The Tooth Booth Dental Blog

Mothers make 90% of their family's dental appointments! (Wow!) Source: Wilson C, Word of Mouth, Delivered Digitally, Dental Practice ...

IPR is an acronym for Interproximal Reduction. A technique usually used in orthodontics and restorative dentistry to thin teeth using sandin...

When combating pain, dentists prescribe acetaminophen (Tylenol) or NSAIDs (like Advil) 89.6% of the time, with narcotics being prescribed 10...

Saw this nice link to the American Association of Endodontists website. It's a large PDF file (4.0MB) presentation showing some of the g...

The risk of dying from anaesthesia is very low: about 0.58 cases per million. In comparison, Air Canada lists its fatality rate at 0.33 per ...

There are approximately 20 000 dentists in Canada. Source:  http://www.cda-adc.ca/en/cda/news_events/statistics/default.asp Read on Feb 1...

Bacterial levels can reach more than 100 000 000 000 micrograms per mg of dental plaque. Source:  Li X et al, Systemic diseases caused by...

The greatest opportunities for practice growth identified by survey participants are: Patient referrals Increasing % of patients who come...

Probably not too surprising...the number one age group noted by those surveyed that were most likely not to show up for a dental appointmen...

This can't be too much of a shock :) 77.8% of those surveyed said males were most likely not to show up for an appointment. Source:  ...

According to the 2010 North American Dental Practice Survey, 52.5% of respondents said Monday was the worst day for appointment no shows, fo...

Hi everyone! Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas holiday! Just a quick note that we have activated the mobile version of the blog to be...

A recent study showed that hypnosis can reduce TMD pain levels by 50% or more versus a control group that were given simple relaxation techn...

Over 90% of oral cancers are carcinomas The most common areas are the tongue, lips and floor of the mouth Risk factors included tobacco an...

Saw this nice slideshow on webmd.com  regarding food and drinks that are notorious for staining your teeth. Take care Hans Skariah, B.S...

Just a quick reminder to everyone that has "typical dental insurance coverage" to take advantage of their benefits before the year...

I've been getting reports from at least two pharmacies (One a large chain and one a small independent) that there is a shortage of Penic...

For people 31-50, the daily dietary requirement is 1000mg, for those older, it goes up to 1200mg per day. (A glass of milk has about 300mg) ...

Hi everyone, This is a video of a dental implant placement procedure (Tooth #47 - Noble Biocare Implant) on myself (Dr. Hans Skariah) by on...

One of the first instances of peer-review happened in 1731 when the editor of  Medical Essays and Observations,  published by the Royal Soci...