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Everything About Dental Exams And Teeth Cleanings

DENTAL EXAMS Before the exam, the dentist will ask about the patient’s medical history, current medications, and any de...

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‘Longevity Now’ Seminar

I recently participated in the ‘Longevity Now’ online seminar put on by Nutritionist and Best-selling Author, David Wolf...

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Office Staff Continuing Education

Dear Readers, In order to keep my practice up to date with the latest procedures and technology, I am devoted to partic...

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Bana Testing, What Is It?

BANA Testing Good afternoon all! This week’s blog post is going to be about a new test we are doing in the office that...

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A True Story

Good Morning, Today’s blog is a true life story. Dr. S had an illness in the early 1980s that worsened when he took a c...

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Happy Winter!

To my wonderful clients, I am blessed to know and work with such wonderful people. Clients, my team, dental laboratory a...

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Office Opening Update/ Covid-19 Protocols

Dear Patients, We hope this letter finds you and your family healthy and well. As many of you already know our office ...

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New Faces!

Have you visited our office or called in recently? You may have noticed a couple of new faces at our front desk. We are ...

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GUM TREATMENT MAY HELP DIABETICS

Being diagnosed with a chronic disease is difficult for anyone. For those with Type 2 Diabetes it is no different. For...

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Do You Know What Is In The Products You Use?

You may have heard over recent years about the growing concern regarding antibacterial soaps. While hand washing is one ...

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Attention Patients

Richard Stickney D.D.S. and Our Team greatly value our patient’s health and well-being. To ensure the safety of our den...

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Got Dry Mouth?

Have you ever experienced the symptoms of dry mouth? When your mouth feels sticky and dry like a cotton ball, you may ...

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Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

Hello everyone. It’s Annika, Rick’s hygienist. I wanted a turn at posting in our blog so here you go! I didn’t use to...

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Dental Mouth Guards

Prevention is an important step in caring for our teeth. Quite frequently our patients will ask us what they can do to f...

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Pain Free in 60 Seconds

We are using a completely natural substance in our office, ozone gas, which has seemingly miraculous capabilities. Ozone...

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Lasers!

We use several different lasers in our office and I wanted to share with you how our patients feel about them. Here is j...

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Protect Your Smile and Health by Reducing Decay

Did you know cavities are preventable? There are several kinds of bacteria in your mouth that uses simple carbohydrates...

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Safely Removing Amalgam Fillings

Amalgam fillings are being removed by thousands of dentists around the world every day. Many of those dentists are uncon...

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Proper Tongue Posture

The impact of good sitting and standing posture is familiar to most of us, but good tongue posture may not be as familia...

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Sunsets and Dental in Seattle

These are just a couple shots of our recent sunsets here at the office. It is always so beautiful. If you ever have an ...

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QRA

Dr Stickney is a certified QRA practioner. As a dentist, he works with other QRA practioners to improve his patient’s he...

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Journey into Ceramic Implants

Last winter I had the privilege of attending the International Academy of Ceramic Implants annual meeting. The meeting w...

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Incorrect Media Coverage of Updated COVID Proclamation

Some of our patients may have seen recent news coverage indicating that non-urgent dental care in Washington will be sus...

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Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

MCS is an abbreviation for multiple chemical sensitivities. This is an increasing condition that I have known about for ...

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Gentle Wave Technology

We love being able to keep our valued patients up to date on the latest technology and treatment that may enhance their ...

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Dental Photography

One important tool we use in our office is intra-oral photography. As one of our patients you may have experienced this...

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Zirconia Ceramic Implants

We get a lot of questions about ceramic implants. There are many implant systems and companies who make implants. At thi...

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Endodontic Lesions Association with Coronary Artery Disease

In reading on the latest information regarding our teeth and our overall health I came across an article from sciencedai...

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Triclosan- Removed from Soaps, but not from Toothpaste?

Triclosan is found in many different products, including soap, antibacterial wipes, toys, clothes, cuttings boards, and ...

