What to Do If You Had a Traumatic Dental Experience as a Child If you are an adult who avoids the dentist, there is a good chance the story starts somewhere in childhood. A painful procedure that was not explained beforehand. A dentist or assistant who seemed impatient or dismissive. Being …
What Your Gums Are Telling You About the Rest of You
If your gums bleed a little when you brush or floss, you have probably told yourself the same thing almost everyone tells themselves. That you brushed too hard. That it is normal. That it is nothing to worry about. I want to gently take that assumption apart, because bleeding gums are one of the …
The Headache That Starts in Your Jaw
A patient came to me last year convinced she had a problem with her eyes. She was getting headaches almost every single morning, a dull ache that wrapped around her temples and was already there before she had even had breakfast. She had been to her doctor. She had changed her pillow. She had cut …