“St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time -- a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic.” Adrienne CookLucky green shamrocks, leprechauns, and pots of gold: It must be St. Patrick’s Day! If you’re not Irish, how do you go about celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? It’s easy: You just put on one of those…
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While there surely have been many women throughout history who practiced dental work or assisted their husbands, fathers, and brothers with their practices, the first woman to graduate from a recognized dental school was Lucy Hobbs Taylor. She was born in New York in 1833, one of ten children in her family orphaned when Lucy…
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Hearing that you need a root canal can be highly intimidating. What is a root canal? It is the removal of the nerve supply from the tooth. Here, Dr. Jennifer Splitt will describe the parts of a tooth and explain the reasons for a root canal and how it is done when you visit us…
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There is no substitution for a natural healthy tooth. Dental fillings are intended to replace tooth structure and restore a tooth damaged by decay (a cavity) back to its normal function and shape. Silver (amalgam) and tooth-colored (composite) fillings last a long time, though they can develop decay when the integrity is compromised by open…
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