Lake Baldwin Dental Blog

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and here at Lake Baldwin Dental we are all about reducing risk factors and supporting the fight against cancer. What many people may not realize is how important oral health is in achieving both of those goals. The links between oral pathogens and whole-body health have been studied for […]

It’s official: the first day of Fall was this weekend! I love all the flavors of fall. Pumpkin spice, ginger, apple cinnamon, and of course clove. Obviously, clove makes us all think of one thing: eugenol! Right? Just me?  Eugenol is a common ingredient in dental materials. Its base is clove oil and it has […]

Ah, fall. The kids are back in school, Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back, and hurricanes are bearing down on the Eastern Seaboard. For Floridians, all these things remind us that we’re nearing the end of another year. But before the holidays hit us, you may want to check on your dental insurance and see what […]

Our teeth like to touch. As we discussed in a previous entry (https://www.lakebaldwindental.com/blog/2018-05-22-super-eruption-not-abo…), teeth will shift to try and achieve contact with their neighbors if necessary. However, sometimes teeth seem like they are touching when they actually are not. A very slight gap between teeth that may go unnoticed is called an open contact, and […]

It’s back to school time, which also means it’s the end of summer. Like most Floridians, you may have spent a lot of time swimming, and will probably keep on swimming as these brutally hot days keep beating down on us. Many of our young patients are even competitive swimmers and clock a ton of […]

At least once a day, when I ask a patient about their new medications, they tell me they do have a new prescription, but it doesn’t matter for their teeth. Nine times out of ten, this is completely wrong! Nearly all medications will affect your oral health, although it’s frequently in ways we may not […]

Teething is one of the most dreaded phases of parenting an infant. When a little one is in pain with those achy gums, it seems like nothing can soothe them. Sure, we try those little frozen teethers, let them gnaw on pacifiers, even use our fingers to try and lessen the discomfort. But at the […]

There is this weird stuff that grows on our teeth in between cleanings. Have you noticed it? It’s this hard, chalky stuff, usually heaviest on those lower front teeth. It’s kind of whitish, maybe a bit yellow. That stuff is tartar. The dental term is actually calculus. But what is it, and where does it […]

A few weeks ago, Lake Baldwin Dental posted on social media about an exciting new piece of technology we would soon be incorporating into our practice. Today, we are happy to tell you all about VELscope, a cutting edge system to help make our oral cancer screenings even more effective. We have posted about the […]

Moriscatio buccarum, or chronic cheek chewing, is a condition which causes some people to obsessively chew on the skin of their cheeks, lips, or tongue. Not too long ago, I dismissed cheek chewing as a bad habit at worse, and something patients just needed to pay attention to and just quit, easy as that. However, […]