DOES YOUR CHILD have a pacifier or thumb-sucking habit?
A Healthy Habit for a Baby or Toddler There’s no need to worry about a baby or toddler with a thumb-sucking habit or using a pacifier as it is perfectly normal. These are perfectly healthy self-soothing habits that help a child feel safe and happy in a new or stressful situation (and most situations are […]
Some Interesting Facts About Dr. Dave That Not Everyone Knows…. Part 2
Favorite athlete ever is Mickey Mantle Current favorite athletes are Aaron Judge and Josh Allen Had lunch planned months in advance at Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant and he just so happened to die that day. That is where and when he got his poster that is in the office hallway Climbed Coba Ruins in Riviera Maya, […]
Some Interesting Facts About Dr. Dave That Not Everyone Knows…. Part 1
Was born and raised in Port Reading, less than 2 miles from the office Graduated from Woodbridge Sr. High School, less than a mile from the office Loved playing sports with neighborhood friends growing up Loves the Yankees, Buffalo Bills, NY Rangers, New York Knicks, Syracuse Orange Originally a Chemistry Major in college before transferring […]
Toothbrushes
The history of toothbrushes can go back, as far as we can tell, to about 3500 B.C. with the use of frayed twigs as noted in ancient Egyptian tombs
Intraoral Photography
One of the ways we find useful for our patients is to show them a close up image on our monitors in the treatment rooms or in our consultation room via a slide projector of their issues.
Different Types of Dental Decay
Dental decay is officially known as dental caries by the scientific/medical/dental community. There are many different types based on areas of the tooth where it can form as well as the severity or cause to name a few.
How Do Teeth Get Cavities?
Our teeth are made up of what is called Calcium Hydroxyapatite, which is a complex form of calcium and phosphate. When we eat foods with fermentable carbohydrates or sugars there is a bacteria that may be attached to the tooth (in the form of plaque) called Streptococcus mutans that converts the food to acid, which […]
How to Maintain Dental Implants Properly
Since titanium dental implants to restore missing teeth have become more popular in recent years, it is very important to know how to properly maintain them. First of all, since there is no real tooth structure to decay or get periodontal disease, one may think you would not have to do anything to the implants […]
Safest Air Within Our Office
To maintain the safest dental office standards, we utilize the Air Doctor Pro AD3000 purification unit in all our treatment rooms as well as consultation and reception areas. It allows us to have the cleanest air of any medical/professional facility. It is a multiple filter air purifying unit that turns over the air in our […]
What is Bruxism?
Learn more about Bruxism. Bruxism is a dental term for grinding or clenching of one’s teeth. If it is at nighttime during sleep we call it nocturnal bruxism. It is a habit that can be very difficult to break and left untreated could cause severe problems. Problems we see with bruxism could be looseness of […]