A Tartar Time Machine

Imagine being able to look back into the past to see what people ate, how they ate and how it affected their teeth. Well a time machine still rests in the realm of the imagination, but recent findings by archeologists are allowing researchers to look…

Milk 101 – History Meets Calculus

The Power Of Milk We know milk is good for our teeth. Milk and other dairy products are our primary dietary source of essential calcium. Calcium is the key ingredient in a mineral, known as hydroxyapatite, that strengthens tooth enamel as well as bones. Dairy…

A Prehistoric Diet Could Be Good For Your Teeth

A Prehistoric Diet Could Be Good For Your Teeth In previous blog posts we talked about the strange dental practices of ancient cultures. But before we become too judgmental, perhaps we should look at the teeth of prehistoric man. Prehistoric humans didn’t have dentists. They didn’t…

History’s Extreme Dentistry

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE… It’s easy to think of a clean, straight, white smile as beautiful. Every fashion model and celebrity we know seems to have a gleaming set of pearly whites. In the United States alone we spend over 100 billion dollars every year…