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15 Sep How Old Is Your Smile?

Posted at 00:00h in Preventative Dentistry

The concept of dental age is surprising to people when they first ear it. Dental age is independent of chronological age. From a biological stand point, we are youthful until we reach maturity around thirty, we are adults from thirty to sixty years, and elder from...

09 Dec Osteoporosis: The Calcium Connection

Posted at 00:00h in Preventative Dentistry

Osteoporosis—porous bones—is a fragile, frightening reality for at least 15 million North Americans. What begins as a slow and initially painless decrease in bone mass eventually leaves bones weakened and susceptible to fracture. It turns strong backs into weak; healthy strides into shuffles. From a dental viewpoint,...