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Adult Gummy Vitamins. Are they for you?

I was watching a TV show with my wife. There was an advertisement for Nature made adult gummy vitamins. They are approve...

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Dental Unit Water Lines and Gold Stars

Dental unit water lines pose a unique problem in the dental industry. Splatter from patient’s mouths can contaminate wat...

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Chronic Inflammation Can Damage Overall Health

Chronic Inflammation Can Damage and Destroy Your Dental and Overall Health. Chronic inflammation has many causes. Infec...

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Flossing and Your Health

Do you find yourself dusting off your box of floss right before your dental check up? Regular flossing is not just somet...

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Can an infected tooth relate to a patient’s health problems?

We recently saw a patient that had the need for root canal treatment on one of her teeth a few years ago. Once the root ...

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Helping Our Patients with Periodontal Disease

Good Morning! This week’s blog comes from our Hygienist, Annika: We have been so happy with our laser deep pocket ther...

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Nitric Oxide

When we are doing any dental procedure, we focus on enhancing the body’s natural healing abilities. One way we can do th...

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New Findings in the Link between Periodontal Disease and Heart Disease

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the world and atherosclerosis is the number one cause of ever...

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CBCT Scans

In the last few months since we have been doing ceramic implants, we’ve been able to utilize an important piece of techn...

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Metal Under Crowns

Do I really have to have gold or metal under my new porcelain crown? We receive this question often. The patient goes t...

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Our Team

I believe in constant and never ending improvement. I invest a lot of time, energy and money in educating myself and my ...

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Most Common Request

Hello! On our initial intake questionnaire form, we have a question that asks: “What can we do to make you most comfort...

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Saying Goodbye to 2013

2013 HAS BEEN AN AMAZING YEAR IN OUR DENTAL PRACTICE. I am most grateful for the relationships that I have with my team...

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First Meeting of International Academy of Ceramic Implantology

I was blessed to attend a meeting with like minded dentists who are placing and restoring ceramic dental implants. The c...

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Dr. Bob Marshall Radio Show

Dr. Marshall Radio Show Robert Marshall, Ph.D. got his Degree at Columbia Pacific University in Mill Valley, CA in 1978...

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Ozone/Natural Oxygen Based Therapy

Ozone/Natural Oxygen Based Therapy Recently, our practice has been utilizing Ozone Therapy in several different ways. W...

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Plastic Microbeads in Toothpaste- What?!

Plastic Microbeads in Toothpaste- What?! The company, Proctor & Gamble, will be removing the polyethylene microbeads fr...

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Using Your Toothbrush to Fight Cancer

Your tooth brush and floss are some of the most important tools that you can use to lower your risk of cancer and other ...

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Use It or Lose It!

Hello Everyone! It’s that time of year again! 2013 has flown by so quickly and now we are getting into the busy time of...

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Laser Success

Hello! I hope this post is finding everyone happy and healthy. Today we wanted to share with you a couple of the g...

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Biocompatibility of Dental Materials

Hello everyone! Any of us can be sensitive to anything in our environment. Many of our patients are concerned with th...

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Ceramic Implants – What’s the Benefit?

Hello! Today lets discuss a trending topic.. Ceramic Implants. What is an Implant? First of all, an implant is an art...

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Help For TMJ

Good morning! This post comes from a nice experience we had with our newest laser, the Biolase Epic, with one of our ve...

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Out With the Old, In With the New!

Good afternoon everyone! We wanted to dedicate this week’s blog post to an exciting new announcement. We’ve spent a num...

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Safest Way to Whiten Teeth

What is the safest way to avoid chemicals when I whiten my teeth? Many patients who are chemically sensitive or who ar...

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For Your Comfort

What can we do to make you most comfortable? We ask this question on our intake form. The most common response is: EXP...

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Don’t Do It!

Good afternoon! Here’s a little bit of advice, in case this ever happens. If you have a painful tooth or swollen gum ...

