There’s a lot to think about this time of year. Gift lists. Party invitations. End of year work deadlines. And whether you have dental insurance left that you need to spend or lose. This could be especially important now that we’re finally putting COVID in the rearview mirror. During this COVID-19 pandemic, many patients have avoided coming […]
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Tooth enamel has the tough, but admirable, job of protecting your teeth from decay and bacterial infection. That’s why enamel is the hardest tissue in the human body, harder than bone. But what if your tooth enamel has become thinner, are you saddled with a lifetime of rotting teeth and dentures? In the last year
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Everyone likes to check out statistics. And since people who are usually stats freaks — baseball fans — have been deprived of much of their livelihood this bizarre spring and early summer (including no spring training in Florida!), at least we can check out some statistics on dental health. Don’t smirk. Dr. Brown loves these
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Even though we didn’t get to see our usual parade of spring training teams this year in Florida, that doesn’t mean we have to stop chewing gum, does it? We could watch old games on MLB Network. With baseball comes lots of gum chomping. Hubba Bubba. Big League Chew. Bazooka. Tasty bubble gums one and
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It’s interesting, sort of. (Well, not really to Dr. Brown…) Most people probably pay more attention to the purported oil change timeline of their cars than they do to the maintenance of their teeth. Considering that healthy teeth are an important component of everyday life, and you can always buy another car, that makes no sense. Well,
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There are plaques you want to get, like MVP of the softball tournament. And there is plaque you don’t want to leave on your teeth, much less a shelf — dental plaque. Dental plaque forms on your teeth all the time. You brush and floss it away and then it starts rebuilding. It’s the sticky film
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Our teeth are so dependable we forget about them. Sure, enamel is the hardest tissue in the human body, and it protects our teeth. Sure, a little daily care and odds are you’ll have all your teeth the rest of your life. It makes them easy to take for granted. At Implant Dentistry of Florida,
In football-crazed Florida, if you’re not a Gator, a Nole, a Cane, or more recently, a Knight or a Bull, you must moved here from a far distant locale. Yes, football is king in this state, but it’s not always so nice to the players’ teeth. That’s why we make custom sports mouth guards as
Shelf space is the thing when it comes to a trip to Publix these days. Where there formerly was one type of Fig Newtons, now there are like six. There once was a single Special K cereal; now you could get lost in their variety. The same for toothpastes. It used to be simply toothpaste,
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