The Tooth Booth Dental Blog

Hi everyone, When pulp vitality is maintained, root fractures heal spontaneously in 70-80% of cases. Source: Gen Dent 57: 442-443, 2009...

Saw this amusing article in the Toronto Star, here's the teaser quote: LONDON—A partial set of dentures used by former British leader ...

Hi everyone, Ran into this case of a young man who will be undergoing orthodontics, but has not one but two extra teeth between the natur...

Hi everyone, In an unfortunate statistic: 1 in 4 children in California have not seen a dentist. Here's the teaser quote: A new stud...

This video on how to brush your teeth was created by the Colgate Professional Website. Our thanks to them for the use of the video: Sou...

Hi everyone, Colgate has recently introduced a new professional site. The site contains some nice patient education material, professional...

I saw this article online about an interesting potential treatment for cancer. The headline tho' is a bit over the top for such an earl...

I saw this article reading the morning news and to be honest, I nearly fell off my seat. Here's the teaser quote: Trucker attempts to ...

In a study of 2581 patients that presented with facial fractures in New Zealand,  49% were alcohol related. Males accounted for 88% while 59...

This theory stated that in the mandible, the outer nerves innervated molars while the inner nerves supplied incisors. The theory was suggest...

Hi Everyone, Saw this nice review of 50 great dental blogs at the Masters in Public Health website and we are on the list! Hooray! Sourc...

For severe dental pain, one of the recommended protocols is Motrin (ibuprofen) 600mg every six hours, in combination with two tablets of Per...

A nice story from the Toronto Star Online on unlicensed dentists. Here's the teaser quote: In basements and backrooms across the pro...

Giving a slower injection (60 sec) when giving a mandibular block increases the number of teeth that can be frozen vs. giving a fast injecti...

On average, when giving an mandibular block (to freeze the lower teeth), the failure rate is approximately 20%. On teeth that are infected, ...

The specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Pathology (OM-OP) deals with the nature, identification and management of disease affec...

Our New Logo! Thanks to all our family, friends and patients who gave us very valuable feedback on our new logo. We are now getting new s...

In a UK study, 78 to 94% of long term care residents were unable to clean their dentures themselves. Source:  Hase H, Oral Health and Agin...

In a UK study, 72 to 84% of long term care residents were unable to brush their own teeth. Source: Hase H, Oral Health and Aging: Addressi...

Hi everyone, I am taking some time off this weekend for my wedding anniversary. (7 years on May 10th!) Oh my, time has flown by! The pract...