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Sterilization

Hello, Today we wanted to discuss a topic that may be on the minds of some people. Recently, articles have been publi...

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Composites: A Technique Sensitive Procedure

Hello! My team and I went to a dental seminar this past Friday and I wanted to share a few of the things we learned w...

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What Holistic Means To Our Practice

What is Holistic? There is no dental school that teaches “holistic dentistry”. You could substitute the words biologica...

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Romeo et Juliette Ballet

Good afternoon! A couple weeks ago, the team and I went to see one of our favorite patients perform with the Pacific ...

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Periodontics and the Connection with Laser

The Laser Connection –Toward a Kinder, Gentler, Periodontal Treatment by Robert J. Schulhof, AB, MA Math Statist. Unti...

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Periodontics and Nutrition

The Nutrition Connection – Supporting the body’s defense system By Marcus Gitterle, MD A famous doctor once told me tha...

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Vitamin D: Impact on Cavities

Vitamin D Can Have a Positive Impact on Cavities I’ve taken this blog post from an email I recieved about Vitamin D and...

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Introducing Our New Hygienist, Annika Mundus!

We are very excited about a new addition to our team! We have decided to add a hygienist to our staff, to ensure you are...

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TA-65

Today’s blog post is about a supplement called TA-65, taken from an email we received from TA Sciences. Now for those of...

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Welcome to my blog

Hello and welcome to my blog. I have decided to use this new avenue of communication in order to pass on helpful informa...

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Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea Treatment Hello Everyone! Happy Thursday. Can you believe it’s December already! 2013 is just a few weeks...

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Why do I need my crown replaced?

Several of my new patients have come into our practice recently, and many of them have asked me this very common questio...

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Periodontal Disease and Your Health

Hello Everyone, Recently, we have been focusing a lot of attention on periodontal disease and the Perio Protect Treatme...

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Perio Supplements

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well! Today we wanted to share some exciting information about a few new supplements w...

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A Wonderful Laser Experience

I rarely see children under eight years old in my practice, but recently a new patient came into our office and asked if...

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A Natural Story Teller

Ever since he was little, my son James has always loved to have stories told to him. Recently he needed to have some den...

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A FEW REASONS WHY I LOVE TO WORK WITH DR. STICKNEY

I have worked as a hygienist in several offices over the last 16 years, most of them were traditional practice offices. ...

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A Dentist’s Point Of View

I stumbled across an article by Reader’s Digest Magazine entitled, ’50 Secrets From Real Dentists’, and although I can’t...

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Laser Treatment in Our Hygiene Room Pt. 3

Hello all! Hope you are all having a great week! Here’s the final part of our 3 part blog about how we are using our den...

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Why Dental Examinations and X-rays Are So Important

Why are dental examinations and x-rays so important? Dental conditions can change rapidly. Unfortunately, tooth decay a...

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What to do in case of a dental emergency

In case of a dental emergency please call our office. I consider an emergency anything you feel is an emergency. During ...

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Seattle Met Magazine Top Dentists 2011

We are so excited to share that Dr. Stickney is listed as one of the top dentists of 2011 in the February issue of Seatt...

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New Dental Software to Serve You Better!

To serve you better, my office staff and I have transitioned into using the new dental software, Dentrix! This new progr...

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Boomerang Champion!

Hello! Today’s post is not about Dentistry, but rather, a post from a proud father! My oldest son, James, participate...

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For Patients With Dental Insurance….Use It or Lose it!!

Many of our patients have Dental Insurance that they use when getting their treatment or continuing care. The way denta...

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Common Dental Issue

Hello everyone! Today we wanted to talk about a common issue many of our patients have. On our Health History forms w...

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Don’t Wait Until the Last Minute!

Use it or lose it! What are we talking about here? Dental insurance. Many of our patients have dental insurance, tha...

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I take…

“I take Asprin for the headache caused by the Zyrtec I take for the hayfever I got from Relenza for the uneasy stomach f...

