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Robert J. Martino, DDS | Dental Blog
29.02.2024
ON THE LONG list of things parents need to teach their kids in childhood is proper flossing, but...
15.02.2024
EATING DISORDERS can cause many kinds of damage to the body, including the teeth. Oral hygiene...
25.01.2024
BEING TONGUE-TIED isn't just an expression; for many people, it's an actual medical...
11.01.2024
1 IN EVERY 8 Americans (including kids) has sensitive teeth. To understand why, we'll need...
28.12.2023
WE HEAR A LOT of the same questions from patients and parents of patients, so let's wrap...
14.12.2023
WE'VE BEEN HEARING for decades how dangerous smoking is to many aspects of our health. As dental...
23.11.2023
WE'VE ALL HEARD of the active ingredient in toothpaste: fluoride. It supplies tooth enamel with...
09.11.2023
OUR JAWS GET a pretty constant workout between all the talking, chewing, and yawning we do, but those simple activities...
26.10.2023
2 OUT OF EVERY 5 KIDS have at least one cavity by the time they finish elementary school, and the...
13.10.2023
UNLESS THE DENTIST is an active TikTok user, it's not a good idea to get dental health advice from social media. We've noticed a lot of...
40% OF KIDS WILL have at least one cavity by the time they start school, usually due to...
13.09.2023
FOR AS LONG AS there have been people, there has been tooth decay, but people in past civilizations didn’t..
24.08.2023
“MOUTH-BREATHER” HAS made the rounds as an insult in recent years, but breathing primarily through the...
10.08.2023
WE CAN SEE a hint of the state of dental health in Shakespeare’s England from a sonnet in which he describes his lady love’s reeking breath. The...
02.08.2023
YOU PROBABLY HEARD the line “it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown” when you were growing up, but...
27.07.2023
BY THEIR ELEVENTH birthday, 2 in 5 kids will have at least one cavity, but parents can do a lot to...
20.07.2023
THE FIRST BABY TOOTH and the first loose tooth are two of childhood’s biggest milestones, and new parent...
13.07.2023
WE TEND TO IMAGINE that people from earlier eras must’ve had worse teeth than we do because...
06.07.2023
ANYONE WHO REGULARLY swims might have noticed that your teeth are more sensitive after climbing...
29.06.2023
IT ISN’T ALWAYS easy to teach a young child important life skills. They have boundless energy...
22.06.2023
NOT MUCH IS better in the world than the smiles of our kids, and we have to work hard to keep those smiles healthy. Regular dental visits are...
15.06.2023
BACK IN MEDIEVAL times in England (and in most other places, to be fair), people didn’t have a great understanding of what caused cavities...
08.06.2023
DENTAL PROBLEMS LIKE gum disease and tooth decay can easily sneak up on us if we...
01.06.2023
HOW MUCH DO you know about the anatomy of your own teeth? Let’s give you a quick overview. We believe...
25.05.2023
WE ALL NEED to sleep well to feel our best. In the United States alone, up to one in five habitually...
23.05.2023
VERY FEW OF us still remember how sore our mouths felt when we were teething as babies, but most...
11.05.2023
MANY STRANGE THINGS lie buried in the history of dental care and hygiene, but we think these...
04.05.2023
WHY DO DENTISTS always warn against chewing ice? It’s because it’s a habit that can do serious...
26.04.2023
HOPEFULLY WE ALL know how crucial daily flossing and twice-daily brushing are to keeping a growing child’s smile...
20.04.2023
MOST OF US can remember the scraped knees and other bumps and bruises we got as we were...
12.04.2023
THE DENTAL CAREER everyone is most familiar with is the private practice dentist, meaning an...
06.04.2023
THIS YEAR ALONE, the American Cancer Society estimates over 54,000 new cases of oral cancer just...
30.03.2023
THE NEXT TIME you need an ice-breaker, why not toss out a few weird mouth facts? We’re...
23.03.2023
LOSING BABY TEETH is a perfectly normal part of growing up, but it can still be a scary new experience...
16.03.2023
AS DENTAL HEALTH professionals, our favorite figure in the magic of childhood has to be the Tooth Fairy. We all...
09.03.2023
A CANKER SORE, a shallow ulcer that can develop on the inside of the cheeks or lips, can mean...
02.03.2023
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WOMEN have faced numerous challenges in pursuing their careers. Dentistry...
23.02.2023
HERE’S A HANDY GUIDE that can help parents navigate the toothbrush aisle the next...
16.02.2023
AS PARENTS, THERE ARE so many things we must teach our children so that they are ready...
09.02.2023
ON AVERAGE, BOYS and men are up to 20% less likely to brush twice a day and even...