February 2024

Another year has started, and it’s always a time for me to reflect. Every time at the beginning of the year, I tell myself that it’s a great time to try to get back to writing, and I’m going to try that again this year. We’ll see what happens….

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  • February 25, 2024

The idea of “pregnancy glow” sounds like an old-timey myth. The notion that you can somehow become radiant while expecting seems like folklore in this age of elevated scientific understanding. But a more luminous appearance during pregnancy can be as real as that inevitable baby bump — and there are...

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  • February 20, 2024

The 2024 ADA guidelines were released a month or two ago and I wanted to take a little time to digest them before providing my big takeaways. The 2023 guidelines saw a major shift in pharmacotherapy with a strong emphasis on compelling indications and recommended increased utilization of GLP-1 Agonists...

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  • February 20, 2024

After finishing your Orthodontic Treatment it is important to use Retainers to prevent the Teeth from moving back to their original position. It is also important to keep the retainers clean, so let us look at How to Floss under Permanent Fixed Retainers.  So once you are done with Orthodontic...

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  • February 20, 2024

NEW DSX Sales Organization – a Welcome Collaboration of Products and Knowledge   Introducing DSX, a new sales organization delivering the right products and the right service making it easier for dentists to equip their practices for clinical success and growth. DSX (Dental Solutions and Technology), is the new sales...

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  • February 15, 2024

The Senate Finance Committee contemplated the future yesterday: artificial intelligence and its potential applications to health care. And it turns out the future looks an awful lot like the past and present: Democrats want regulations. And the industry wants money. “There are a lot of reasons to be optimistic,” Finance...

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  • February 10, 2024

Have you ever chased your thyroid meds with a cup of coffee? (I can’t be the only one who has done that!) Did you know that, for some people, coffee may interfere with the absorption of their thyroid medication? [1] A while back, I went to dinner with a friend of...

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  • February 10, 2024