpone all non-critical dental treatment until after delivery of the baby. Any emergency dental treatment of infected teeth should be done right away. And any critical, but...
by Dr. Steve | Jun 24, 2013 | Blog
I just read a great article at DrBicuspid.com about John Henry “Doc” Holliday, “America’s most notorious dentist”. “Wyatt Earp’s brother Virgil described Doc Holliday as ‘gentlemanly, a good dentist, a friendly...
by Dr. Steve | Apr 23, 2013 | Blog, Recent News
Yesterday, our surgeon general officially endorsed community water fluoridation. According to the American Dental Association, “Every surgeon general for the past 50 years has endorsed community water fluoridation of community water supplies as a safe and...
by Dr. Steve | Jan 22, 2013 | Ask The Dentist, Blog, Recent News
Many people with prosthetic hips and knee joints have been taking antibiotics before dental treatment on the advice of their Orthopedic Surgeons. They were afraid that the bacteria in the mouth could get into the bloodstream and infect the artificial joints, which...
by Dr. Steve | Aug 22, 2012 | Blog, Recent News
August 22 is National Tooth Fairy Day. (Apparently, so is February 28.) And it would seem our fabled colleague has a rather long history. According to Spear Education- “Centuries ago in Europe, the tradition of “hiding” a child’s primary tooth that fell out...
