Are you team coffee ☕️ or tea 🍵 ?

One of the things I look forward to every morning is my morning coffee with some cream, so clearly I’m team coffee ??. Tea and coffee are not necessarily bad for the teeth. However, both of them do cause extrinsic staining of the teeth. Even though coffee is darker, tea actually creates more staining because it contains more tannins (which …

Pets & Mental Health!

.Did u know:.Pets such as cats and dogs help with depression, anxiety and stress. They also bring us companionship, joy and unconditional love. They can encourage exercise and playfulness and even help with cardiovascular health. Caring for an animal can help children grow up to become more secure and active.A simple breakdown of how especially dogs help:🐶 ExerciseDogs need exercise …

How to reduce your tooth sensitivity if it’s due to enamel wear. .

✅ Purchase a sensitive toothpaste.Any type of sensitive toothpaste works just have to find one that works for you. Ex. Sensodyne, Colgate sensitive or crest sensitive. Just make sure it doesn’t have a whitening ingredient in it, usually says on the box. .✅ Start using this toothpaste instead of your regular toothpaste. .✅ Take a very small amount of the …

“I have tooth Sensitivity” is probably one of the most common things that I hear from patients. Let’s clarify what tooth sensitivity is:

⚡️It’s a sudden sharp flash of pain elicited by hot, cold, sweet or acidic foods or drinks, or by breathing in cold air. Mechanical friction by a toothbrush can also lead to some sensitivity. .⚡️Usually the sensitivity lasts for a few seconds or until the stimuli is removed.There are a number of reasons that your tooth or teeth may be …

Til what age should you brush your children’s teeth?

Til what age should you brush your children’s teeth? For as long as they’ll let you I’d wanna say..🙇🏻‍♀️ Brushing is difficult, and most kids don’t have the patience to brush for a full two minutes and get all the surfaces of their teeth cleaned. Heck most adults don’t even do that. If brushing is a difficult task then flossing …

April showers bring May flowers.

These tulips 🌷 are the result of exactly that. I never planted these but somehow they made a way to grow in my flower beds 💐. In fact there’s a lot of new plants that are forming and blooming that I never planted in the past. In some way it signifies that change can come at any time and sometimes …

Most Dentists are either Golfers ⛳️or Photographers 📸.

Why you ask? I don’t know 🤷🏻‍♀️. Maybe it’s because our working lives are filled with sounds, drills, smells and a lot of the times anxious patients, while golfing and photography are both peaceful and most of the time solitary. .I’m passionately in the latter group. When we go anywhere all I see is design, patterns, colours, shapes and lighting..One …

My stomping ground

👩🏻‍⚕️! The room where I get to sit and help my patients and my friends. The room where so many fun jokes have been shared, the room that’s filled with bright sunshine, the room where I get to do what I’m trained to do.I do have to admit I do miss it very much. Every time I visit the office …

Are you wearing your nightguard?

I’ve talked about nightguards before but almost everyday I get messgages from patients that they’re in need to be seen because they’ve cracked a tooth or a tooth has broken or hurt etc. All of the messages are not related to clenching but a lot of them are.It pains me as a dentist to not be able to see my …