by Norwich Aesthetic Dentistry | Feb 18, 2019 | Oral Health
February is National Children’s Dental Health month, sponsored annually by the American Dental Association. As important as good oral health is to a child’s overall health and development, tooth decay tops the list as the most common chronic childhood...
by Norwich Aesthetic Dentistry | Jan 29, 2019 | Oral Health
On the big screen, Australian-born actress Margot Robbie may be best known for playing devil-may-care anti-heroes—like Suicide Squad member Harley Quinn and notorious figure skater Tonya Harding. But recently, a discussion of her role in Peter Rabbit proved that in...
by Norwich Aesthetic Dentistry | Jan 9, 2019 | Oral Health
We’ve known for decades that fluoride strengthens tooth enamel and lowers the risk for decay. And while adding it to toothpaste and drinking water are the more common ways for getting it into the body, an increasingly popular way—especially for children—is to...
by Norwich Aesthetic Dentistry | Dec 30, 2018 | Oral Health
Your risk for periodontal (gum) disease increases if you’re not brushing or flossing effectively. You can also have a higher risk if you’ve inherited thinner gum tissues from your parents. But there’s one other risk factor for gum disease that’s just as significant:...
by Norwich Aesthetic Dentistry | Dec 20, 2018 | Oral Health
How many actresses have portrayed a neuroscientist on a wildly successful TV comedy while actually holding an advanced degree in neuroscience? As far as we know, exactly one: Mayim Bialik, who plays the lovably geeky Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS’ The Big Bang...
by Norwich Aesthetic Dentistry | Nov 30, 2018 | Oral Health
Chronic pain can turn your life upside down. While there are a number of disorders that fit in this category, two of them—fibromyalgia and temporomandibular disorders (TMD)—can disrupt your quality of life to the extreme. And it may be the two conditions have more in...
