Narcotics have long played an important role in easing severe pain caused by disease, trauma, or treatment. Healthcare professionals, including dentists, continue to prescribe them as a matter of course. But narcotics are also addictive and can be dangerous if abused. Although addictions often arise from illegal drugs like heroin, they can begin with prescription […]
Kids get pretty inventive pulling a loose primary (baby) tooth. After all, there’s a profit motive involved (aka the Tooth Fairy). But a young Kansas City Chiefs fan may have topped his peers with his method, as revealed in a recent viral Twitter video. Inspired by all-star KC quarterback Patrick Mahomes (and sporting his #15 […]
Every year 150,000 people, mostly women over age 50, find out they have a painful condition called trigeminal neuralgia. Also known as facial nerve pain. For many, it begins as an occasional twinge along the face that steadily worsens until the simple act of chewing or speaking. Even a light touch sets off excruciating pain. The […]
It often begins without you realizing it. Spreading ever deeper into the gums and damaging tissue attachments, teeth, and supporting bone in its way. In the end, it could cause you to lose your teeth. This is periodontal (gum) disease, a bacterial infection caused by dental plaque, a thin biofilm that accumulates on tooth surfaces. […]