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Things To Do When You’re Sleepless In Seattle

There’s something for everyone in Seattle, Washington, aside from visiting your favorite Holistic Dentist. Home base of ...

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Dental Implant Maintenance

Dental implants are a serious process and decision. Therefore, it is imperative that once an implant(s) is placed, it is...

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Dental Air Vac

Hello everyone! Many people who come into our office for treatment ask, “What is THAT thing? It looks like an elephant!...

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Laser Treatment in Our Hygiene Room Pt. 2

As we brought out in our last post, there would be 3 parts to this topic of using the laser in our hygiene room. This is...

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Night Guards & Teeth Grinding

Why I almost always recommend lower night guards for patients that clench and grind their teeth. I have been a tooth cl...

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Advanced Laser Diagnostics: Diagnodent

Today we wanted to talk about something that we use here in the office when we diagnose treatment. This particular instr...

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Another Friendly Reminder!

Good morning everyone! I just wanted to remind everyone that we have about 5-6 weeks left in the calendar year and fo...

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FAQ: What Toothpaste Should I Be Using?

I often get asked what sort of toothpaste people should be using. For many years, I believed that using a toothpaste wit...

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50% Less Radiation Exposure in our Office!

Hi everyone, Last week we had our semi-annual x-ray inspection by the state of Washington. The inspector evaluates the ...

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Periodontal Disease: Interesting Statistics

Good afternoon! How is everyone doing today? Well we wanted to share some interesting information about how prevalent p...

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Laser Helps With Sensitivity

Hello everyone! I hope this blog post is finding you all happy and healthy! We just returned from our two week vacati...

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Dental Seminar: Laser Dentistry

Hello everyone! About 2 weekends ago I attended a Waterlase dental laser seminar done by Dr. Marshall Golan. Much of...

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New Changes to Our Office Staff!

Well as some of you may have noticed, we no longer have a few of our longtime staff members. There has been a few change...

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Undriving: A Patient’s True Story

Today we thought it would be really nice to share a story about one of our patients. This story is about a program calle...

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Treating Gum Disease In Mothers

Treating gum disease in pregnant women and nursing mothers has long been a taboo issue. As it usually goes, if you are u...

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Protecting You and Our Environment

Protecting You and Our Environment Fifteen years ago I became one of the first dental practices to install digital x-ra...

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Introducing: Laser Treatment in Our Hygiene Room

We are happy to be able to offer laser services in our hygiene room as well as Dr Stickney’s treatment room. Our hygieni...

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Laser Dentistry

Hello! We wanted to talk today about our laser and our continued success with using it. At this point, most of our pati...

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About Us

Recently we had to write a letter for one of our patients that talked about our practice, our philosophy, and what made ...

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Zero Tolerance for Bleeding Gums!!

The blog post today is short and sweet. Its taken from: (http://www.Zt4bg.com/ForthePublic.html) Imagine a raw wound th...

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The Importance of Oral Systemic Health

Today’s blog is just a few facts about how your oral health effects the rest of your body, and the importance of having ...

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About Dr. Stickney

ABOUT DR. STICKNEY Dr. Stickney has over 30 years of professional experience, and has trained with some of the world’s ...

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The Best of Seattle

With a population of almost 700 000 and an area of 83.9 square miles, this Northernmost American city is a must see. (Yo...

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What’s In Your Mouthwash?

Today we wanted to talk a little bit about what’s being put into current toothpastes and mouthwashes. A dangerous chemic...

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It’s 2013!

Hello everyone! Can you believe it is already 2013? This year has flown by! I just wanted to write this blog to share...

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Reduce Decay and Protect your smile

Our diets as Americans have changed drastically over the last several decades. It includes a substantial amount more of ...

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Continuing Education: Gum Disease and Overall Health

We have been utilizing the Perio Protect System in our practice for almost two years with impressive results. I recently...

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Learning more to help you better

Last month my assistant Brook and I attended a two day conference on Quantum Reflex Analysis. QRA is a style of energy m...