

How to lose friends and alienate people: Dental Edition
Getting rid of bad breath can be difficult. Here are some ways to give yourself and others relief.


Use the brush Luke...
How to select and maintain a toothbrush


Flossing: The neglected habit
I often wonder what makes flossing the neglected stepchild of good oral health practices. It’s probably different for everyone, but I’ve come up with a couple of ideas. For one, when you wake up in the morning, the specter of morning breath haunts you until you’ve brushed your teeth. With that job completed, the difference in freshness is so great, the impetus for oral health care has passed. For another, if you haven’t flossed in a while, it doesn’t feel great and can le


A Pacifier by any other name...
The pacifier, the binky, the passy, the boo boo, the wonky….let’s be honest, I just made that last one up but it didn’t sound any sillier than the rest. The names for these little devices change with the seasons. When we had our first baby, I referred to it as a pacifier once in mixed company and people were looking at me like my head had been sewn on backwards. During that era if you didn’t call it a binky, it was akin to the social blunder of referring to flip-flop sandal