WHY IS DRY MOUTH DANGEROUS FOR SHREWSBURY DENTAL PATIENTS?
Home Table of Contents Hello, welcome to the Southern York Smile Care blog. Today we are going to talk about dry mouth, an unpleasant condition that impacts your oral health. Reduction of saliva flow resulting in a dry mouth is more common among older adults; however, people of all ages experience the symptoms of dry mouth […]
SOUTHERN YORK SMILE CARE TAKES CARE OF PLAQUE, CALCULUS, AND CAVITIES
Home Table of Contents Hi. I’m Dr. Steven W. Haywood. Welcome to my Shrewsbury dental blog! I find that many of my patients get a couple of dental terms mixed up. Today, I would like to clarify the differences between plaque, calculus, and cavities. Plaque is a film that covers teeth – a sticky layer of […]
THE UNSUNG HEROES OF DENTISTRY
Home Table of Contents In today’s post, we will veer a bit off the beaten path, so to speak, and examine an important dental specialty; forensic dentistry. The official term for the use of dentistry in criminal cases and post mortem identification is forensic odontology. These experts are rarely recognized but play an integral role in […]