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Dental Marketing Tip: Patient Acquisition and Retention through Newsletters



It’s a fact: People love to get mail that does not require sending money. Admit it. When you receive a handwritten letter or a postcard or a newsletter in the mail, you either tear into it first, or else you save it for after the boring bills and junk mail are taken care of. Chatty mail is something to read that gives you a bit of insight into the sender’s thoughts.

A Sugar Free Diet: Healthy Children, Healthy Teeth



Sucrose, commonly known as table sugar is an ingredient which is used to enrich a high percentage of baby foods, snacks and prepackaged foods available on the shelves. If you as a parent can promote healthy eating, and eliminate sucrose from the everyday diet of your little one, you will also promote healthy nutrition.

Wrong Diagnos with Brain Tumor After Tooth Extraction

There has been recorded a case in which a patient developed slight paralysis and general weakness because the dentist missed to treat a tooth infection. This respective patient visited his dentist complaining of an ache in his wisdom tooth.

Do Home Teeth Whitening Results Actually Last?



Individuals, who cannot afford to pay for professional teeth whitening procedures at the dentist, actually use the home teeth whitening kits. These kits have become extremely popular, mainly because they provide the cheapest option. Many people ask themselves however, for how long do the effects of home teeth whitening last?

‘Share A Smile’ Founders, Volunteer Dentists Featured in Unique Social Media Campaign

An Orange County-based charity that puts smiles back on the faces of underprivileged kids in need of major orthodontic care is the first charitable organization featured as part of a unique social media campaign designed to inspire people to get involved with nonprofits.

How to Get Started with Your Dental Practice’s Mobile Marketing Plan



Dentists are supposed to be concerned about people’s teeth. However, part of running a successful dental practice is to make sure that you have a steady stream of new patients. This can be very challenging especially with the advent of new technology. In the past, dentists were able to bring in new patients through word of mouth to be followed by the yellow pages. And then there was the internet. Now, we’re going into the era of mobile marketing.

Teeth and Nutrition History of our Ancestors



Have you ever wondered what were our ancestors eating? Well, eating was quite a difficult task for our human ancestors at times. According to professor and chairman of anthropology Peter Ungar from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, our human ancestors did spend a much greater amount of time on eating, mainly because they had to deal with raw food which was of quite low quality, and very hard to chew on.

Regular Dental Checkups Help Keeping a Brighter Smile in Postmenopausal Women

The Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and Cleveland Clinic pull a sort of an alarm signal, and state that regular flossing and brushing of the teeth might not be enough for the prevention of tooth loss in women who are in their postmenopausal phase.

Improve Your Life With Teeth Whitening



Improving one’s self-image can be a cumbersome task, considering that most people’s confidence levels are dictated by people’s opinions and other external factors, essentially making it out of their control. Aside from the obvious remedies to an unkempt appearance (getting a haircut, wearing nicer clothes, etc.) there seems to be one thing that is relatively overlooked: teeth whitening.

Wasabi for the Prevention of Dental Caries



Wasabi, which is a pungent green horseradish that is usually served with Japanese sushi, has been found to prevent tooth decay. The chemical compound that is found in wasabi known as isothiocyanates inhibits the growth of Streptococcus mutans which is the bacteria that causes dental caries.

E-Learning: Dental Surgery on the Computer

These days’ dentistry students only have to have access to the Internet to download case studies with image and film that shows surgical procedures and disease directly to their iPhone, iPad, or laptop.

Pediatric Research Determines That Tooth Decay in Infants are Linked to Malnutrition and Obesity

From this sample of infants it was determined that about 28% of those children had an obese body mass index and were overweight is 5% greater than the national average, and also indicated that these children exceeded the recommended calorie range of 1,200 by 7% for children of their age.

Regenerate Lost Teeth with Body’s Stem Cells



StemSave, a company that offers inexpensive methods for crypto preservation and noninvasive recovery, recently announced in a publication appearing in the Journal of Dental Research that they have developed a new technique for tooth regeneration.

Xylitol: Sugar Substitutes May Be Good for Your Teeth



Sugar substitutes, like xylitol, have been found to offer you advantages in terms of tooth decay prevention as well as the prevention of gum disease.

Is Drinking Tea Harmful or Good for Teeth?

Recent studies have indicated that drinking tea may be a good way to keep our teeth healthy.

It has been discovered that compounds found in black tea may attack harmful bacteria in the mouth that cause gum disease and cavities.