View PDF While teeth cleanings are still an important aspect of oral health, they are only a singular component of developing and maintaining a healthy oral environment. The information we gain through your medical and dental histories, along with the various assessments made along the route to learning about your oral and general health, leads …

View PDF Learn more about how the mouth is an excellent gauge of one’s general health.

View PDF A new patient entering the Dental Wellness Center does not have their teeth cleaned until a determination is made of the state of their gum health through a complete periodontal probing, as well as laboratory biofilm tests that show exactly the type and amount of the 1000+ species of bacteria that can reside …

View PDF One of the unique features of the Dental Wellness Center is that all new patients undergo an oral environment assessment that includes using high-tech instruments that can detect oral pre-cancer and cancer, pH testing for oral alkalinity-acidity, and several assessment technologies to determine the state of one’s periodontal (gum) health and predisposition to …

View PDF With origins dating back over 4,000 years, green tea has long been a popular beverage in Asian culture, and is increasingly gaining popularity in the United States. Researchers have recently found that routine intake of green tea may also help promote healthy teeth and gums.

View PDF Through the years I have come to realize that attaining and maintaining physical health can be a very complex matter, and that goes for periodontal health as well.

View PDF After over 35 years in practice and being a continuing student with a goal of providing optimum service for my patients, I have developed a clear understanding of how I can best help them make prudent decisions relative to their oral health.

View PDF Before the discovery of penicillin, Rheumatic Fever was quite often a fatal disease. Those who contracted it and survived most often were left with a valvular heart defect which was caused by bacteria in the blood stream (bacteremia) that colonized on the heart valves causing the damage.

View PDF Well, that’s something that can’t be sugar-coated!

View PDF Researchers are finding possible links between periodontal infections and other diseases throughout the body. Current studies suggest that there may be a link between periodontal (gum) disease, heart disease and other health conditions.