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What would you pick for your last meal? Not THAT last meal; the last meal before having oral surgery! Dr. Toler recommends hydrating your body starting the day before surgery by drinking ½ your body weight in ounces of H2O. So, if you weigh 150 pounds, she suggests drinking 75 ounces of water prior to … Read more
I May Not Know How Many Kids You Have, But I Know What’s Swimming Around In Your Mouth Sadly, perhaps not so sadly, this is true. I am a dental hygienist. There are different approaches to a dental hygiene visit. There is the “chat and polish” version. This chick knows all the names of your … Read more
How do you know if your dollar bill is real or counterfeit? I have always been told that to recognize the counterfeit, you have to study the real deal. You have to know what a real dollar bill looks like. What shade of green is it? What exactly is printed on it, especially the small … Read more
What’s the Difference? Let me start off by saying, I have stayed at plenty of Motel 6s. I have stayed in places that made Motel 6 look like the Four Seasons. I am talking about sleeping in my clothes on top of the bed, staring into my own sad and exhausted eyes with the mirror … Read more
Let Us Take a Look One of the primary reasons patients seek out Origin Dental Wellness for their dental care is because they have a root canal treated tooth that they want to be evaluated with the cone beam CT scan. The cone beam CT (CBCT) scan gives us the ability to look around a … Read more
Dentistry is a noble profession. Saving teeth is a noble cause. After all, teeth are connected to a person’s health and wellbeing both physically and emotionally. It’s important to have proper nutrition, it’s important to smile and laugh. You need teeth to do either well. Unfortunately, teeth are capable of decay. When a tooth gets … Read more
Deciduous Teeth Deciduous teeth, AKA baby teeth play an important role in a child’s growing body. People often think that if a baby tooth has a cavity, “ Just take it out”. We, of course, believe in a holistic approach in treating decay in these tiny pearly whites. Deciduous teeth are quite different from their … Read more
How Sleep Affects Your Immunity Have you ever seen the sign that reads, “Drink more coffee. You’ll get plenty of sleep when you’re dead!” I laughed out loud the first time I saw it. Mainly because it confirmed my lifestyle of busyness and going, going, going. Who has time to sleep? There is always something … Read more
Some Recommend Fluoride, but I Recommend Bacteria Ever had to take off work because you had a toothache? Then got the bill and had an ache in your bank account? What if I had a secret, a little pearl if you will, to help prevent that from ever happening again? You’re in luck, I do! … Read more
In the fall of 2014, after having a mammogram, I was called back for a more extensive evaluation. During the course of the next few months, I had more mammograms than I could count, an MRI, and two separate biopsies. The results were atypical dysplasia, a precursor to breast cancer. The treatment was lumpectomy. Because … Read more
“The Sugar Season” Yes, we are currently in the throws of what I like to call “The Sugar Season”. It begins somewhere around early to mid-October when the Halloween candy hits the store shelves, and it does not end until around January 1, when the New Year’s Resolutions are in high resolve. This is when … Read more
The Origin Dental Wellness center is expanding our treatment capabilities with the addition of ozone therapy. You may be familiar with ozone’s role in protecting us from the sun’s harmful UV rays, but for those new to many integrative and holistic treatment options, it may be the first time you’ve heard about the medicinal use … Read more
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