Why See an Endodontist Instead of a Dentist?
WHILE SOME GENERAL dentists can and do provide root canal therapy, many people prefer to visit endodontists because…
Why Our Natural Teeth Are Better
WHEN IT COMES to ensuring that patients are able to keep teeth that otherwise might…
The Decayed Teeth of Early Modern England
THERE WAS SOMETHING rotten in the state of England during the Early Modern Era: everyone’s…
Improving Our Mood and Health With Smiles
THE OLD LINE “it takes fewer muscles to smile than frown” isn’t actually true. It takes at…
The Best Ways to Deal With a Toothache
A TOOTHACHE is never fun, and sometimes it’s not possible to get straight to the dentist or endodontist…
The Wild Battles of Endodontic History
IT MIGHT SEEM like root canal therapy is only possible because of the tools and knowledge we have…
Dental Health of Early Native Americans
WHEN WE PICTURE people of earlier eras, particularly pre-industrial ones, we tend to…
Water Activities and Your Teeth
TO THE AVID swimmers out there, you may have noticed that your teeth are…
Don’t Use Your Teeth as Tools!
OUR TEETH CAN do a lot of things. They chew our food, they form a lot of the structure of…
When Does a Tooth Need a Root Canal?
TEETH ARE SAVED by root canal therapy more than 41,000 times a day in the US, adding…